John F Simon Jr
@Every_Icon
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New collection of AI enhanced sketches on Expanded Art: https://t.co/jlH6dwur65
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Joined November 2021
Every Icon is an on-chain expression of the landmark generative artwork by John F. Simon Jr, first released in 1997. It consists of a 32x32 square grid where each unit can be colored either black or white.
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Thanks to everyone! Despite a challenging market I am thrilled with the support shown for ComplexCity - only a few copies remain to be claimed - and maybe one more noir? It has been a blast to work with everyone at @artw__rld - a fantastic experience.
And we are on to the final stretch!!! Only 15 mints for ComplexCity (2000/2023) by @Every_Icon remain!. Collect here: Learn more here:
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Thank you @artw__rld for putting together this amazing thread going through all the parts of ComplexCity (2000/2023).
An ode to New York, John F. Simon Jr.’s ComplexCity is often described as one of his most autobiographical works. Abstracted elevators, frenetic intersections, autonomous flocks of birds, a city skyline in constant flux…. @Every_Icon @NatoThompson @ceoofparties
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New Project! Coming soon! Happy to start talking about it. I have been working hard and collaborating with @artw__rld to create and launch a software artwork. All the details to be revealed next Tuesday with Nato @NatoThompson and Cody @ceoofparties Please join in!.
UPCOMING: We couldn't be more thrilled to be announcing our forthcoming collaboration with the legendary John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon) next week.
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Thank you to @artw__rld and all the supporters of ComplexCity! Was a great ride and I am very proud of the work.
We are delighted to share that the minting for ComplexCity (2000/2023) is now complete. Thanks to everyone who supported and collected this past week, AND a huge congratulations to John F. Simon, Jr. !. @Every_Icon @ceoofparties @NatoThompson @ArtBlocksEngine
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LIVE! Finally live for minting - the city awaits you. .
AND WE ARE LIVE 🎷🎷🎷. The public sale for John F. simon Jr.'s ComplexCity is now open:. @Every_Icon @ceoofparties @NatoThompson .@ArtBlocksEngine @artblocks_io
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Every Icon NFT #419 is now part of the Centre Pompidou collection! So happy to be included in one of my all time favorite art venues along with CryptoPunks and other high profile projects. Thank you!.
Le Centre Pompidou fait l’acquisition d’un ensemble d’œuvres traitant des relations entre blockchain et création artistique, dont ses premiers NFT ! 👾.Ce sont 18 projets de 13 artistes français et internationaux qui entrent en collection. Plus d'infos 👉
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Dina Chang leaks the rarest city - probably only 5 or 6 in the whole set of 512 (random drops) - Welcome Noir - the gotham NYC!.
SPOILER ALERT: There's a rare NOIR output on John F Simon's historical ComplexCity drop and yes, I'm leaking it! 👁♥️👁. @Every_Icon x @artw__rld .via @ArtBlocksEngine @artblocks_io
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LIVE Icon printing. Tomorrow I am participating in Salon 0. This is an event from e∙a∙t∙}works .W12th Street in NYC and online. GoTO: to RSVP for the virtual rooms and at 11am EST go to to collaborate on an Icon design.
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“Can a machine produce every possible image?” According to Every Icon the answer is yes - but the process takes longer than the age of the universe. Start searching the icon space here:
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Sneak peek! Releasing Nov 9th.
Announcing! John F. Simon Jr.'s ComplexCity, a collection of generative artworks updated from his seminal software media artwork, and ode to New York City, ComplexCity (2000). Releasing November 9: @Every_Icon.@NatoThompson .@ceoofparties
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Woke up on ComplexCity drop day to this AMAZING thread - Thank you LeRandom for so much support and perfect timing! Honored to be seen by a project that features the newest without forgetting the past.
Today we shine the spotlight on the one and only John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon). John F. Simon Jr. is a multimedia artist and software art pioneer based in New York City. A 🧵.
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Opened tonight at @CentrePompidou - a wonderful time refining the software to the screen - a custom display edition to compliment Every Icon NFT #419
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Good morning! Today is the day 🥳. Visit at 12.12pm ET/5.12pm UTC to start minting your Icons. Pricing will start at 5.12 ETH and decrease by 0.128 ETH every 5 minutes until either sell out or a 0.512 ETH resting price. More details below: 1/.
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Thanks to @eatworksnyc, @Borthwick, @DanikaDanika I have my own @infiniteobjects screen for my Every Icon NFT!
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Super excited to share this! My interview with @NatoThompson and @ceoofparties on @RtClick_Save ! All about my newest piece "ComplexCity" dropping on @artw__rld I got out some of my favorite ideas about coding as writing.
THE INTERVIEW | JOHN F. SIMON JR. The creator of ComplexCity (@Every_Icon) is bringing software art to the blockchain with Artwrld. @RtClick_Save 🤝@artw__rld .
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Every Thing you want to know about Every Icon - Kevin Rose talks to @Every_Icon @divergenceharri and @_samspike_ :
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Get your own copy of ComplexCity for free! Quote retweet the @artwrld thread to enter. Official drop a week from tomorrow. It has been a lot of fun rewriting ComplexCity for web3 and making parts interactive. Hope everyone enjoys it. Get your copy!.
🎺SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:. GIVEAWAY: We’re giving away one artwork from our forthcoming ComplexCity drop with John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon). To enter, simply quote retweet this thread. Entries close 11/3 EOD.Winner announced 11/6.
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I am giving a short talk at @future__spaces tomorrow in celebration of the new ComplexCity release! It is a zoom talk so register at the link if you want to listen in. ComplexCity will be available 11/9 on @artw__rld.
This Friday a webinar / artist talk with John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon ) discussing his work and his first on-chain project with Artwrld (@artw__rld ) on ArtBlocks Engine (@artblocks_io ). RSVP here: .
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Proud to have Every Icon NFT shown in the new edition of "Digital Art" by @ChristianePaul2 - still counting icons! A fun project to bring Every Icon onto the blockchain and great to work with @_samspike_ , @divergencearran, @divergenceharri, @eatworksnyc, and @FingerprintsDAO.
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Big reveal tomorrow and a discussion with all the details. Thank you @artw__rld!.
Tomorrow morning we are officially announcing our new project🏙️who is going to tune in for our conversation with John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon), Nato Thompson (@NatoThompson) and Cody Edison (@ceoofparties) ?
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Over an inconceivably long period of time, the software runs through every possible combination of black and white squares, revealing a vast array of images as it goes.
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MY next adventure - going to Goa! So excited to see Every Icon realized on screen and in wood. Thanks to @Beardcoded for some amazing discussions and including me in this show. Looking forward to meeting in person! Love the lineup - @iragreenberg @sashastiles @SunaparantaGoa.
Exhibition Opening! . SGCFA presents its annual show, this.generation, an exhibition dedicated to code-based practices, curated by Srinivas Mangipudi @Beardcoded . The official opening ceremony will take place on 02 December 2023 at 5 pm.
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That's me in the lower right talking to @Station3NYC - equal parts artsy and nerdy - we talked code, Klee, and AI - what a fun evening in an amazing space in lower Manhattan. Met some wonderful people like @glennonchain.
One of the coolest examples I’ve seen of the intersection of art x code x blockchain . @Every_Icon speaking at @Station3NYC tonight . He’s been creating digital art with code for 20+ years, often inspired by NYC. Minting on @artw__rld tomorrow, definitely worth checking out
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This version of Every Icon has been written to live on-chain in Solidity and p5.js, in collaboration with @divergence_art, the artist team behind the pioneering projects PROOF OF {ART}WORK and Brotchain. The project has been incubated by @eatworksnyc and @FingerprintsDAO.
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Realtime - opening tomorrow - thanks to @Beardcoded and @SunaparantaGoa a new way to experience Every Icon
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I will be in Goa to talk with @Beardcoded about this.generation - an exhibition of generative art he curated and showing Every Icon.
fxhash 2.0 event schedule.🗓️ save the date . with fxhash 2.0 coming up (and fast 🚄), we started a dialogue with our amazing partners about bringing the festivities beyond the screen & into the physical world. as a result, please behold the event schedule! like your favorite DJ
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Thanking everyone for attending yesterday - glitch and all! 😀 We made a collective design and it became a print on paper. Nerve wracking done live but I love the result. The print is being auctioned today on - ending at 4pm.
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Rollers and ink all ready for Every Icon: BlockPrint Live at 4pm EST
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Thanks to @ReginaHarsanyi for the overview! Getting everything ready for the Every Icon: Block Print performance on Tuesday at 4pm EST on @FeralFile - passes to participate in creating the icon are still available.
A selection of three @Every_Icon works that have been acquired by museums . CPU (1999)."Color Processing Unit is a generative study of emergent behavior and viewer perception. Although the software uses the same rules, the viewer interprets some as patterns and others as noise."
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Each block will be a pixel in a collaborative iconic creation - online and in studio - live - final print on paper. #nft #liveperformance #feralfile #everyicon
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Software art from John F Simon Jr included in a new NFT group show With art from: @JoanHeemskerk @Every_Icon @ricksilva @annespalter @Katie_Torn @sophiekahn @carlagannis @yoshi_sodeoka & LaJuné McMillian. #nft #nftexhibition
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Every Icon like you’ve never seen it before. Screen based, yes, but fully interactive build-your-own icon? Absolutely yes! #bestInstallationEver #everyicon.
Conversation on generative art history and continuum as part of @fx_hash_ 2.0 worldwide physical launch event with @Every_Icon . @SunaparantaGoa
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Tomorrow @ 1pm EST - a Zoom chat with @______jpg______ - Live preview!.
Big fun day out tomorrow for the JPG community, @Every_Icon (John F. Simon) and @artw__rld! . October 24th at 1pm ET/ 7pm CEST 👾👾. Join us on Zoom to enjoy a preview and Q&A of ComplexCity - the upcoming artwork released by John and Artwrld!.
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Honored to start the week in such great company! Happy times for generative art. So many projects and platforms.
Newsletter is out! ✨📬 This week:. 1. Volumetric Raymarching by @MaximeHeckel.2. Paperwork by @CaballeroAnaMa .3. @fx_hash_'s 2.0 launch calendar.4. ComplexCity by @Every_Icon.5. @StudioYorktown's Journal.6. Generative Embroidery by @NftEconomist. lots more — link 🔗👇
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Once they’ve minted their NFT, collectors will be able to choose their starting image by mining a randomly generated succession of classic icon fragments, patterns, and noise.
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Access Passes are now on sale for the Feral File performance! For the Every Icon: Block Print performance, an access pass lets you control 10 pixels of the final relief print.
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All the info for Thursday.,,.
📰 Important Information about our upcoming release with John F. Simon Jr. (@Every_Icon) . Mint date: November 9.12 PM ET | Artwrld Collectors sale.1 PM ET | Public Sale. Mint Price: .2 ETH Throughout . Project site: Curated by @NatoThompson and
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The biggest surprise for me when I installed my new Software Art show at @UWWhitewater was that we placed the vintage G3 Wallstreet Powerbook that was hidden in a closet during the 2001 Bitstreams exhibition on a pedestal and boy does it look good!
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MetaIcon! The community chose the collection - how easy is it to spot the preferences and a few rare ones?.
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@MattTaylorLoL brings ComplexCity back to its roots - the time lapse of Koyaanisqatsi in the synthetic city.
Time Lapse of my favorite mint from ComplexCity! Love this collection so much.
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The making of EveryIcon : BlockPrint. The 38.5” square print is being auctioned on - 20 minutes left to bid.
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The icon keeps giving - the most coherent algorithm for searching the space of possibility is the human imagination.
Every icon. Someone made this today and just realised that this whole game will be played out one day by the algorithm 🤯 .@Every_Icon
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Here is the link to the press release listing all the projects acquired:
Le Centre Pompidou fait l’acquisition d’un ensemble d’œuvres traitant des relations entre blockchain et création artistique, dont ses premiers NFT ! 👾.Ce sont 18 projets de 13 artistes français et internationaux qui entrent en collection. Plus d'infos 👉
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Every Icon Live - thanks to @ReginaHarsanyi and @FeralFile - I will interact with 100 participants to creat an icon and then lay out wooden blocks and make a relief print of the design - live from my living room!.
Livestream Performance #2: .@Every_Icon .When: May 31st, 2022 at 4pm EST.Where: Access to live interaction and recordings go on pre-sale May 23rd at 10AM EST .Auction for woodblock print from performance begins May 31st and ends June 1st.#onscreenpresence
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The timescale is mind-boggling. and @ProF0M0 gets it!.
The universe will cease to exist by the time my @Every_Icon #NFT is completed!. John F Simon Jr’s “Every Icon” is a web-based artwork that sorts through every possible configuration of black and white squares within a 32x32 grid. #NFTs #NFTCollection #NFTCommunity #nftcollector
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Made it to Goa to participate in this exhibition that includes Every Icon.
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Combining generative coding and AI rendering - great opportunity to support the project and use the software.
🚨 Announcing the OpenStudio PatronPass. Support our mission to empower artists with groundbreaking, powerful, easy-to-use AI tools 💥. Launching tomorrow 8/30 (link in bio).- 25 PatronPasses @ 1.5 ETH.- Forever value in exchange for your early support. Details in the long post
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@annespalter Got my spaceship! Looks like some apocalyptic future! "URBAN ARMADA" Thanks Anne!
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I am still making block prints of icons and doing online colabs! Wonderful writeup by @eileenonline_ in @friezeofficial showing online/offline collaborations in web3. Happy to see @Every_Icon along with @mollysoda as part of On Screen Presence by @ReginaHarsanyi and @FeralFile.
The art world probably missed a lot this year—but in this piece for @friezeofficial, I highlight just a few of the narratives that came forth within the world of web3 and its many possibilities, activities, and clichés.
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An early software art piece of mine "Endless Victory" (2005) is pictured in this Outland article that talks about how good a job the Albright-Knox does collecting and preserving digital art. Thanks to everyone involved.
So proud of the work that this institution has been doing to promote artists working with cutting-edge technology for longer than most contemporary art museums have been around 💕.
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Congratulations to @lerandomart on the launch of a beautiful site and a fantastic collection! I am proud to have Every Icon NFTs included in such great company.
🗣 Exciting news! 🎉🎉🎉. We couldn’t be more thrilled to share the launch of our full website today. Welcome to your new resource for appreciating, discovering and elevating on-chain generative art. 👇 link and 🧵
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Our website is now live: Make sure you check out the Artist Statement by John F. Simon Jr., where he reflects on the process of adapting Every Icon for the blockchain: 1/
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Thanks for overseeing ComplexCity!.
Best overseen Collection: @Every_Icon „ComplexCity“ via @artw__rld . John F. Simon Jr.'s ComplexCity uniquely captures urban life, blending the physical and digital through generative art. Its evolving elements reflect the dynamic nature of cities, embodying the interplay between.
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8/ We pledge to ensure that this collection is (at least) net-neutral. We will be calculating and offsetting the estimated impact of the Every Icon collection being created and traded on the Ethereum blockchain in full, using reputable carbon removal schemes.
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Every Icon lives on-chain - thanks @DianeDrubay for seeing us - @divergenceharri and @divergencearran are the reason EveryIcon was built on-chain! Their projects also use NFT as a medium.
[NFT Art Research Alert] .Looking for 100% on-chain art using NFT as a medium and not just as a distribution platform. This is one of the best examples: Have you seen others?.
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Beautiful generative art by @iragreenberg.
The seedling stars grasp at Petromyzonus (or is it the other way around). Eventually the young stars rise to fill the night sky, forming constellations as the creature glides by. #NFT #generativeart .@fx_hash_
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@ZachDFR1 @dartscreens @CentrePompidou @ROBNESSOFFICIAL @larvalabs @jonas_lund @JillMagid Thank you for the beautiful screen - a perfect fit for @Every_Icon
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Tour guide to complex city:.
Want to learn more about ComplexCity (2000/2023) by @Every_Icon? . Here is a short guide to the city 🌆. 1. Today's launch party and AMA with John F. Simon Jr., @NatoThompson and @ceoofparties : 2. Right Click Save: 3. Code as.
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Emergence needs a human to recognize the pattern. #Every_Icon #everyicon #NFT #NFTartists #ComingSoon #inchain #codeart
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Big things happening at this fall!.
Gearing up for fall art season ⚙️🎒 with some *members only* matchmaking events. e.a.t.}works membership is based on participation 🪪 if you’ve attended one of our events you can claim your pass and RSVP for upcoming member gatherings here:
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Thanks to @eatworksnyc! What a great day it was hanging out and making art.
Feeling lucky we got to co-create an @Every_Icon print with John F. Simon Jr. Only four 1/1 prints remaining for sale. DM for details
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@mariuswatz Yes, a sale of editions will take place soon! This is a new, blockchain-native version of the work that John F. Simon Jr. has created. A text by him about this new version will be published closer to the sale.
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This is a very cool thing.
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Loving the company. .
Some notable additions to the collection this week:. - @Every_Icon by @divergence_art @eatworksnyc and .@fingerprintsDAO (a classic).- BLU3PRINTS_ by @abwagmi .- @metavatar_app by @hexagonxyz .- 0xdistortion and many more. check out
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"Never Alone: Games and other Interactive Design" opening at the @MuseumModernArt tomorrow night, includes "Mutual Core" the geology inspired app I wrote for @bjork's "Biophilia" Thanks to @snibbe who masterminded the app album:
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Talking about infinite images and AI tomorrow on the AI Art Today Space- they are an amazing group of experts and practitioners making AI art.
#INTERVIEW @Every_Icon.John F. Simon Jr.@ai_art_today.☕️😳 (set reminder)👇.LINK IN REPLIES.✌️.THURSDAY.>.Join .@mars_eve. x .@madbutter6.#aiartcommunity. LIVE EPISODE⏰7am CST
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Anyone who wants to listen in - starting early tomorrow (Saturday) morning in the US - to the 3 hour discussion of the @CentrePompidou NFT show here is your link to register:
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@Favouranthonyyy @NatoThompson @ceoofparties @RtClick_Save @artw__rld Software art is in the best place it’s been in years. I always want people to know what they are seeing is not recorded and will always be evolving. This piece also tracks time - the accumulator is a kind of odometer.
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Q: How to make a pixel relief print? A: Make one block higher than the other. Help design and view the printing of an Icon. Access passes - $75 - give you control of 10 pixels plus an editioned video. Happening live on May 31st!
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How much signal and how much noise? Mining Icon space for coherence, an algorithm and a human work together. #EveryIcon #Every_Icon #NFTartists #ComingSoon #in_chain_art #SmartContractArt
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One cool detail is the QR code on the back of my @infiniteobjects brings me to the page on OpenSea for the NFT -.
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Getting real! An exhibition of the new NFT acquisitions opens next week on the fourth floor. A panel will take place in the museum and online the following weekend - April 8th. Center Pompidou celebrating NFTs!.
The Centre Pompidou’s new wallet:
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Join John F. Simon Jr., @Borthwick, @divergenceharri, @_samspike_, and @dollar_monopoly chatting live about the project in one hour (1pm ET/6pm UTC) on Twitter Spaces! The talk will be hosted by @FingerprintsDAO.
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This is similar to the performance I did on FeralFile a month ago but EVERYONE can play with the Icon design - all pixels will be Live! When the time is up I will build, ink, and print the group designed icon. Lots of other demos and talks happening -
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@MattDoogue I started with Magnavox Odyssey in ‘73 - mostly Pong variations and plastic sheets that overlaid the TV screen
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@domibarra My first online show was on The Thing - a directory of my gif images for download (pre browser) Curated by Wolfgang.
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@agreenberg @proof_xyz @kevinrose @FingerprintsDAO @eatworksnyc @divergencearran @divergenceharri @_samspike_ Thank you, @agreenberg ! And what a length of time it changes over!.
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@CRYPtomCHAMBERS @ReginaHarsanyi @dreadsandwich @FeralFile Reminder sent with Feral FIle in the title.
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What images are possible in icon space? Your chance to mine the terrain and find out. #everyicon #Comingsoon #inchain #NFT
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