Wily Guys - SLOW GODS

Johnny Dean Mann
Writer/artist

SLOW GODS

Editor of THE TICKLE
Guest curator: @objktone

PFP: @wheresrare

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

SLOW GODS #13 - available now via @objktcom

"Knowledge today is greatly hindered by the fact that all words have become hazy and inflated through centuries of exaggerated feeling"

https://t.co/gmKAFuj4Rs

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

@Katie_Dozier @RattlePoetry Wow congratulations 🎉

[objkt.one @objktone]

Romantic Beauty PR, 2018. By Lorna Mills (@lm_netwebs)

Soon at @ParisPhotoFair

💎

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

@madebyoona Perfect contextual framing :)

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

Happy nearly 3rd birthday @madebyoona 🎉
Was a pleasure to not really see your face at Digital Art Mile 😅

[Sasha Stiles | AI alter ego Technelegy ✍️🤖 @sashastiles]

When @ReginaHarsanyi and @auriea asked me to write a poem for the exhibition catalog to Auriea’s then-upcoming show at @MovingImageNYC, I was instantly flooded with inspiration… Auriea’s archival text transcripts in particular moved me deeply, reminding me how it felt to fall in love through early internet communiques. I’m so honored to share the resulting piece, “A TO Z (For Auriea and Michaël)” at @MovingImageNYC, where it can be collected for free with thanks to @tezos, and excited for this poetic lobby takeover at the museum, which includes a related textblock, “MY GHOST, YOUR MACHINE.” New Yorkers, hope you can stop by — and most importantly, make sure you see Auriea’s extraordinary show while you still have the chance.

[Catherine Mason @CathComputerArt]

Join me for a free online talk about History of Computer Art - 19 October
part of FU:BAR Glitch Festival https://t.co/citnpdEPuE

[Amadon @amadon]

Released VeilPNG. Hide your data, share freely🏴

"Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age."
- Eric Hughes, A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

VeilPNG is an open-source, free utility designed to securely hide sensitive data within PNG images using strong encryption and compression techniques. Built to protect user data and enable secure sharing, especially in censorship-heavy or information-restricted nations, VeilPNG lets you embed any file into a PNG image by compressing and encrypting it with AES-256-GCM encryption. The encryption key is derived from your password using PBKDF2 with HMAC-SHA256, utilizing a unique salt and high iteration count to guard against brute-force attacks.

For Veil, the hidden data is stored within a custom ancillary chunk, ensuring the image remains valid while concealing sensitive content. The hidden file can only be extracted with the correct password, which also ensures data integrity via an HMAC-SHA256 hash.

sVeil is ideal for secure sharing on social media and platforms prone to censorship. It embeds hidden data directly into the deflate stream of the PNG image’s IDAT chunk, making the hidden content less detectable and more resistant to removal. This approach allows users in restricted regions to discreetly share information while keeping the image compliant with PNG specifications, even on platforms that strip custom chunks. For Twitter, less than 900 pixels or less for length and width and below 5mb file size to avoid conversion to jpeg.

Mint:
https://t.co/fjBFi1DVF6

Download and source code on Github:
https://t.co/R21s1mCQ3w

[objkt.one @objktone]

𝑁𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑒, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗼

As we open tomorrow the pre-sale of the first collections of 𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢 - 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 , we propose an in depth profile of this extraordinary artist .

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

Just my first ETH nft, is all :)

From 'The Anatomy of Fracture' by @alexis_o_O via @DataGalerie 💙

https://t.co/yaSPy5vKgY

[Forward Prizes @ForwardPrizes]

Winner of The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2024 is Victoria Chang (@VChangPoet) for 'with my back to the world' (@CorsairBooks) Congratulations Victoria!

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

So cool to see @nikitadiakur on @tezos
Good work, @objktcom 👏

[objkt.one @objktone]

The two pieces of ‘SLIDE AND RUN’ by @nikitadiakur are now available for bidding!

▪️Reserve auction starting at 1500 xtz

The exhibition Slide and Run presents two works: ‘Run ⎕’ and ‘Hair 2 ∞’. These pieces explore the tension between control and randomness in computer-generated imagery through an animation method that blends puppeteering with dynamic simulation. Created a decade ago in 2014, the Ugly series emerged as a counter-response to the highly polished CGI aesthetics prevalent at the time, emphasizing unpredictability and imperfection.

Traditional animation allows for complete control through iterative adjustments, but the animation in Ugly introduces uncertainty by integrating simulated physics. The animator sets the initial parameters and directs the action, but the computer’s calculations determine the final movement. This approach results in a more organic and unpredictable output, akin to working with human actors whose behavior cannot be fully anticipated. Thus, Ugly challenges conventional notions of animation by embracing imperfection, work-in-progress aesthetics, and the unexpected outcomes inherent to simulation-based processes.

Enter here to watch the pieces in full resolution (sound on!), read more about the release and make your bid 👉🏼 https://t.co/yOoS5Gb8jv

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

@itzevan @jamie247 @InWarhol Ah thanks for the shout out @jamie247 and of course the Tickle newcomer ish (😂) @itzevan 💙

@arsiliath is brilliant 💖

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

@nukCZ_ @gurrumxtx @toadswiback @heyghostshoes @CityShrug Ah thanks for the rec on this back issue!

We may get this printed at some point, so keep an eye on @InWarhol for news on that, if you want this in your IRL hands :D

[Nuk @nukCZ_]

gm my friends, Happy Friday ☀️

THE TICKLE - Issue #45 by @GuysWily

Features the works of Gurrumata ( @gurrumxtx ), die with the most likes ( @toadswiback ), Ghostshoes ( @heyghostshoes ) & Wrecks ( @CityShrug )

[objkt.one @objktone]

Get ready for SLIDE AND RUN 🛝

Tezos genesis of @nikitadiakur
October 10
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[BigOnTezos.com @BigOnTezos]

yesterday's top sale is NFT by @arsiliath titled "2" sold by @GuysWily to metaissance.tez or 1 000 Tez
https://t.co/chZWc17Tq8

[Feral File @FeralFile]

🚨IMPORTANT COLLECTING INFO🚨

Collecting for 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸 individual artworks opens on https://t.co/XN97lfH5sS at 16:00 UTC (12pm ET) Wednesday! Details on pricing and new collecting UI are below. 🧵

Collect works by:
@Takawo
@Sko_hr 
@Satoshi_Aizawa
@KZ_LAB_E
@ykxotkx
@Senbaku
@molecubed
@Misaki_mofu
@Okazz_
@v_kaoru

@alexestorick 
@themassagejp
@rtclick_save
@neort_io

[The Tickle - #94 ft. Beets & Bay Backner @InWarhol]

Prepping some physical Tickle materials - WIP :)

[Wily Guys - SLOW GODS @GuysWily]

Incredible moves by an incredible human:

[Arthemort @Arthemort]

In light of what is happening in the Middle East, I'm once again offering to produce a recommendation letter to any artist I've worked with through my gallery or Artcrush.

This can help constitute your candidacy to benefit from the asylum status in France. I can do it for other visa programs outside of France too as long as you are in a situation justifying of becoming a refugee. I will respect your confidentiality on your situation of course and not talk about it publicly.

I have done it for fellow Russian and Ukrainian artists who had reached out to me in the last couple of years, so if you are Soudanese, Yemeni, Somalian, Burkinabè, Birmanian, Israeli, Palestinian, Iranian, Afghan, Lebanese, Congolese, Nigerian, Lybian, Syrian, Kurdish, Armenian, Azerbadji, or other, feel free to reach out even If we didn't work together before (we can figure something out)

I might not be the biggest authority to do so but getting recommended by an established art professional as an artist can go a long way, I don't take sides whatsoever, just want artists to be able to do art and help in any little way I can regardless of their origin, ethnicity, nationality sexual orientation, gender or political affiliation.

Most Particularly, I can make recommendations letter to the Atelier des Artist en Exile, an NGO that aims to identify artists in exile of all origins and disciplines, to support them according to their situation and needs, to offer them workspace and to put them in contact with professionals (French and European networks), in order to provide them with the necessary means to restructure and continue their practice.

My first show of WEB3 artists was made in collaboration with them so I have a great relationship with them.

[objkt.one @objktone]

objkt Meets #2 • Cem Hasimi @cemhah

In this second episode of #objktMeets, @kikanicolela hosts a conversation with artist Cem Hasimi, who is exhibiting until the 29th at the British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery with Pivotal: Digitalism and simultaneously releasing ‘A Series of Grieving’ with https://t.co/hBoeCeMuZk Gallery.