From Light to Data, and Back Again
In conversation with James Bloom about Contingent, his release with Gottfried Jäger on objkt.one.
Transiciones Latentes: about curiosity and play
“Every technology carries an aesthetic.” - Tamara Moura
A roundup of our recent UI updates
Our team has been hard at work, updating various parts of our core marketplace so that you can focus on what you do best: create and collect. And of course, we’re super excited to share it all with you.
You Can’t Automate the Artist
Mario Klingemann on Tezos, the post-artist, and why automation breaks down.
Goldcat: pixels, charcoal and bronze
Many artists describe the decision to leave a stable job to pursue a full-time career in art as a difficult turning point. For Goldcat, it was not.
Lee Mullican’s “coded” abstraction
They could easily be read as a deliberate evocation of retro-digital aesthetics—a strategy widely used today to evoke technological nostalgia. And yet, they were produced in 1986, using PC Paintbrush on an IBM personal computer, by an artist born in 1919.
Mario Klingemann: Purveyor of Systems
He is interested in systems — both existing and hypothetical — and has described his practice as a kind of petri dish for testing and tuning them.
Between Fragments and Systems
An interview with Cris War and Vlad Dita on +/−, their new drop on objkt
The deeply compelling dis-ease of “research” by Frank Manzano
Frank’s works cannot just be viewed, they must be experienced.
Elena Lazutina: Colors of Happiness
Colors of Happiness does not operate through opacity or layered metaphor; its language remains legible, even direct.
Quayola and the New Ways of Seeing
“Machines are instructed to look at what I want to explore, and that is a crucial part of my artistic gesture.”
William Mapan: Dragons
Dragons, in folklore, are creatures that exist at the border between the known and the unknown — powerful beings that cannot be fully controlled. In Mapan’s series, the role of the dragon is played by the algorithm.
How NFTs work on objkt
When using a platform to mint, collect, or sell NFTs, it’s easy to assume everything lives “on the platform.” In practice, that’s not how it works, at least not here.
OMGiDRAWEDit aka george tezzardz daddy
The artist can tell you all about his most recognized creation.
Spectral Infrastructures, Thermal Memory
In conversation with Frederik De Wilde on data, heat, and the afterlives of computation.
Memory Scans: A talk with Violet Bond
“I think that as we move forward, finding each other in the digital sea is going to be the very best thing we can do for art.”
Richard Nadler: love for wine, Japan and Richter
When his father passed away, Nadler was eighteen. He inherited two passions that would come to structure his life and practice: Japan and wine.
Emotional Systems, Digital Breakdown
In conversation with Tan-Tan and zofi au gore on games, glitches, and memories.