A thought, connected.

to get a layer more meta what digital ownership (and markets) enable is the literal trading of the marks themselves which is why (imo) this all scratches at the confusing nature of intangible value trademarks are “psychological property” h/…

in both collections, the ® is representative of either: motion between two points “trade marks” or as a “signature” the mark left after practicing one’s trade (in f1, the burnout)

some obvious ties to the themes being explored in checks and opepen another mark with global consensus that nobody owns - but we have reached consensus that it connotes ownership of some kind and ownership enables trade

@ChristiesInc @nftnow have been consumed by a couple things since this launched and haven't gotten around to sharing some of the details the info layer here (press n) reveals the data that informs each signature (rotations & total circumfer…

@ChristiesInc @nftnow any signature drawn "organically" (by a human) is absolutely unique, even if visually similar the above are not drawn hand drawn, but the code that ensures their randomness is the below are hand drawn, an extension of…

will do my best to unravel some of the thinking behind the two collections from today here trademark and signature an absolute pleasure to get to play with art blocks engine for both

@ChristiesInc @nftnow attribution, provenance, proof all different lenses on the same set of questions provoked by the ability to distribute consensus and verify independently