Elemental by Fang Lijun

Fang Lijuns latest NFT conveys the intense collision, fission and possibility of material elements when they converge, and how it activates human perception and the unknown.

Elemental is also Outland Art"s MINTPASS for all future projects that are larger than 2022 editions.

Outland Art is fostering critical conversations around emerging digital technologies + their connections to contemporary art.

See more information on our website: [https://outland.art/fang-lijun/](https://outland.art/fang-lijun/)

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Information Age by R1B2

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Information Age #194

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Information Age #193

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# The Paradox of Living in the Information Age

We live in an era of unprecedented access to information. We have tools to communicate, store, and process vast amounts of data in ways that were unimaginable a few decades ago.

Yet. the more tools we have, the less we are able to access information that hasnt been distorted in some way or another. This distortion can take many forms, such as misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, censorship, bias, manipulation, filter bubbles, echo chambers, fake news, and so on.

It is this paradox that inspired this new project. Information is symbolized by a straight rectangular grid, which is then distorted in various ways, creating bubbles, holes, suggesting images and organic shapes, . 

The colors and textures pay homage to some of my favorite modern masters: Picasso, Klee, Vasarelli,  

The rendering code has been carefully tuned to emulate watercolor paintings, producing pieces that look stunning on print.

Each mint is 100% unique.

Information Age #191

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Information Age #189

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Information Age #187

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Information Age #185

 **IMPORTANT**
Today 14th Feb at 7pm UTC the collection released is https://opensea.io/collection/a-tender-count-ing-by-lisa-orth 

 **IMPORTANT**
This is the VerticalCrypto Art Block Engine contract, but not all marketplaces can process different Art Block Engine collections as OpenSea does. 

You can find all the collections in this OpenSea Category: 
https://opensea.io/category/verticalcrypto-gen-art 

VerticalCrypto Gen Art

la caverna deals with the impossibility of seeing the absolute truth given our subjective minds and our subjective world. The title is a tribute to Platos allegory of the Cave, included in his work Republic. It does not only deal with the fact that what we perceive is affected by our senses and our mental state, which is a function of our genetic inheritance plus our life experiences, current and past, but it also is a reflection of todays world, where a fabricated reality is no longer distinguishable from what it really is. What is reality today?

The artwork creates a set of basic volumes, inspired in the platonic forms, which represent a potential ideal reality. It then presents a distorted view of that reality through several steps of distortion. The artwork also presents, in separate tokens, the undistorted reality and a representation of the layer that transforms that reality into what the observer can see in the first token.  The two tokens that represent these other elements will be available to redeem for free at a later stage to collectors who own the first piece (this token) at the time of claiming the rest of the triptych. The three tokens are included in the price of the first tokens mint. 

The artwork allows to refine the view (simulating more light, creating stronger images) pressing "r". You can save the current image pressing "s". You can decrease/increase the resolution appending in live view the URL parameter ?globalResK=2 (for example). By default, globalResK is 1. You can go as high as your graphics card can handle.

Made with vanilla javascript and glsl, no additional libraries or external dependencies. Thanks to @greggman @iquilezles @piterpasma for sharing knowledge about webgl and raymarching. I hope I know something someday to share that little bit.

Tested to work fine on Chrome, Safari, Brave on macos, Chrome, Safari, Firefox iOS, Edge Windows. Firefox macos fails to render the image correctly. Please check before you purchase.

la caverna #115

Lost In Thought

It"s easy to get lost in thought. There"s a lot going on up there ya know? 

An ode to serenity and found beauty by Dam Aggott-Hnsch, Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders (IDROW) is a 500 piece artist-curated algorithmic collection that subverts visual identity and intent by reorganizing the pixels of its source images to produce tranquil and mystical abstracts imbued with new semantic context arising from their natural appeal to the human predilection for pareidolia.

Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders

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Post-photography Glimpses

Solipsism is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is certain to exist. It is the belief that the external world and other people may not actually exist, and that one's own thoughts and experiences are the only things that can be known to be real. Being in a bubble can be similar to this idea, as it involves living within a narrow set of experiences and beliefs that are insulated from external influence.

When these people do encounter someone or something that falls outside of their bubble, it can be a shock and cause them to feel disoriented and unsure. They may feel like they had no idea that anything else existed beyond their own limited perspective, and this can be a deeply unsettling realization.

Parin Heidari | Solipsism #7/9

Roope Rainisto | Seasonal #3/16

An ethereal reflection, bridging two worlds through the veil of the soul.

illustrata created this piece using uniquely crafted text prompts and light editing in Lightroom & Photoshop. Upscaled using Gigapixel Ai.

7680 x 7680 | 300 ppi

illustrata | The Other Side #1/17

Chaos reigns supreme in the city of dreams. Yet, there"s something strangely poetic about it. Can you hear dramatic music slipping in amidst the deafening horns as fists fly in slow motion? 

A scene captured in the latent space with the help of AI.
8000 x 4000 px | post-photography