Gen Art

Farcaster channel for sharing and discussing anything generative made using code, but especially art.

Farcaster Generative Art Channel

E114 is live. We go deep on excellence, originality, getting educated as collectors, AI, code... it's a good one folks.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waitingtobesigned/episodes/E114---Article-Agreement-e2jq4j2

Good discussion and really worth the listen. One point I think that has been missing from the code and excellence discussion:

To me, the truly special gen art is that which CANNOT exist without code. JPEGs are usually not this. The discussion always focuses on jpegs but not on a live interactive experience unique to u

The potential of coded art to inspire and invoke is not just what you feel when you glance at the thumbnail, it's what arises in you as you explore. 

That may mean exploring outputs, but even more directly it can mean exploring the art piece itself! Eg: https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/26052 which requires user input

Andrew E. Brereton;

Scientist, generative artist, programmer, entropist. Find my links and projects at https://aebrer.xyz

Aprendiendo español 🇲🇽

A huge difficulty in presenting this type of art is that typically the best tool to draw people in and invite them to explore is the thumbnail... But for example I am seriously asking for suggestions on how to use a thumbnail to convey what this piece is about:

A huge difficulty in presenting this type of art is that typically the best tool to draw people in and invite them to explore is the thumbnail... But for example I am seriously asking for suggestions on how to use a thumbnail to convey what this piece is about: https://objkt.com/tokens/versum_items/10