mattdesl

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a small cryptographic puzzle, a fresh wallet— who will be the first to solve it and claim the prize? 🔒⏳ → https://bitframes.io

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Last week to mint and contribute to the Bitframes crowdfund! 100% of net proceeds are going to the production of a documentary film on the history of generative & computer art. 🎬 Minting powered by @highlight. → https://bitframes.io

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COMPUTER ART IN THE MAINFRAME ERA— A ~40 min interview with professor and computer art history scholar Grant D. Taylor that I conducted during R&D for Bitframes. Listen → https://bitframes.io/episodes/1

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In Aug 2023, I had the incredible privilege of interviewing Vera Molnár for the ‘Generative’ documentary film we are crowdfunding. At the age of 99, she was still creating new work some months before her passing. She was an inspiring force and true pioneer of generative art. Her remarkable legacy will live on.

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4x 32 Bit Edition winner results— Tokens will be minted, distributed and revealed within 24 hours, and updated on the website. https://bitframes.io/editions

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Posting some cryptographic commitments for the Bitframes 32 Bit Edition raffle, which will use Ethereum's RANDAO value for a decentralized random number generator. Scripts & details: https://github.com/mattdesl/bitframes-randao SHA commitments pictured below:

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Last few minutes to be counted toward this week's 32 Bit Edition raffle. Any Bitframes minted in later blocks will only count toward next week's raffle. Block number 21294591: → https://etherscan.io/block/21294591

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Picked up ISO/IEC 10646 #43 by @paul-prudence. 👏

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Big moment for generative art— Tate Modern is about to open Electric Dreams, one of their most ambitious shows to date, that explores the history of computer and algorithmic art from the 1950s. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/electric-dreams 👀

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The first 1,000 minted Bitframes. 👾 Thanks for all the support so far! → https://bitframes.io An open source generative artwork & film crowdfund powered by @highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a documentary film on the history of generative art.

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I've published `bitframes` (the codec & renderer) to npm, for those who want to tinker with it. 🔧 npm — https://npmjs.com/package/bitframes ✨ CodeSandbox demo — https://codesandbox.io/p/sandbox/bitframes-sketch-vsqx9l

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Sentinels— an encoding I curated/crafted with a bit of JavaScript and the raw Bitframes codec. Not every parameter is exposed by the editor; it could be cool to see somebody else build some tools that allow for a different range of expression. https://github.com/mattdesl/bitframes Minted by @thefunnyguys

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Over 500 mints already! 🤯 See them all here: https://bitframes.io/gallery Thanks for all the support so far for Bitframes and the documentary film!

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Have a few edits to the Create tab in Bitframes to make next week. Also thinking about a way to get the site working nicely within a farcaster Frame. 👀 Random button, mint, maybe a little editing? Does dynamic SVG work in Frames? My server could generate that easily on the fly for low res previews.

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BITFRAMES— an open source generative artwork & crypto crowdfund, powered by @highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a feature-length documentary film on the history of generative art. → https://bitframes.io/ Nov 22 – Dec 20

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Bitframes — website is live! ✨ → https://bitframes.io An open source generative artwork & crypto crowdfund powered by @highlight, launching tomorrow (Friday Nov 22, 5PM GMT). 100% of net proceeds are being directed to the film production.

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BITFRAMES— an open source generative artwork and documentary film crowdfund powered by @highlight. 100% of net proceeds are being directed toward the production of a film on the history of generative art, spanning from the 1950s to present day. ↓ Launching Friday Nov 22. Website will be released shortly. Bitframes encodes each artwork in 32 bytes, using the blockchain as a distributed storage & crowdfund mechanism. This will be an open edition sale over four weeks, and users enter to win one of 32 limited editions. – I've been working behind the scenes on the documentary for the past year, helping the filmmakers navigate the incredible history of generative and computer art that stretches back to the 1950s. I'm really excited by the interviews we've captured so far, and the prospect of this topic reaching a wider audience. I feel it's important to record the stories of some of these pioneering artists while we can, and document this often under-appreciated art movement and its global communities.

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Spoke with @monkantony @lerandomart about my next project, Bitframes—a generative artwork and crypto-based film crowdfund powered by @highlight. Link here: → https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/matt-deslauriers-on-a-generative-world Launching this Friday, Nov 22. Will share more details leading up to launch. 👀

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BITFRAMES — An open source generative artwork and blockchain-based crowdfund inspired by punched cards and the mainframe computing era. More details to come soon! 👀

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My next project will leverage some modern web features—wide gamut P3 color, offscreen canvas workers, IndexedDB for caching. Also a lot of coding on the backend which has been new for me. Definitely inspired to make more full-stack apps after this. Excited to release more details in the coming week. 😀

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