A split screen, with a woman in glasses on the right aiming her eyes toward the abstract design on the left
Criticism

The Hirsch Truth: Episode 7

by Ann Hirsch

The original NFT critic in the vlogosphere tackles generative art in her latest episode. Starting with Art Blocks, the platform that popularized large-scale generative NFT collections, Ann Hirsch looks at two projects that incorporate the older arts of writing and weaving, respectively, into creative coding. She also considers independent projects by Kim Asendorf and dribnet that explore the possibilities of interactive generative art on the blockchain, as well as the stunningly beautiful digital imagery of Eric Hu’s Monarchs.

Related Stories

An AI generated image of a disheveled, dumpy man standing alone in the aisle of a big store, the shelves around hi8m lined with brightly colored, indistinguishable products
Criticism

The Outland Review, vol. 01

Bitcoin NFTs Taproot Wizards, Julian Opie's VR installation, Jill Miller's Ariel Pink project, and on-chain robots Kazokutchi reviewed in brief

The Outland Review, vol. 01
A pair of hats, one blue and one gray, with the words New Peace embroidered in the same color as the fabric
Criticism

True Religion

To sell spirituality as a lifestyle brand, Timur Si-Qin draws on wellness culture, crypto, and other ways to find meaning when old values fall short.

True Religion
A digital mosiac, with multicolored cells forming an abstract, wavelike composition
Criticism

A Map of Everything

Inspired by his research in theoretical physics, Eric De Giuli makes dynamic digital works that evoke nature’s emergent properties.

A Map of Everything

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
Read more