#9 Artistic Arcs: Cory Haber's Oil on Algorithm to Versteeg's Dynamic Narratives
#9 Artistic Arcs: Cory Haber's Oil on Algorithm to Versteeg's Dynamic Narratives
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Welcome to this edition of The Curious Collector. We're exploring the digital art scene, from events in Marfa and Paris to emerging trends in the space. Inside, you'll find intriguing exhibitions, up-and-coming collections, and get to know why Siebren Versteeg is catching our attention.
News Digest
Art Blocks in Marfa: Last weekend, Marfa, Texas, became the hotspot for the annual Art Blocks event, drawing hundreds from the digital art community.
The platform, curating generative art on the Ethereum blockchain, transformed the occasion into a three-day festival, showcasing diverse digital art projects with over 50 events throughout the town.
Kate Vass Gallerie: 'Node to Node' in Paris, organized by Kate Vass Galerie and fxhash from October 13th to 22nd, showcases paintings, drawings, and AI art. Thirteen artists will debut specific artworks at this exhibition.
'Truth' Exhibition: Curated by Adam Berninger, this display highlights seven generative artists, including HAL09999 and Charlotte Dann, as they explore universal themes and the philosophical building blocks of the universe through abstraction.
Digital Highlight
“Apophenies: Cory Haber is creating a collection of 100 generative oil paintings, over the course of a year, using his custom-built plotter.”
"Each artwork starts as a digital representation that, using the exact same code, is also expressed in physical form using a mechanical plotter, canvas, & oil paint. A shared DNA expressed in different formats."
Bright Moments
Notable Insight
We visited Berlin's 'Market Makers' exhibition, exploring the link between art, markets, and capital. It featured both traditional and digital artworks, attracting a diverse audience from the art, tech, and finance sectors.
Sale Spotlight
Meridian is a generative art project and algorithm created by Matt DesLauriers.
The software constructs stratified landforms using hundreds of thousands of small strokes of colour. The hash of each token describes a coordinate within a multidimensional generative space, locating a unique composition that lies along one of many possible longitudes.
Artist to Watch
Siebren Versteeg’s, in collaboration with Arsnl Art, unveils dynamic artworks where algorithms craft these from trending online stories every 10 to 15 minutes (live feed).
These pieces, which are erotic, prophetic, sometimes terrifying, often humorous, and always revelatory, briefly exist before the next one replaces them.
Tech & Texture
Skygolpe Interview: Known in the digital art realm, Skygolpe charts his journey from London street art to pioneering NFTs like "Paint on Pixel" at Christie's New York in 2021, highlighting his shift from digital to traditional mediums.
Closing Remarks
As this issue wraps up, it's clear that the art landscape is shifting. Whether it's Versteeg's timely creations or the varied crowds at 'Market Makers', art continues to be a vibrant space of expression and innovation.