[alignDRAW](https://aligndraw.fellowship.xyz/) (2015). The first text-to-image artwork.

By early 2015, neural networks had mastered the art of 'image-to-text' and could create natural language captions for images. Flipping this process, and turning text into image, was a much more complex challenge solved by 19-year old prodigy Elman Mansimov's alignDRAW model.


Fellowship is pleased to present a special release of **fully on-chain*** NFTs of this historical artwork, containing all the original 32x32 pixel images created in 2015.

*These images represent the birth of text prompt AI generated imagery.* - Darius Himes, Christies

*alignDRAW images can be compared to the first fixed photographs taken by Nipce in 1826-1827.* - Dr Lev Manovich

*We created an architecture that allows for the progressive on-chain storage of data and images, strategically addressing the challenge of high gas costs at launch through a phased roll-out that capitalizes on periods of lower gas prices.

alignDRAW

[alignDRAW](https://aligndraw.fellowship.xyz/) - the first text-to-image artwork from 2015.

By early 2015, neural networks had mastered the art of 'image-to-text' and could create natural language captions for images. Flipping this process, and turning text into image, was a much more complex challenge solved by 19-year old prodigy Elman Mansimov's alignDRAW model.

Fellowship is pleased to present a special release of both print editions and **fully on-chain** NFTs of this historical artwork, containing all the original images created in 2015.

*"alignDRAW images can be compared to the first fixed photographs taken by Niepce in 1826-1827."* 
Dr Lev Manovich

*"These images represent the birth of text prompt AI generated imagery."* 
Darius Himes, Christie's

A brown horse is grazing in a field #80

DAILY.XYZ

Geometric spaces and nostalgic tones depict barriers to genuine connections. Amid loneliness and love"s complexities, a mythical paradox unfolds. Through dreamlike sequences, explore the fragility of life, finding hope and resilience amidst adversity.

Sound by Andrew Black

Jon Uriarte - The day it looked doable

Your Story by encapsuled

*Your Story* is a book like no other.

It"s the story you always wanted to read,
the story you always wanted to create.
Any story you want.
*Your Story* is your imagination projected within the pages, 
to tell a story today, 
and another tomorrow.

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### The idea:

I was playing with a dot on a canvas, when I recognized the first symbol.
In the end, writing is not different from drawing.
So I generated another. And another.
That"s how I realized that I had discovered a new language. As a writer, I knew what I had to do:
let this language tell the stories it wants.

Characters in modern alphabets are symbols that, over thousands of years, we aligned on in order to comunicate in written form.
Most people can tell which character represents what in the alphabet they"re most familiar with.
There is no room for imagination anymore in the characters themselves. It"s all up to the combination of them.
So we form words, sentences, chapters, books.

But imagine now a language that no one understands.
Every interpretation of it is valid: there is no wrong answer. 
Anyone reading it is perceiving a different story, creating a different story.
It"s *your* own choice.
You can decide to change the story at every reading. Or keep a piece of it consistent. Collaborate with others to create a new story.

*Your Story* is giving back full imagination to *you*.

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### How it works:

I wanted *Your Story* to look like a book, and all pieces of the algorithm follow this aesthetic direction.
The aspect ratio is set to 2:1, as most of the paper sizes available worldwide (ISO 216, ISO 217 and ISO 269).
Two set tokens (first and last) are the cover and the blurb. 
The remaining tokens form the interior, using token ID to determine whether the page is left or right and the respective margins.
The hash is used to determine the aesthetics of the page: the character style, the type of page (chapter header, illustration, normal text), the presence of notes, and highlights.
All character styles have clear differences between them, and occasionally they are all mixed together.
*Your Story* is not meant to be a single alphabet, but rather an exploration of the imagination. Different character styles may evoke different thoughts.

Your Story #61

Rippling by Yi-Wen Lin

Rippling is a generative algorithm that recreates the impression of a raining day. It is a research for the balance between order and chaos. It is also a journey through time and light. Each token represents a different moment and space, creating a unique composition.

I took great inspiration from Impressionism, focusing on capturing the light of a moment. The highlights of the ripples are calculated with a simulated 3D water surface combined with a directional light in order to achieve the realistic look of the reflection. The result of this then serves as a base for laying the strokes on the canvas. Light plays an important role in our memory. Through the light and the colour we travel back to different moments and places in our memory.

The colouring of Rippling is inspired by the 24 solar terms of the Traditional Chinese Calendar. Each term represents a different period in the year. Rippling uses these terms to represent not only the time but also the memories of the season.

Growing up on a subtropical island, rain was a big part of my childhood. I can vividly recall those heavy showers in the afternoon of the summer. It washed out the agitating heat and calmed the world. With Rippling, I"m seeking to use a generative algorithm to recreate the feeling of a rainy day or night at different moments. And perhaps, it could remind you of the sound of the rain drops, the scent of the dirt after the rain or that moment the sunset peek through the heavy cloud ...

Rippling #114

Totem of Taste by Hannah Yan

Totem of Taste is all about the donuts. More than donuts, it is about taste buds.
It celebrates the delightful, sweet, and mysterious flavors that the tip of your tongue wants to remember but cannot disentangle.
In a bite, one sense ignites another.
On the palette, a color blends with its ethereal neighbor.
A point moves in tandem with millions of other points to reflect the monumental presence of food in our lives in real-time.
The donuts are made with strange attractors  dynamic systems that are extremely sensitive to initial conditions. The algorithm guides the trajectories of the points until they settle into deterministic shapes to naturally form textures.


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Totem of Taste #38

3 Minute Meditations by thetechnocratic

*3 Minute Meditations* is a set of audio/visual generative-art NFTs designed to provide the listener with a short, meditative experience.  Each *3MM* starts with a **unique fundamental frequency** and composes harmonics on top of it. One of these harmonics is a **binaural beat** that ends in the **delta** or **theta** band (associated with **mediation**, **deep** and **REM sleep**).  The others take shape as a combination of **constant and arpeggiated tones** to form an entrancing soundscape that moves through **temporary dissonance** into **climactic harmony**.  The associated visuals are representative of the sound, and follow a journey that mirrors the **sonic meditation**.

** ***The focus of this piece is the audio, which must be enjoyed with headphones in order to properly realize its effects***. **

Listeners can watch the visuals as well, or close their eyes and **sink fully into the auditory experience**.

3 Minute Meditations #5

Horizon

The Horizon Collection features 200 artworks, meticulously curated by HODLERS. It includes 20 unique 1/1 pieces by Katie Morris, Olga Fradina, Stephan Vasement, Javier Tomeo, Ganchitecture, Ira Greenberg, and Tristan Rettich. Additionally, limited 1/20 editions by qubibi and agoria.

The collection will be available for purchase through a Blind Mint process. When you make the purchase, you will initially receive a placeholder or pre-reveal image. At this point, you won't know the artist or the artwork. The full reveal of the artwork and the artist is scheduled for September 27th at 3:00 pm UTC.

Horizon serves as a metaphorical crossroads between the familiar and the mysterious, the here-and-now and the yet-to-come. It embodies the limitless potential that arises when generative art intersects with artificial intelligence. Horizon aims to challenge conventional viewpoints, reveal previously unexplored realms, and forge an entirely new narrative in the art world.

APEX by phenomena

PEX ~ is a generative landscape art project responding to the conditions of the Anthropocene, where the lines between what is possible and what is only imagined are constantly shifting.  Simplified circles give way to hyperreal spaces. It is unclear if at any point they resemble a landscape that one could actually inhabit.

At what point do abstract shapes start to resemble believable environments? Each viewer may experience this work differently, depending on where they draw the line between realism and abstraction, natural form, reality and fantasy.

While landscape art is traditionally understood to represent natural forms, it has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between the natural and manufactured. When the code runs its course and a static picture emerges, a thin barrier seems to be crossed.

The work tests out the limits between reality and hyperrealism, between abstraction and surrealism, blurring distinctions between them.

Created by Ori Ben Shabat & Ronen Tanchum

APEX #360

CryptoCastles

#960

Fake Internet Money by Steve Pikelny

Fake Internet Money is not legal tender, and may not be redeemable or exchangeable with other parties or markets following its initial offering. The Artist is not a licensed or registered money transmitter in any district, state, or country. The Money is not a financial security. The Artist makes no claims of adding any further value to the project. Owners of The Money have no reasonable expectation of profit. Any marketing statements made by The Artist should not be taken as investment advice. The secondary market value of The Money may be highly volatile, and The Artist makes no guarantees regarding its liquidity or stability relative to any crypto or fiat currency. All value derived from The Money is entirely subjective. All code is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License, and is provided without warranty of any kind. In no event shall The Artist be held liable for any damages arising from the code or resulting tokens. The typeface is derived from Shippori Mincho B1, which is licensed under a SIL Open Font License. 30% of proceeds were converted to real money and donated to Give Directly. 

Fake Internet Money #687

Thoughts of Meadow by Eric Davidson

These shapes are nothing more than rectangles and lines.

And yet...

There is a concept in painting called "pentimento", the presence of earlier forms or images that have been painted over. These could be changes that the artist made deliberately, or mistakes that they were able to cover. Sometimes as the paint fades, the pentimenti will be revealed, but often they will remain unseen.

The challenge is to recognize the pentimenti that influence the canvas, but cannot be found there even at the base layer. These are scattered throughout the years of the artist"s life.

"Thoughts of Meadow" is a generative system that distorts a chess-like grid into complex shapes. Many of the outputs give the illusion of immense three-dimensional structures using simple geometric principles. It is an attempt to represent the concept of "pentimento" through the rendering process. Each layer builds upon the complexity of the previous one but also covers it. If you look closely through the gaps in the grid, you can see the incremental changes that took place.

In that sense, this project is a reminder for myself of where I"m from, an incredibly small town called Meadow, and the gratitude I feel for the years I spent there. The first layer of my life"s pentimento.

As always, I doubt this project would exist without the work and observations of Vera Molnr. Squares were certainly made for her, I just appreciate being able to borrow them once in a while.

Thoughts of Meadow #14

Infinite Images

[Infinite Images ](https://daily.xyz/exhibition/10062) The only artworks created with DALLE-1 by OpenAI.

In 2021 we were invited by OpenAI to work with the DALL-E 1 research model as part of a commission. Infinite Images are the product of these experiments, large images meticulously constructed piece by piece to explore the models capacity for coherence.

This context hints at why themes of reflection in water and glass, horizon lines and mountain ranges appear so frequently, as the works were constructed by playing an exquisite corpse game with the model. A single initial generation could now be infinitely expanded upon in any direction. To our knowledge these are the only artworks produced with the original DALL-E model. They represent a transitional phase from the more abstract generations of the models that preceded it, and the high fidelity models we are used to today.
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst

The total collection size is 682 artworks, broken down into the following categories:

*Genesis Sets*These were the initial 'genesis' artworks created by Holly and Mat when they first accessed the model in 2021. The outputs were small, 256-pixel squares, presented in a grid format. Genesis sets are sold in groups of 9 individually minted artworks, each carefully curated by Alejandro Cartagena in collaboration with the artists. There are a total of 15 genesis sets, comprising 135 artworks. Prints, 20 x 20cm (*9), are also available to the NFT holder at cost.

*Medium Artworks*These artworks were created a few weeks after the Genesis Sets, following OpenAI's development of a prompting interface that produced larger samples, each 1024 pixels per square. In total, there are 500 medium-sized artworks. Prints, 50 x 50cm, are also available to the NFT holder at cost.

*Special Formats*
These are higher-resolution artworks created once OpenAI developed a painting tool that allowed compositions to be stamped' and 'stitched' together. In total, there are 47 Special Format artworks: 
- 5 panel murals (6 artworks, prints approx. 180 x 500cm) 
- 4 panel murals (8 artworks, prints approx. 180 x 400cm) 
- 3 panel murals (10 artworks, prints approx. 180 x 300cm) 
- XL collages (10 artworks, prints 200cm on longest side)
- L collages (13 artworks, prints 125cm on longest side)

Infinite Images  246, 2021-2022

WHAT IS THIS?

DRIVE STICK

Post Photographic Perspectives III: Taming The Machine

*Post Photographic Perspectives III: Taming The Machine*

The initial Fellowship program was all about photography. We worked with artists like Gregory Crewdson, Guy Bourdin, Cristina de Middel, Laurie Simmons, August Sander, and many more. We see photography as one of the mediums that created one of the most important cultural shifts of the last 200 years. Photography is everywhere, and its effects can be felt in all aspects of life and art. So when AI images started to speak a sort of ""photographic"" language, we believed it was imperative to address the connection between these mediums. At their core, both mediums describe the world we live in. One directly captures it, the other one is an imagined picture of the world. For our last installment of the Post Photographic Perspectives group exhibitions, we wanted to offer a clear view of how AI tools and artistic explorations we saw artists using in PPP I have changed and evolved into different visual manifestations in a period of one year.

This curatorial project looks to present a group of artists who, via their individual techniques and themes, are fighting the machine hallucinations created via AI tools to create a unique voice within the myriad of AI images being produced today. In this push and pull, new propositions of form are being developed that emanate an apparent tension between the generic production of images these algorithmic tools are intended to create and the creators" desires to impose their artistic visions.

As artists venture into this new frontier, they confront a delicate balance: how much of their creative process should be entrusted to the machine, and at what point does this partnership become a relinquishment of control? Each piece in the exhibition serves as a marker in this ongoing negotiation, a reflection of the artist"s struggle to maintain authority over a tool that possesses the capacity to both amplify and overshadow.

The very act of integrating AI into the artistic process raises questions about authorship and authenticity. As the machine learns and adapts, generating outputs that can surprise and even transcend initial expectations, artists must decide where to draw the line. The fear of becoming mere operators, guiding a process rather than birthing a vision, looms large. It prompts a reevaluation of what it means to create, pushing artists to establish boundaries that ensure their hand remains firmly at the helm, guiding the AI without being subsumed by its capabilities.

Yet, ""Taming the Machine"" is not just a showcase of these struggles; it is also a testament to the human spirit in the face of technological upheaval. It celebrates the artists who navigate this complex terrain and those who learn to speak the language of algorithms without losing their own. These creators do not shy away from the machine"s potential but engage with it critically, setting limits where necessary to safeguard the personal touch that defines their work.

In this context, the machine is neither adversary nor sovereign but a catalyst that, when carefully managed, can expand the horizons of what is possible in art. The exhibition underscores the importance of intentionality in using AI tools, advocating for a partnership where the artist"s vision remains paramount, and the technology serves to realize that vision in previously unimaginable ways.

""Taming the Machine emerges as a narrative of adaptation, highlighting the ongoing dialogue between human creativity and digital innovation; a current journey marked by moments of tension and harmony.

The artists included are:
- Diego Trujillo
- Hrant Khachatryan
- Iigo Bilbao
- Ivonna Tau
- Jess Mac
- Lily Illo
- Olga Fedorova
- Ossagrosse
- Pete Burkeet
- Sheldrick

Hrant Khachatryan - Be like this

A reminder that it"s always better to call in sick rather than show up to work intoxicated

AI generated music by Kentskooking

Kentskooking - Sick Day

Machine parts and broken gadgets form a strange symbiosis with human bodyparts. While neither machine nor human in this uncanny union is complete, let alone able to perform any meaningful or useful task, they compound into a unity that is recognizable as a whole new entity which appears to be capable of acting.

Music track "Krumme Sachen" by blumquist

Blumquist - Human User Interface III

"Smoke Dancer" is a visual symphony where the ephemeral grace of dance and the enigmatic allure of smoke converge, creating an otherworldly ballet that transcends the bounds of 1980s video artistry.
AI generated music by Color out of Place

Color out of Place - Smoke Dancer

Part of a mini-series exploring the theme of pleasure and fetish. These brief, intense scenes offer a glimpse into situations we shouldn"t be allowed to see.

Created using Midjourney, Pika 1.0 and found sound.

Length: 15 sec
Format: 16:9 
Sound design by Bengt Tibert, using found sound