Don't think. Feel and you'll be tanasinn

THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL ART PROJECT WITH NO SUSTAINING DEVELOPMENT. FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE FELT AT:

https://twitter.com/tanasinn_eth
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Tanasinn

TANASINN IS AN INTERNET CULTURE CONSPIRACY THEORY, JOKE, AND MEME
ORIGINATED IN 2003 ON THE 2CH MESSAGE BOARDS. TANASINN IS FURTHER CORRUPTED, DOCUMENTED, ARCHIVED, REMIXED, AND EXTENDED IN THIS 2023 EDITION.
DON'T THINK. FEEL AND YOU'LL BE TANASINN.
NO NO CLUB IS WATCHING YOU.

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Calian by Eric De Giuli

The contemporary moment is defined by the appearance of artificial systems that mimic intelligent behaviours with uncanny skill: bots that you can converse with, machines that can act as pets, and even the algorithms that recommend ads to you. At times they appear as strange beings; alive. To make sense of this phenomenon, we are forced to reconsider our notion of the living state beyond what we are familiar with on Earth. 

Calian is an infinitely zoomable and scrollable exploration of lifelike behaviour. It exhibits ambiguous natural-digital forms in a dynamic rendering. Species grow and compete; they get carried by the elements; they face boom, bust, and echo. 

What makes something alive? To go beyond recognition of terrestrial biology we need to delineate general principles and apply them to new intelligent systems. Calian uses the fruits of my research into the origin of life to create persistent, complex systems that we can experience and study (*). We can identify properties of living matter but these fall short of a satisfactory and succinct criterion. When does agency begin? Or identity? Calian asks you to ponder this as you wander through its ecosystems. 

Feel free to explore but be careful: although life is pervasive, living things are delicate. Your interactions affect the ecosystem, obliquely. 

Calian continues a thread of my work probing deep scientific questions with artistic means. It furthermore connects to my previous Artblocks projects Mazinaw and Glass through the theme of ambiguity: while Mazinaw suggested the hand of an unknown creator, and Glass visualized the intrinsic ambiguity of our quantum mechanical universe, Calian"s amorphous forms bear characteristics both of familiar organic matter and digital technology. 

Interactive features allow you to explore each ecosystem, infinitely, both in depth and in scope. As you wander, the shader repopulates the world from its initial condition, while the physical laws governing the dynamics themselves evolve.

See Display Notes for Controls.

(*) For more on Calian"s dynamics and its grounding in my research, see the Calian page on my website.

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ooze

let the ooze seep into your eyes and ears. 
each ooze is unique and on-chain. 
ooze is a lava lamp. turn it on and enjoy. 

controls: 
click on ooze to toggle the audio on and off. 
press [m] to display the metadata. 

ooze was produced by MyFi Studio. 
https://www.myfi.studio/

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