We are very excited to be partnering with
@eatworksnyc
to bring a new, blockchain-native expression of John F. Simon Jr.’s
@Every_Icon
to the NFT space.
A 512-token edition of the work will be sold via Dutch auction, commencing at 12.12pm ET/5.12pm UTC this Friday, Dec 10.
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We're pleased to announce that the proposal to transition Fingerprints to an NFT membership format has successfully passed! 🏛️
The artwork for the membership NFT will be created by none other than
@larvalabs
. They will also be joining the DAO.
More information coming soon!
Alongside
@larvalabs
, we’re excited to announce the transition of the official Autoglyphs channel from the Yuga Labs-managed Discord server to the Fingerprints server. Autoglyph holders, drop in and say hello — the doors are now open!
Meet the Voxelglyph by
@larvalabs
, in partnership with Fingerprints (a thread).
In addition to representing DAO membership via NFT format, the Voxelglyph is an intricate, complex structure and artwork.
Let’s explore it — but first, let’s look back in time.
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We are pleased to announce that we have made an acquisition of Loot (for Adventurers) by Fingerprints member
@dhof
Loot comprises 7779 lists of 'randomized adventurer gear generated and stored on-chain'. The project description invites people to 'use Loot in any way you want'
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Works by Drs. Bosche and Julesz of Bell Labs, as seen in Design Quarterly (1966-67).
It's easy to forget that generative art already had a long history before NFTs showed up.
With the recent announcement of Fingerprints' transition to an NFT membership designed by
@larvalabs
, let's do a recap of how we all got to this point and the key moments of both Fingerprints and Larva Labs' story. 🧵
(Sneak peek at the end)
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We’re happy to announce we’ve acquired a “Protoglyph” by
@larvalabs
. The predecessor to the Autoglyphs, this work was an early generative experiment dating back to October 2018.
Within/Without by
@aaronpenne
has officially launched for allowlist mint. Public sale starts around 16:00 PM ET.
Be sure to check out the beautiful mints on
@opensea
at:
#withinwithout
Once upon a time, Jim Simons, the greatest investor of all time, fell into the hole where
@supergremplin
lives.
The result was the first pfp collection of the Fingerprints ecosystem:
@_thejims
Coming soon.
We’re proud to announce that we have been working with
@Sothebys
on their upcoming NFT auction: “Natively Digital 1.2: The Collectors”
Fingerprints curate works from fellow members
@mitchellfchan
@harmvddorpel
and
@_deafbeef
to be auctioned.
We’re pleased to welcome
@takawo
as member of our community!
@takawo
is a creative coder from Japan 🇯🇵
Some of his well known work is Generativemasks and CitySpace! Discover more of his art at
Fingerprints just acquired six works from the series SALT by
@figure31_
and
@0xmons
(in collab with
@______jpg______
)
SALT uniquely combines photography and smart contracts to create a series of time-based artworks, each of them unique, each essentially the same.
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We're elated to announce our newest Studio release: Web by
@JanRobertLeegte
.
Web is a generative network of web pages "spawned in the dark", waiting to be explored.
Starting now, you'll have a full week of exploration:
Let's talk details.
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The Terraforms by
@mathcastles
journey continues: the Aetherking zone, accounting for .22% of all parcels, was inspired by Guzzler (edition of 206) by
@XCOPYART
.
Shown below are two frames from Guzzler, alongside an Aetherking parcel.
Long read: all things 0xDEAFBEEF.
We’ll cover:
-
@_deafbeef
- Where His Name Came From
- Releases (Volume 1 – Series 0-5, First, Degenerative, Vinyl, Volume 2 — Series 0, Payphone)
- Top Sales
- Notable Collectors
- Noted Inspirations
- Fun Facts
- References
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We’re so proud to welcome
@justinaversano
as the latest member of Fingerprints. His contribution to photography and building NFT communities is extraordinary. Below👇 is one of our favorite of his works Twin Flames
#49
held by
@theRAWdao
a Fingerprints incubated DAO
On the heels of
@aaronpenne
’s Apparitions 1 year anniversary, we would like to announce our next Fingerprints project by Aaron Penne: derived from never-before-seen, out of band Autoglyphs.
Coming soon… 👀
As a driving force in the NFT space, FingerprintsDAO is looking to expand its support of the ecosystem through the incubation of
@theRAWdao
; a new DAO that will focus solely on collecting and promoting the power of Photography.
Details on forthcoming
@aaronpenne
project:
This project is aimed at being collector-focused, meaning a large allowlist. To do our best to avoid any bots and gas wars.
Allowlist will include: FingerprintsDAO members, Aaron’s collectors,
@AvidLines
,
@_thejims
, &
@SeedCapitalNFT
.
‘Within/Without’, our project with
@aaronpenne
, launches tomorrow.
Minting opens at 13:00 ET for allowlist (supply: 517). After 720 blocks, minting will open for public sale, at around 16:00 ET (supply: 200).
Tokens are priced at 0.75 ETH. Mint here:
Continuing on the topic of Terraforms by
@mathcastles
zone inspirations: did you know the Wastelands zone (seen on only 91 parcels) was inspired by none other than
@gremplin
's CrypToadz?
A
@_deafbeef
artwork not seen by many.
"Made with nothing but a cheap laptop and a C compiler. No external hardware, no DAW. This is extreme, but it's to prove that expensive gear is not necessary to make art. Investment in your own knowledge, rather than magic black boxes."
Fingerprints will be the first DAO to exhibit in a major art fair.
Art Dubai (
@artdubai
) announced the official list of 2022 exhibitors:
We’ll do something really unique for the fair. Stay tuned
We are finally launching
@theRAWdao
!
Starting next Monday, Nov 15th we will form a Party Bid with the objective of auctioning Twin Flames
#49
, the Community Twin.
Participants will be airdropped $RAW tokens. Read on:
Do you think our tweets suck?
Do you think you could do a much better job?
Awesome! Let’s talk then.
Fingerprints is looking for a Social Media Manager.
Must have previous experience and care deeply about NFTs and DAOs.
Reach out: jobs
@fingerprintsdao
.xyz
Art is not something you only need to see and listen, but to think and feel.
We just acquired six works from series that are the grail of conceptual NFTs, by Rhea Myers (
@rheaplex
).
"Token Equals Text", 2019
#1
,
#2
,
#5
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"We want to be the tastemakers for the new cultural revolution"
@dgntec
Thank you
@kevinrose
for having us on
@proof_xyz
,
Listen now 👇 for a great conversation
Timeline for RAW
Sep 12-18: Photographers +
@FingerprintsDAO
Sep 19-25: Selected Collectors
any additional info will be made available first on Fingerprints Discord:
Today is Fingerprints on-chain birthday! 🥳
One year ago the $PRINTS contract was deployed and the DAO was born on chain
It has been an insane ride, but we’re very much at the beginning of it
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We were very excited to hear the recent news about
@CentrePompidou
's acquisition of 18 NFTs, several of which were from collected artists, DAO members, and a project that our Studio itself collaborated on.
Here's a rundown of the pieces acquired.
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We’re proud to announce our upcoming Studio project, Maschine by
@harmvddorpel
, in collaboration with
@MercedesBenzNXT
! The collection will be released on June 7 at 12 PM ET.
Here’s all you need to know.
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Announcing our latest Studio release: Bit Rot by
@Nahiiko
, dropping Nov 2nd at 1 PM ET.
A new take on data degradation and (de)centralization, each artwork in the collection is composed of hundreds of CC0 NFTs forming a mosaic of a bill.
In partnership with
@Highlight_xyz
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We are delighted to announce that the DAO has acquired 7 pieces from the project “Negative Value Certificates” by
@steviepxyz
Read below to learn about Steve’s practice, the amazing story behind this exceptional project, and how it fits within our collection… 1/
Introducing LINE by
@figure31_
, dropping Feb 21 at 1 PM ET
LINE is a photographic series of 250 dynamic tokens placed within a synthetic landscape—a cartesian plane. Tokens are placed on this plane, each with a unique “field of view.”
Let’s explore:
As Terraforms by
@mathcastles
has gathered steam over the past few months, there’s been a welcome boom of new writing around the project.
This essay by
@i_like_calculus
is one of the absolute finest, offering “A Programmer’s Guide to the Hypercastle":
The Fingerprints curation committee is looking for your input — are there any digital artworks that you think should be in the Fingerprints Collection, based on the DAO's curation framework? If so, which?
GOLD by
@crashblossom1
has minted out at a final price of 0.3ETH, thanks to all collectors who participated! 🎉
Rebates will be available soon at the minting page.
For any other doubts, please head to our discord! 🎨
Now introducing…
Metamorphosis I by
@DarienBrito
, dropping March 14 at 1pm ET on
@Highlight_xyz
Metamorphosis I (M1) is a collection of 110 works generated in a vast, dimensional landscape of blocks that endlessly transforms, mutates, and morphs over
We’re very excited to share that Fingerprints has acquired 10 artworks from Receipt by
@0xHaiku
, making the DAO the fifth largest holder of the collection.
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Compiled by
@remnynt
, we're going to cover some of the inspirations for different Terraforms color palettes (zones) by
@mathcastles
. As always, the Mathcastles Discord and its members continue to provide endless great information.
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We’ll weed out burner accounts first, giving space for new people.
If you don’t have a profile picture or have a very recent account, like this tweet to indicate you’re active.
Otherwise you’ll be left out.
We are thrilled to announce our next Studio project: “Perceptrons”, in collaboration with
@generative_xyz
.
“Perceptrons” is a dynamic, fully on-chain work which addresses AIs as 'new life forms' which grow, die, and regenerate.
Learn more:
Artist Friday.
Get a closer look to our artists, one each week.
Issue 6:
@harmvddorpel
Harm van den Dorpel
Software, blockchain artist
(Photo: William Kherbek)🧵👇
Continuing on the topic of Terraforms by
@mathcastles
: the DAO recently set the 3 Daydream parcels (not including Origin Daydreams) in the Fingerprints Collection to Antenna mode. See them below — we’re excited to see what signals they receive.
Below: Level 14 at {19, 1}
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Work of the Week
#20
: Token 221 (Series 3: Entropy) by
@_deafbeef
Exploring concepts of permanence, ownership, and generation loss, the Entropy series artificially imposes a programmed process of degradation, occurring each time the artwork is transferred to a new owner. 1/
We are proud to announce our presentation for
@artdubai
: SEED CAPITAL, a new installation artwork by
@_terra0
.
From March 9, 2pm until March 13, 8pm GST (UTC+4), an NFT will be available for purchase every 15 minutes for 0.15 ETH at . 1/
Fun fact: while you may already know that
@SusanKare
originally designed the Macintosh icons found in the base set of John F. Simon Jr.'s
@Every_Icon
(2021), you might be surprised to find that she also designed the equally iconic Solitaire deck originally seen on Windows 3.0.
We’re happy to announce that Fingerprints has acquired Vol. 2, Series 0: Caves - Token 7 by
@_deafbeef
. In this audiovisual work in the style of ASCII roguelike games, generated by self-contained C code, an adventurer descends to explore fractal caves of increasing complexity. 1/
Level 14 at {37, 39} is one of our favorite Terraforms by
@mathcastles
(warning: rapidly flashing visual patterns).
It's one of seven Terraforms with a "Plague" chroma — .07% of the collection.
Introducing our upcoming drop: "Proteus" — a provocative collection about the substance of NFT art.
This collection questions conventional notions of NFTs by granting collectors dynamic control over their NFTs' token URIs. Unlike typical NFTs, where images remain static, Proteus
ICYMI: Terraforms v2.0 by
@mathcastles
has been released, making room for Antenna mode amongst other updates. Art can be broadcast into parcels using an evolved set of drawing tools.
Below: a parcel set in Antenna mode by DAO member
@buffetlunches
.
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We’re thrilled to announce that we are now the largest collector of Mutant Garden Seeder by
@harmvddorpel
.
Having just acquired 14 more pieces, we now hold 25 mutants. These new pieces also mean we now have a full set of every possible mutation frequency from the project. 1/
Earlier this year, we proudly presented Seed Capital by
@_terra0
at
@artdubai
. As well as Seed Capital being a hugely innovative & ambitious NFT artwork, this made us the first DAO to exhibit at a major art fair.
Today, we're very happy to share this video from the event. 1/
Why Did We Acquire a Set of Empty NFTs?
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In 1962, French artist Yves Klein sold fresh air for 14 gold ingots. The buyers received a receipt for a “Zone of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility”.
Afterwards, the receipt was burnt and Klein threw half the gold into the Seine:
Fingerprints has just acquired Noumenon
#11
from
@_deafbeef
's latest series, an audiovisual work made in support of
@LACMA
's Art and Technology Lab, in collaboration with
@CactoidLabs
.
Here's a thread about its substance.
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Meet DAO member
@crashblossom1
: crashblossom is a London-based artist whose artworks combine digital abstraction with dynamic code innovation. We'll talk through his previous releases, along with a sneak peek of his upcoming new collection.
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Yesterday we won the auction for ‘0xDEAFBEEF: HOLLY + ANGULAR’.
The work is a historic collaboration between
@_deafbeef
and the
@hollyplus
project, which is one of the most exciting and innovative experiments using AI and blockchain today. 1/
We’re proud to announce that our next project with
@aaronpenne
will be launching on March 30.
Pricing will be under 1 ETH. Wallet/TX limits imposed. Supply <1k. Around 75% of the supply will be reserved for allowlist. 1/
Four programmatic interpretations by
@mathcastles
(amongst many others they've created) of a 32x32 hand-drawn flower.
We don't know all the possibilities that runtime art brings — but we're excited to see where it goes.
Fingerprints Collection acquired ten pieces of "Mutant Garden" by
@harmvddorpel
Our mutants really show the range of possibilities this work presents and will be fun to see them mutate over time.
eg:
Barbyre is complex, mutating once a month
Katnie is simple, but mutates daily
Work of The Week
#10
: Terraforms by
@mathcastles
: Level 11 at {21, 22}
Terraforms is a collection of 9906 generative ascii art NFTs, each representing a parcel of land in a 20-level 3D structure: the 'hypercastle'.
One of 115 Terraforms owned by Fingerprints DAO.
More on Terraforms by
@mathcastles
inspirations: Zones Uwo and Gemina both draw from Rem and Ram of Re:Zero. Uwo is in "dark mode" while Gemina is in "light mode".
@mathcastles
6/ We believe that Terraforms is the most advanced experiment in purely on-chain metaverse creation to date. Its team (
@0x113d
and
@Xaltgeist
) is passionate and thoughtful, the art is unique and beautiful, and the execution is top level.
We recently completed elections for the DAO's new committee and we'd like to introduce you to the members.
Read along — we'll cover the new members first.