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@visualizevalue @martin_klipp @CirrusGallery as true to the process as physically possible without having a physical negative as input, printed on Silver Gelatin via a chemical process traditionally used in black and white photography https://t.co/GXjPKKHtiJ

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    @visualizevalue and the work following that, attempts to involve the network itself in shaping the artwork latent nods back with both its edition size (80 checks) and persistent composition (outputs loosely conform to the opepen silhouette)

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    there were multiple instances in conversations that I had in person that felt like a genuine epiphany had occurred when making this comparison the visual treatment of the digital piece (white on black) is a choice made to emphasize this ide…

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    one point I don't think I mentioned anywhere else, is that I tried to explain the concept to an LLM in parallel, then set some parameters for naming the works, then let it go to work 80% or so of the works it got first time (I agreed with t…

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  4. 04 / Project: Visualize Value

    what began as black and white compositions explaining value mechanics evolved into blockchain projects using those same mechanics as their medium. pieces about consensus, immutability, and network effects became pieces powered by consensus,…

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  5. 05 / Project: Visualize Value

    2/ Pick a format Use creative constraint to make it easier to produce consistently and be consistently recognized. @visualizevalue assets are black and white vector depictions of high-leverage ideas. To go back to the fishing metaphor, use…

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  6. 06 / Editorial topic: Process

    "Hardware" exposes the fragility of physical authenticity systems by turning their visual cues into deliberate fictions.

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    did not intend to activate a zora coin but apparently happens automatically when you log into the ios app, which is a bit mental would like to have done something like this much more intentionally, but here we are

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    transparency time lemonade stand a visualize value market simulator

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