Announcing our July collaboration: Aluan Wang (@IOivm). First Taiwanese artist on Art Blocks. Permanent collections at the National Taiwan Museum and Art Bank Taiwan. Fifteen years of practice spanning code, sound, and generative systems.
Get to know him below ↓
1200 days.
From chaosResearch to inkField. What passes isn't only time. It's the body, the memory, the small things you don't notice until they're gone.
inkField is my attempt to hold them.
Releasing with @iconic__culture on July 29.
Polypaths has been acquired by the National Taiwan Museum as part of its permanent collection. It’s a huge honor for me.
This is Taiwan’s oldest museum, known for its focus on ecology and culture.
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Sad to see Polypaths come to an end — but what an incredible journey it’s been. There’s so much to celebrate about this drop.
- First and foremost, huge credit to @IOivm for conceptualizing, designing, and building such a remarkable algorithm. Your dedication to understanding nature and translating that into generative art is truly unmatched. The breadth of this algorithm is immense, yet the outputs feel remarkably cohesive.
- The artwork itself showcases some of the best qualities of code-based generative art — thoughtful use of randomness, interactive elements both during the drawing experience and when viewing pieces through URL parameters, and subtle animations (which I imagine would look stunning in a VR headset).
- The marketplace mechanics also worked beautifully. The combination of collector curation and the seed marketplace allowed people to deeply explore the algorithm and mint pieces that resonated with them.
- And I wouldn’t be surprised if @chilltulpa played a key role as the gardener. The decision to slow down the minting cadence (1 burn per 10 minutes instead of 1 per minute) gave collectors time to explore, reflect, view others’ mints, and refine their choices — a small change that had a big impact.
A huge thank you as well to @GalerieMet for bringing this project into the world and making it so accessible. Offering a work of this depth and quality at such an affordable price is rare, and it speaks volumes about your values and commitment to the community. This kind of thoughtful curation and support makes a real difference.
In the end, Polypaths felt like a true collaboration between artist, gardener, platform, code, collectors, and thoughtful minting mechanics. A standout example of what’s possible in this space — and a model for future drops to learn from and aspire to.
@verse_works
These past ten days have been the most focused—and most distracted—I’ve ever been.
I’m not great at multitasking. For the past two years, my life has revolved around just two things: my family, and generative art. In fact, Polypaths began even earlier than Equinox, but due to some delays, it couldn’t launch last year. Now, it’s finally found its moment.
This isn’t a side hustle. It’s not a weekend project.
This is the only thing I do. I’ve poured everything into it.
To be honest, I don’t have anything more to give.
One collector wrote to me this week. He said he’d spend his days working, evenings with his kids, and all the in-between hours planting seeds.He said it felt like a quiet journey—sometimes like a time warp.I was really moved.
When I first spoke with @chilltulpa about this project, I told him, “I can live with whatever sales outcome, as long as people can feel the energy in this work.”He didn’t just understand—he made it better. He extended the mint window so collectors could explore more.That kind of artistic judgment and follow-through? Top tier.
@verse_works gave Polypaths the right kind of home, and @GalerieMet brought it into the real world—where it will appear this August, in Berlin.
For the exhibition, I’ll be creating ten new pieces based on Polypaths, curated from my own perspective. A mirror to the paths you all walked during these ten days.This has been a journey. And not just mine, but ours.
To everyone who planted a seed: thank you. You gave life to the system.
This is everything I have.And right now, it’s the best journey I could ask for.
For the past few days, repetition and iteration became my default mode. Afternoons disappeared in a blink. While the rendering sometimes made my decade-old PC gasp for air, I was still loving every bit of it.
Polypaths | 植徑集 #667 #639 #673 #422
by @IOivm on @verse_works
Aluan Wang’s new work “Polypaths | 植徑集” is a stunning project— simple or complex as you wish. Despite diverse themes, the “code brushstroke”—remains visible. Take #344: you can trace it back to the “code brushstroke” seen in Chaos Research (2021). @IOivm@verse_works
We’d love to end the final two days with a special gift 🎁
Pick your favorite Polypaths piece that you minted and quote this post with your selection.
After the mint ends, we’ll randomly choose one collector to receive a physical print, hand-stamped by me.
You can choose from four sizes: 35 × 35 / 35 × 46.5 / 35 × 50 / 35 × 70 cm.
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag with a Certificate of Authenticity from @GalerieMet ,shipped worldwide.
Let this piece leave a trace both on-chain and on paper. 🖼️✨ @verse_works
We’d love to end the final two days with a special gift 🎁
Pick your favorite Polypaths piece that you minted and quote this post with your selection.
After the mint ends, we’ll randomly choose one collector to receive a physical print, hand-stamped by me.
You can choose from four sizes: 35 × 35 / 35 × 46.5 / 35 × 50 / 35 × 70 cm.
Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag with a Certificate of Authenticity from @GalerieMet ,shipped worldwide.
Let this piece leave a trace both on-chain and on paper. 🖼️✨ @verse_works