Hello and welcome to The Culture Project. We are here with the next iteration of the fx(hash): Weekly Roundup. There are some really nice abstract projects coming out this week. We will also cover a few launch calendar projects as well, one from a well known artist.
Lets dive in.
Mints on Sunday - 64 pieces in the set. -On-Chain
Price: 1 Tezos
This project by Reptile is fantastic. I really like the varying patterns and shapes you get from the outputs. As I was checking out the project I saw I have a reserve for it. Thank you very much Reptile. I’m going to try and mint a couple of them tomorrow.
I have always believed that geometric shapes alone have capabilities that are often overlooked. With a few changes in the order, arrangement and color, you can create unique random designs in them. I always had ideas of space photos, planets and molecular changes in my mind, but I never came up with a specific idea. As long as the circles attract my attention, yes, these are the circles that can turn my mental challenges into reality. This design may not be scientifically correct, but it is not physics, mathematics or anything like that. These are my mental patterns that want to turn the contents of my imagination into artistic creations. I am not a seafarer or an astronaut, so I always stay away from complex scientific concepts because they make me move away from the wonderful space I have in my mind about the universe and my imaginations lose their beauty. I will design my world so it looks more beautiful.
Mints on Tuesday - 256 pieces in the set.
Price: 9 -> 6 -> 3 -> 1 -> 0 Tezos -On-Chain
Changes every 4 minutes.
This project has a really nice blend of distortion and noise. Each piece essentially starts out as geometric shapes like squares and rectangles. It has a nice balance of outputs that change enough to feel fresh while exploring it.
Errance - an exploration of abstract and digital glitch fusion. The algorithm crafts the concept and structure, while randomness navigates the detailed textures, exploring the interplay between systematic design and the unforeseen aspects of randomness. Errance represents a journey of discovery, one without a defined endpoint, capturing the unexpected and fortuitous outcomes that emerge as algorithms navigate freely, leaving a trail of unique and unpredictable patterns.
Appearance and Being by Pixel Symphony
Mints on Wednesday - 150 pieces in the set. -On-Chain
Price: 7 Tezos
This is a banger release by Pixel Symphony. Another project with a nice amount of change in each output. There is a very nice range of shapes, textures, and patterns. Feeling complicated at times and at others incredibly minimalistic and it all feels cohesive. Really looking forward to this project.
In 2021, I enrolled in a course about Genius, Inspiration, and Madness across ancient, European, and American traditions. A central theme of the course was a recurrent exploration of the Apollonian-Dionysian dichotomy described by Nietzsche in his seminal work "The Birth of Tragedy". Nietzsche contrasts the Apollonian (order, structure, rationality) with the Dionysian (chaos, emotion, primal nature) and suggests the interplay between these two drives is essential for creating profound art, reflecting the complexity of human nature.
For me, this study extended beyond academic curiosity. It reshaped my perspective, elevating a concept I was superficially familiar with into a recurring theme I observed in my life or applied in my artistic pursuits.
"Appearance and Being" (Schein und Sein) aims to build upon the explorations of my previous works, "Sol" and "Space & Ego," effectively serving as a third installment in an ongoing study. The series uses handpicked cellular automata rules at a close-up, through which I consciously navigate the space between strict structure and organic unpredictability. I start with a rudimentary, perfectly square form distorting it to the point of obtuseness. The ironically sharp edges of these obtuse elements, juxtaposed against a fading, concealed underlying structure, balance authenticity and aesthetics.
This is a project I covered in the launch calendar a long time ago. The release date is set for January 31st, but I’m sure that will change. This is one I’ll continue to follow and write about as we get more info on it.
TECTONICA represents the final remnants of the Universe's vast computer, a layered stratum of glitched, galaxy-sized digital memory banks. These calcified data deposits have accumulated over eons, forming physical tectons that span light-years of space. They offer a glimpse into the fundamental building blocks employed by a forgotten alien civilization, which encoded its entire culture as digital data in physical form. While the specifications for this stellar machine have been lost to time, its fractured components continue to perform computations, seemingly trapped in an eternal loop. We can observe the inner workings of this enigmatic structure, but its true meaning remains forever silent, its message encrypted. TECTONICA serves as an artistic exploration of this fictional world and its algorithm-driven deep-space geology.
quibibi has had some amazing releases on Verse called Storeroom and releases a lot of work on objkt. I was pretty excited when I heard he is going to release a project on fx(hash). There is not a lot of info at all. Just this blue place card and a release date of January 31st on the launch calendar. I’m hoping he releases some information on it in the next few days. I will post more about it in the future.
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