Rocco

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[goldcat @OriginalGoldCat]

Its the last weekend of my exhibition! 🥹

[Lonliboy @chilltulpa]

Nature comes alive through code. 🌿

The mightiest gardener: @zancan

[Giannis Sourdis (🦉,🦉) @Greekdx]

Was doing some cataloguing yesterday and was shocked when I realized the amount of physical computer art pieces I've collected over the last 4+ years😅

- 40 pieces.
- Over 25 artists.
- From 1966 to 2005.

[Fellowship @fellowshiptrust]

In its division into a series of chapters and in the coincidence of its launch with the birth of the artist’s first child, Vera, I See Generative (ISG) represents a summa of the principles that have guided Iskra Velitchkova’s practice since she first used code to generate art. As an invisible force that shapes the world, WIND makes for a natural focus for the inaugural release as well as an apt analogy for the emergent potential of randomness, which once defined the work of another Vera (Molnar).

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[PmAmTraveller @pmamtraveller]

By Sergio Grinberg.

[Harm van den Dorpel @harmvddorpel]

Interpolations 🔁 2024 - 2025

Series of plotter drawings that extend Hanne Darboven's Konstruktionen (1966) through interpolation. For each work, the lines of an existing Darboven construction are traced, and software then computes the lines that would lie between them — drawing out a continuum the original only implied. The results are plotted onto millimeter paper.

[Rocco @bitrocco]

@aljaparis How else would the artist differentiate themselves? So, yes, the way the art is done is artist’s footprint. If you don’t have focus, you don’t have your vision, it is not possible to consistently create art and find love within it that will connect to collectors.

[Rocco @bitrocco]

@thepropgallery Tez art, best art 🖼️!

[Rocco @bitrocco]

@jamiegourlay @erikswahn Jamie, I love the listing feature on verse but when you add a tez collection to an artist, you cannot search that artist within listing anymore. Try to search Eric’s name within listing, it will not populate. Keep doing great job!

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

Claude Mellan's Face of Christ, also known as The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649), is one of the most technically extraordinary works in art history...

The entire portrait is rendered using a single, continuous spiralling line that begins at the tip of Christ's nose and expands outward to the edges of the cloth.

Mellan achieved the illusion of depth, shadow, and facial features without any cross-hatching or traditional shading. Instead, he precisely varied the thickness and pressure of the burin (his engraving tool) as he rotated the copper plate, creating "swelling" lines that darken the image where needed.

The spiralling line is estimated to be approximately 150m (about 500ft) long if it were stretched out.

[Jediwolf @Jediwolf]

It may take a while for this to fully settle in but in my opinion (and I don’t say this lightly) @lphaCentauriKid together with @richerd may have opened a serious path toward Ethereum-native media permanence. Let me explain it as simply as I can.

There are different ways to store data on Ethereum.

The first is contract storage - the most expensive layer. It is like the front room of an archive: the object is right there, instantly accessible and ready to use.

The second is logs - which is what ACK explored. Logs were not really meant for storing media but they may be surprisingly well-suited for media files that do not need to be accessed every day.

Think of an IRL archive. Not every object is kept at the front desk. Some works are stored deeper in the archive. You may need to request them and wait for retrieval but they are still preserved, catalogued and available to anyone who knows where to ask.

That is the idea: logs are not Ethereum’s front room - they may be its deep archive. And as a collector - that is perfectly fine with me.

Yes - this will create additional infrastructural burden for Ethereum. And yes - it will most likely trigger criticism and serious debate. But Ethereum was intended to be a world computer and that comes with both excitement and cost: constant development, pressure and adjustment.

That is also the beauty of the system. Ethereum is willing to absorb new edge cases and evolve around them. Bitcoin by design and culture largely chose not to go in that direction - and I understand that choice too.

Thanks to "Original Sin" - NFT media permanence may eventually become a real standard. A new market standard could emerge for media storage that remains deeply connected to the Ethereum ecosystem - archive-like, verifiable and durable as part of Ethereum’s historical record. That is the most important thing here and it is a catalyst I’m personally very excited about.

P.S. The elegance and innovation of how the artwork is reconstructed directly in the browser from Ethereum itself is genius. Kudos to @lphaCentauriKid and @richerd for this.

[objkt @objktcom]

❖ Top Weekly Sales ❖

1 ‣ Garden, Monoliths #51, by @zancan
⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 17,000 TEZ.

2 ‣ Garden, Monoliths #60, by @zancan
⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; sold for 7,000 TEZ.

3 ‣ Dragons #260, by @williamapan
⇢ now part of @PompousLL’s collection; sold for 6,000 TEZ.

4 ‣ The GOLDEN DOME for AMERICA PERSONAL SHIELD, by Tamiko Thiel
⇢ now part of @Louis___M's collection; sold for 5,500 TEZ.
Curated by @_second_guess x @madebyoona.

5 ‣ Garden, Monoliths #58, by @zancan
⇢ now part of @PompousLL’s collection; sold for 3,500 TEZ.

6 ‣ Dragons #469, by @williamapan
⇢ now part of AE 1 0 U’s collection; sold for 1,750 TEZ.

7 ‣ Die Jugend spaltet das Atom: Frame 3488 & 4775, by @quasimondo
⇢ now part of an anonymous collection; each sold for 1,500 TEZ.
Curated by @_second_guess.

✳ Congrats to the artists and their collectors! ✳

[Art Blocks @artblocks_io]

William Mapan at Art Basel 2026

We are thrilled to be able to present Paysages Plausibles, a solo exhibition by @williamapan at @ArtBasel, Zero 10, June 16 - 21, 2026 in Switzerland.

Paysages Plausibles is an algorithmic exploration of overlapping shapes, textures and digital media layers to create imaginary landscapes using pigments based on the natural world.

Mapan spent nine months of research, a give and take between sketchpad and computer, to develop the algorithm, which will be applied in both digital and physical formats at the exhibition. 

At our Zero 10 booth, visitors will be able to view hand-painted oil works, plotter drawings, and a live generator, all based on Mapan's creative algorithmic logic.

Selected outputs may be purchased and plotted live at the booth.

[goldcat @OriginalGoldCat]

Boy in Red

In exhibition in Dresden until 7th June.

[NFTLaurent @LaurentNft64534]

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Just listed "Void Engine" by @lphaCentauriKid (edition of 6). I consider this piece a grail and hope it finds a good home. Will privilege liquidity as there are upcoming drops I'm eyeing but if you have an order mask, this could be part of a larger trade.

Have a great weekend

[zancan 🌿 @zancan]

System for Healing
50 editions sold out in 30 seconds.
That's the time is took for my first Lushtemples on Tezos back in October '21 (1 block)
I've been scared of selling for 3 years. Still am, means I'm not healed yet.
3 Garden, Monoliths sold while I was asleep (from emotional exhaustion, I guess).
NFT ARE DEAD ♻️ WE ARE SO BACK.
I don't know how to react to that (sales-wise)
That love/hate relationship with sales is surely personal. Blame the tax inspector.

But I've opened my chest and put some art back into the world, after what felt like a long hiatus. That's healing.
You art collectors responded. That's confidence. That's also part of the system for healing.

I'm grateful for you all 💚

[Manuel Lariño ☔️ @ManuelLarino]

Our most valuable asset is TIME

[omentejovem @omentejovem]

after 2 years, one edition of "Ether-Man II" finally hits the market

mint cost was 2E, secondary available now for 2.25E. both artwork's chapters grant you private access to our X's group

[Rocco @bitrocco]

@pointline_ Iconic

[Iskra Velitchkova ⚫️➖ @pointline_]

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