Artists

Francisco Alarcon (FAR)

A digital illustration of a cartoon cat against a starry black sky. The cat is composed of many iridiscent bubbles, some of which contain cartoon cats of their own

News

Breaking Protocol

The Ordinals protocol allows art to be inscribed on the Bitcoin blockchain—but it’s also an artwork in itself.

A digital abstraction of a yellow grid, interlocking with blue and red stepwise lines, interrupted by irregular lines and warping patterns

Criticism

Room to Grow

Artist and architect Francisco Alarcon explores virtual space with a project that points to code’s physical limitations, while locating potential in its mutability.

Essays produced in a writing workshop hosted by Outland and Art Blocks offer new perspectives on art, code, and web3. The Generative Art Issue

A softly blurred and glowing digital image evoking braided threads, folding over each other in swirling patterns