GM. Announcing my new drop!

"Untraceables" an exclusive collection of 55 x 1/1s

When? April 24th at 5pm ET / 0.1 eth
https://foundation.app/collection/trce

Continue reading to learn more about the art story...👇 
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The creative limitations set in this body of work are simple: Each work in "Untraceables" originates from a single piece in my recent  "Inferences" collection, Inference # 1.

(you can learn more about Inferences, previously trending on opensea, link in bio.) https://i.imgur.com/Yq6gXI2.jpg

Inference #1 was subtly transformed using AI tools to create a small set of derivatives with similar form but varied visual quality.

The derivates were then combined to create an original abstract work, from which all "Untraceables" were born.

The process of transformation that ideas and the self undergo to create something new are fascinating and mysterious. 

Often, others only see the end-product because we choose to *limit* what we reveal.

The rest is inferred...

By incorporating language in art, replication becomes more complex and unlikely; AI expands the amount of possible variables to tweak and the creative possibilities enormously.

And so, "Untraceables" can never be replicated exactly because only parts of the process are revealed.

The process of transformation exists on a macro level too. We all stand on the shoulders of giants; art and ideas build on themselves.

This is more true than ever with #AI easing access to the world's visual lexicon at our fingertips. https://i.imgur.com/Oe54F09.png

In "Untraceables", winding forms from "Inferences" persist, representing humanity's personal and collective journey of adaptation with new technology.

Except now, human forms are introduced into these otherworldly, abstract environments...Why?  https://i.imgur.com/EvIGHVh.png

No matter how distorted or abstract, when we see human forms we see ourselves.  https://i.imgur.com/IneYarn.png

The human figures in "Untraceables" represent the ambiguous duality of existence: Our teetering between facticity and transcendence: who we are vs. who we have the potential to become...

Similar to a node in an AI model or idea taking shape, at the cusp of inference.  https://i.imgur.com/Cijy8b5.png

Thank you to past collectors, hope you find something that resonates in this upcoming drop on 24/04. @fredwilson.eth @dawufi @les @codeofcrypto @basedsatoshi.eth @mishaal.eth @kmacb.eth @uncledavo @wake @jayme @emodi @mxvoid @0xen

Tagging a few more past collectors for whom I think the art and story will resonate of this new drop: @slowcrypto @ubermensch @marmo @meesh @thatalexpalmer.eth @bjj @ccarella.eth @mxvoid @pdr @cameron @lia1 @emodi @joshrubin @klamt-eth @daes @chandresh @0xen

Art and life are about the limitations we choose and accept. A haiku, for example, is judged by how choice of language fits into an arbitrary number of lines and syllables.

"Untraceables" meditates on creative and existential limitations, and their consequences.

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