Criticism

Coded

A grid of pale pink and blue squares in a seemingly random arrangement

Charlotte Johannesson

A photograph of a computer plotter drawing showing two blocky figures with their backs to each other on desktop computers

Tzu Tung Lee / Winnie Soon

A photo of a person sitting on a blue rug in front of a Macbook, on which are laid red-lidded jars of water

Simon de la Rouviere

A barcode over a gradient rainbow background, with the words THIS ARTWORK IS ALWAYS ON SALE written in all caps

Simon Denny

Steve Pikelny

A digital image that looks like a banknote, with guilloche patterns, borders, a denomination of 1, and a serial number, but is too abstract and empty to fully resemble an actual bill.

Rhea Myers

A schematic drawing of the blockchain with a label indicating that art happens on it

DYOR

History in your hands

Christopher Kulendran Thomas

A grainy image of a woman sitting at a table, gesticulating as if she is explaining something

Matt Kane

An abstract digital image comprising a red orb with purple, pink, and pale blue circles within it

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