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INSTRUCTIONS
FOR DEFACEMENT

Instructions for Defacement is a generative art project developed for release on plottables.io, in which NFTs of unique pen plotter instructions are created upon mint.
Each Instruction, which is represented by an SVG, is designed to be interpreted by modern pen plotting software and drawn on an area equal to 5.8125" x 2.34252". All instructions that cannot be executed by a pen plotter are designed to be performed manually. The thumbnail of each NFT simulates what a resultant plot might look like if executed on the pictorial area of the United States one-dollar bill. Resultant plots may appear different than the corresponding NFT thumbnail due to pen selection, paper
quality, imprecise pen plotter alignment, and the uniqueness of manual instruction
execution.

This document outlines a six-point procedure in which a prospective collector may purchase an Instructions NFT and (optionally) execute those instructions:


I. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOKEN PURCHASE
II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOKEN VERIFICATION
III. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WAIVER
IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR REBATE
V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEN PLOTTER USE
VI. INSTRUCTIONS FOR POST-PEN PLOTTER USE


I. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOKEN PURCHASE
Visit https://instructions.plottables.io
a. Ethereum Purchase
- Scroll down and click on the Connect Wallet to Purchase
button
- Once your wallet is connected, click the Purchase button
- Follow the instructions for your preferred wallet to complete the
transaction
b. Credit Card Purchase
- Scroll down and click on the Purchase With Card button
- Follow all on-screen instructions


II. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TOKEN VERIFICATION
Please complete one of following two verification methods
after seeing the mint success screen
a. Web3 Verification
- Visit https://steviep.xyz/instructions/verify
- Connect with the wallet you used to purchase the token
- Submit your token ID and present the screen to an event
organizer or volunteer
b. Email Verification
- If you purchased a token using a Winter Wallet, an event
organizer or volunteer will request that you forward the
confirmation email, along with a specific phrase, to them


III. INSTRUCTIONS FOR WAIVER
- Upon verifying your token, please reference the Waiver
Agreement in the back of this document
- Read each Term of the agreement carefully
- Solicit a signature from Steven Pikelny and Matthew Jacobson
- Sign the Agreement
- You will be permitted to keep the hard copy, but a photo will be
take for Plottables records


IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR REBATE
- Following the signature of the waiver, you will be given a $1.00
rebate in the form of a crisp United States one-dollar bill
- Upon receipt of this rebate, you must verbally acknowledge that
this is an unqualified act of good will on behalf of the artist, and
that you are free to use this bill as best you see fit


V. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEN PLOTTER USE
- Select pens from pen station
- Attach plotting material to plotting board with provided clips
(see Figure 1)
- To ensure the pen is at the correct height, position material
under the pen carriage and insert pen into pen carriage 1 cm
above material (see Figure 2)
- Align the pen tip with the top left corner of the frame of the
plotting material (see Figure 3)
- Slide the carriage to the right and align with top of the frame of
the plotting material (see Figure 4)
- Slide the carriage back to its initial position
- In the UI select the appropriate layer and click the plot button
- Repeat for all layers in the piece - changing pens and realigning
as necessary

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4


VI. INSTRUCTIONS FOR POST-PEN PLOTTER USE
- After using the pen plotter, you are welcome to use any of the
designated supplies in an unsupervised manner
- These supplies may include archival ink pens, felt tip pens,
highlighter pens, pencils, scissors, and lighters
- Please return all pens when you are finished


RELEASE OF LIABILITY, WAIVER OF CLAIMS, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, COVENANT NOT TO
SUE, REBATE TERMS & CONDITIONS, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND HOLD HARMLESS
AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made effective / / , by and between Steven Pikelny (hereinafter, "The Artist"),
Plottables LLC (hereinafter, "Plottables"), and __ Andy Shaw __ (hereinafter, "The Buyer").
Whereas, having purchased a Non Fungible Token ("NFT") of Instructions for Defacement (hereinafter,
"Instructions"), and having signed this Agreement under the supervision of The Artist and/or Plottables, The
Buyer is entitled to the following:
1. The immediate transfer of said NFT to The Buyer"s address on the Ethereum blockchain.
2. A $1.00 rebate, which will be issued in the form of a physical United States one-dollar bill upon signing
of this Agreement.
3. The use of an official Plottables pen plotter for up to 15 minutes during the officially publicized hours of
a live Plottables-sponsored event on a "first-come-first-serve" basis.
If the NFT is transferred to an Ethereum address not controlled by The Buyer prior to the fulfillment of 1 and 2,
these entitlements shall be nullified, and a separate Agreement may be signed with the new owner.
And whereas, upon signature of this Agreement, The Buyer agrees to hold The Artist and Plottables harmless
from all claims, losses, liabilities, public prosecutions, and costs associated with their purchase and use of any
and all Instructions tokens, as well as their participation in any and all Instructions-related activities.
TERMS

1. HOLD HARMLESS. The Buyer shall fully defend, indemnify, and hold harmless The Artist and Plottables
from any claims, costs, lawsuites, demands, causes of action, losses, liabilities, injury, damages of any kind
whatsoever (including monetary loss, property damage, public prosecution, personal injury, and/or wrongful
death), whether brought by an individual or other entity, or imposed by a court of law or administrative action of
any federal, state, or local governmental body or agency, arising out of any acts of pen plotter use, use of any
materials that may be located within proximity to a pen plotter (such as highlighter pens, scissors, lighters,
markers, archival ink pens, felt tip pens, pencils, and so forth), omissions, negligence, or willful misconduct on
the part of The Buyer. This indemnification includes, without limitation, the payment of all penalties, fines,
judgements, attorney"s fees, and related costs or expenses.

2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CURRENCY DEFACEMENT CODE. The Buyer acknowledges that
execution of any and all Instructions in relation to any and all United States currency constitutes a federal crime
pursuant to United States Code Title 18 (CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE), Part I (CRIMES), Chapter
17 (COINS AND CURRENCY), Sec. 333 (Mutilation of national bank obligations):
Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to
any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve
bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit
to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Furthermore, The Buyer acknowledges that execution of specific instructions may constitute "advertisement",
and may result in fines pursuant to United States Code Title 18 (CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE),
Part I (CRIMES), Chapter 25 (COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY), Sec. 475 (Imitating obligations or
securities; advertisements):
Whoever designs, engraves, prints, makes, or executes, or utters, issues, distributes, circulates, or uses any business or
professional card, notice, placard, circular, handbill, or advertisement in the likeness or similitude of any obligation or
security of the United States issued under or authorized by any Act of Congress or writes, prints, or otherwise
impresses upon or attaches to any such instrument, obligation, or security, or any coin of the United States, any
business or professional card, notice, or advertisement, or any notice or advertisement whatever, shall be fined under
this title.

3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RIGHTS. The Buyer understands that, in purchasing an Instructions NFT,
they are under no legal, social, or moral obligation to execute instructions conveyed by any token, owned by
them or another Buyer, either in part or in full. Furthermore, The Buyer acknowledges that any and all
Instructions may be executed on any paper material other than United States currency.

4. INTENT. The Buyer acknowledges that neither The Artist nor Plottables endorse or encourage the
defacement of United States currency, despite: the presence of one or multiple pen plotters at a live Plottables
event; any assistance, guidance, or technical advice given to The Buyer in relation to pen plotter use; or any
statements made regarding the promotion of the Instructions project at live events, on social media, or in casual
conversation.

5. REBATE. The Buyer is entitled to a rebate of one United States dollar and zero cents. This rebate may only
be redeemed in person with a request being made to one or both of The Artist or Plottables. This rebate is valid
for one year after the mint of an Instructions NFT, and may only be redeemed by the current owner of said token.
The rebate will consist of a crisp physical bill subject to all good faith efforts of The Artist and Plottables. The
rebate may also be given in digital form subject to the approval of all parties. Neither The Artist nor Plottables
will, under any circumstances, sign the rebated bill unless held under duress, which includes threats, violence,
constraints, and other actions brought to bear on them to do something against their will or better judgment.

6. PEN PLOTTER USE. By purchasing an Instructions NFT The Buyer is entitled to the unsupervised use of
an official Plottables pen plotter for up to 15 minutes. The Buyer is not required to use the entirety of this 15
minute period, and...

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# Yuccas and Boxes
One of the things I took away from my summer trip to Marfa was the need to spend more time absorbing my surroundings and thinking back on my experiences. Witnessing the vast fields of yuccas flowering simultaneously and watching the sunrise over Judd"s 100 untitled works in mill aluminum are two specific moments that will never leave my memory. Combining these two sensations resulted in generative arrangements of yuccas and boxes.
## Edge of the desert
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Be brave and fear not, embrace the challenge before you. Travel through the 7 worlds of Innerspace, to physically transform, learn and collect tokens of awareness. Your journey will expose you to the functions of consciousness including intuition, thought, emotion, sensation, your shadow, aspirations, morality, conflict and even death. If done with a pure heart, you will experience individuation through the transformative nature of experiencing the human condition in all its varieties. One last piece of advice, above all else, enjoy the ride.
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Monomyth is the universal story about the transformation of the hero inside all of us.

Be brave and fear not, embrace the challenge before you. Travel through the 7 worlds of Innerspace, to physically transform, learn and collect tokens of awareness. Your journey will expose you to the functions of consciousness including intuition, thought, emotion, sensation, your shadow, aspirations, morality, conflict and even death. If done with a pure heart, you will experience individuation through the transformative nature of experiencing the human condition in all its varieties. One last piece of advice, above all else, enjoy the ride.  
  
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Instructions for Defacement is a generative art project developed for release on plottables.io, in which NFTs of unique pen plotter instructions are created upon mint. Each Instruction, which is represented by an SVG, is designed to be interpreted by modern pen plotting software and drawn on an area equal to 5.8125" x 2.34252". All instructions that cannot be executed by a pen plotter are designed to be performed manually.   Defacing US currency is a federal crime, and may be punishable with up to six months imprisonment in addition to fines. Neither the Artist nor Plottables LLC condone defacing, mutilating, cutting, disfiguring, perforating, or otherwise damaging US currency.  By purchasing an Instruction token the collector implicitly assumes full legal responsibility for the defacement of currency in their possession, and agrees to hold the Artist nor Plottables LLC harmless from all claims, losses, liabilities, public prosecutions, costs, and costs associated with this project.  All Instructions exist simply as and artistic exercise, and collectors are strictly discouraged from executing said Instructions using the following tools: Axidraw pen plotters, fine-point pens (ex. Micron, LePen, Stabilo), felt tip and highlighter pens (ex. Sharpie), scissors, and lighters. The token thumbnail represents a simulation of what this may look like if executed on the pictorial area of the United States one-dollar bill.  As a token of gratitude, each collector is entitled to a $1.00 rebate, issued in the form of a crisp bank note, when a request is made to the Artist in person.  This project was a 48 hour open edition from 11/11/22 - 11/13/22

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Friendship Bracelets by Alexis Andr

Since founding Art Blocks in 2020, artist Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) has been intrigued by the idea of representing digital artwork in the physical world in the form of an ephemeral physical object with meaning, but with no inherent value. 

Donald Judd has long been an inspiration for Art Blocks. One aspect we admire most about Judds artistic practice is the elegance of design he effortlessly paired with the accessibility of materials that could be found at a hardware store. With Judd as inspiration, we hatched a plan to create a unique generative art friendship bracelet that includes instructions to make, in minutes, a simple bracelet using a few dollars worth of embroidery floss. Donald Judd believed that what surrounds us in our day-to-day life is already so beautiful, and that ultimately the experience of creating art is as important as owning it.

Erick was incredibly excited to collaborate with renowned artist Alexis Andr (a.k.a. MacTuitui) to bring generative art and ephemeral physical objects together in the form of friendship bracelets. Conceptualized by Erick and aesthetically and programmatically designed by Alexis, this project pairs creative coding with a beautiful spectrum of embroidery floss colors. The project was a true team effort, as each member of the Art Blocks team designed and named their own color palette!

The project is a token of our appreciation to the creators, makers, builders, and collectors who have all contributed to making the Art Blocks community what it is today. Participating in this project is a signal, both online and IRL, that youre a participant in this evolution of art + community. You are pushing the best ideas forward. You are the reason all of these imaginative projects come to life. Our community is what makes all of this possible. So, to say it plainly, we appreciate you, and we hope that youll accept this bracelet as a token of our special friendship!

The owner of any wallet with an Art Blocks piece at the time of snapshot (October 26, 2022, at 3pm US Central time) is eligible to claim two mints from this special generative art project. We would love to see you keep one bracelet and share your love for generative art by gifting your second mint! These mints are free to claim (you pay only the gas) and exist on L1 Ethereum. Please note that we may in the future release additional modified iterations of the Friendship Bracelets project, ideally on an L2 scaling solution, that may substantially increase the total supply of tokens related to the project, with the intent of being a more accessible entry point to a larger audience. But this version is what we"re here to celebrate today, and this gift is for you in gratitude for your support along the way. Please enjoy this token of our friendship and explore the wonderful artwork created by Alexis Andr. Then, let"s all make bracelets together! 

Warmly,
Alexis + Erick + the Art Blocks team



The claim window expires on January 10, 2023, at noon US Central time.

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