Hello and welcome to The Culture Project. We are here with the next iteration of the fx(hash): Weekly Roundup. I’m really pressed for time this week. Celebrating 20 years together with my wife this weekend and couldn’t cover as many projects as I wanted. We are going to look at some incoming projects and skip the release calendar for now. It’s been a crazy end of the year for us. I didn’t get to finish a lot of things I really wanted to, but hope to have the new year breathe some fresh air into our lives. I will have a 2023 recap article coming out early January. It will cover The Culture Project, the Brush Strokes V0 release, and much more. I appreciate everyone who is reading and sharing the articles. It really means a lot.
Lets dive in.
Hex Appeal by Ahmad Moussa || Gorilla Sun
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Mints on Monday - 128 pieces in the set.
Price: 18 Tezos - On-Chain
I’ve posted about this project some already, but wanted to share the release info now that it’s ready to go. I enjoyed exploring this one, I just love the shapes, colors, and how they all weave together.
Hex Appeal is project created for the launch of fxhash 2.0 and curated under the "Colorful" KUMALEON x Okazz collaboration.
The emergent patterns in Hex Appeal come to life through a blend of algorithms that I've been exploring over the past year. It is based on the idea that tesselations are closely related to graphs and can generally be represented as connected graphs, which can subsequently be traversed with a number of different traversal algorithms. Contouring these traversals then allows the creation of interesting patterns inside of the tesselation.
Big thanks to the fxhash team for making the platform possible and empowering generative artists.
Mints on Monday - 256 pieces in the set.
Price: 0.03 ETH
I absolutely love the colors and textures in this project. At times it reminds me of chalk and others have a very acrylic feel to them. There are some fantastic explosions of color in a lot of them.
"Break Free" is about escaping from barriers and limits. The sweeping arcs and bold strokes contrast with the regular pattern of lines and circles as they spin outward, breaking the borders that seek to confine them.
Mints on Monday - 128 pieces in the set.
Price: 0.2 -> 0.175 -> 0.15 -> 0.125 -> 0.1 -> 0.075 -> 0.05 ETH with Rebate
Changes every 5 minutes.
I’m a fairly new fan of loackme’s work. I had not heard of them on fx(hash) until I saw the SPACE\TIME release on verse.works a few months ago. He has a very unique style that I really enjoy.
Non-place, non-time.
stranded(ness) Outputs by loackme
Mints on Monday - 64 pieces in the set.
Price: 128 -> 96 -> 64 -> 48 -> 32 -> 16 Tezos
Changes every 5 minutes.
I covered this one last week on the release calendar, but wanted to update with the mint info. I’m pretty excited about this release. Curious to see how it all fits into the Anaverse they are creating.
What does it mean to live together? What is the plan? What are we doing here? By that, I do not mean that I want to know what you are doing as an individual person, but rather what the whole of us is to achieve. Am I responsible for myself or am I responsible for you too? Am I responsible for what every single person does, or for what we collectively do as a group? Both? Neither?
What does it mean to live together?
Mints on Tuesday - 150 pieces in the set.
Price: 2 Tezos
Another great release by Uniray. I really love these abstract quilt like art outputs. A really nice blend of textures and colors.
"Patchwork" is an abstract 100% generative texture study artwork based on noise and randomness
Mints on Wednesday - 256 pieces in the set.
Price: 0.016 ETH - On-Chain - Redeemable
This is another great abstract project with a redeemable feature. You will be able to claim a high quality bookmark made from your mint. I’ve seen some really cool skateboard mock ups as well. It has a pretty unique aspect ratio that you don’t see all the time. This is another project where I looked at a lot of outputs and kept wanting to see more.
The concept of EX-LIBRIS came to life just days before my long pilgrimage to the Art Blocks Marfa Weekend back in September. Out of this initial batch, only 32 bookmarks were created. What began as an intention to craft charming mementos for a select circle of online friends swiftly evolved into a revelation of the creative potential inherent in this unique format.
These meticulously designed bookmarks, infused with a thirst learning and self actualization, served as more than just a placeholders within pages. They encapsulated a narrative of artistic exploration, self-discovery, and interpersonal connections. It was at this moment that the decision to immortalize this project on the blockchain took hold.
EX-LIBRIS captures the essence of a singular moment in time—a moment where I found my tribe as an artist. With an ethos rooted in uniqueness and individuality, each holder will have the opportunity to redeem their bookmark (or set) after minting, providing a tangible and signed testament to this distinct artistic endeavor. All bookmarks will be signed and printed on Epson Cotton High-Quality Rigid Paper.
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