Bright Moments Finale

Finale #660

Finale #658

Bright Moments

*Notes* is a generative collection that dives into the vivid online universe of perfume descriptions. Pulling from lists of fragrance notes, product description text, and personal perfume reviews from fragrantica, *Notes* remixes found language into a unique visual output a collaged, imaginary fragrance. Given the inability to sample scents through our phones or computers, perfumes rely on detailed descriptions to best communicate what a product smells like and persuade potential customers online. *Notes* requests its audience to use their scent imagination. With a visual sensibility inspired by magazine perfume ads, glossy bottles, and colorful language, this collection combines bright, evocative visuals and text to deliver you a computer conjured scent of your dreams.  
   
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Considering the relationship between fragrance and France, it is delightful to release *Notes* and its 100 perfume editions in Paris <3

Notes #81

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CryptoCitizens are an ongoing generative portrait collection of 10,000 NFTs, powered by Art Blocks, minting in cities around the world. Each one is an equal member of the Bright Moments DAO.

CryptoCitizens

CryptoParisians are the ninth edition in the CryptoCitizens collection, an ongoing generative portrait series based on real people from communities around the world. Holders of CryptoCitizens are members of the Bright Moments DAO.



CryptoParisian #717

Happy Holidays

This is an on-chain holiday collection. Each mint generates a piece with a randomised colour set. Happy Holidays 2023, from henry.

Happy Holidays #19

daydream

'daydream' is a journey into the hazy space between the waking world and dream state, reality and simulation. The collection delves into the fundamental inquiry of what is real and uncovers the profound beauty that lies within the realm of the unknown.

space / double click: play / pause
f: fullscreen / 3:4 toggle
m: movement is a fun easter egg you can toggle on/off
s: save png

click and drag to interact with the depth and speed. the arrow keys will alter the simulation in additional ways.

daydream #31

daydream #30

Iskra Velitchkova entered 2023 with a clear goalto slow down. After two frenetic years she needed to take a step back and focus on developing her technique and art practice. ESCAPE is the product of this pace change, its icon, and a map guiding us towards this same freedom.

For Velitchkova the relationship between artist and machine is deeply collaborative, nurturing unexpected elements that emerge from the code. This algorithm began in systems that balance order and chaos. First a distinctive style reminiscent of architectural maps emerged. From this grew the brutalism characteristic of former Soviet cityscapes of the artists early childhood in Bulgaria. Ultimately stifled by this rigidity and repetition, Velitchkova pushed the algorithm furtherbreaking it and in the result discovering the form of an opera house, a structure that had become a symbol of freedom to the artist, the promise of losing oneself in art.

The overwhelming superstructure of architectural lines breaks the picture plane and seems to go beyond three dimensionality. By avoiding easy categorization, the viewer spends time considering the forms and making sense of the composition. It becomes possible to escape everyday concerns for a moment longer, lost in the almost mathematical task of viewing these geometries. The opera house icon emerges as an antidote to these illusive structures. This central figure is suddenly recognizable as a flat or three dimensional shape. Whether in dense black or highlighted as a central white figure, it is a condensation point, a place for our mind to rest. The images combine the icons of this escape but also serve as a visual guide to achieving it.

We are reminded of what art can offer usmental freedom. Yet ultimately this is an illusion. Just as the opera is a staged fiction with its own rules and schedule, this composition is not real; it is a staged performance specifically created to evoke this reaction.