On Square Pegs and Round Holes
The holiday season and the end of the year are always good moments to pause and reflect, allowing patterns to surface across longer timelines. Over the past months, I’ve been thinking and writing extensively about contextualizing crypto art, with a particular focus on the role of art-world misfits in its early years, those who operated in the gaps between disciplines, institutions, and economies. Tracing these misalignments has become a way for me to better understand how crypto art found its language, urgency, and resistance to easy classification.
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#art #cryptoart #geometry #clouds #patterns
The holiday season and the end of the year are always good moments to pause and reflect, allowing patterns to surface across longer timelines. Over the past months, I’ve been thinking and writing extensively about contextualizing crypto art, with a particular focus on the role of art-world misfits in its early years, those who operated in the gaps between disciplines, institutions, and economies. Tracing these misalignments has become a way for me to better understand how crypto art found its language, urgency, and resistance to easy classification.
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On Square Pegs and Round Holes - MLO.art Inc
Introducing Noctilucent Memento Marfa 2025, a new piece marking the second anniversary of the Noctilucent Mementi series. First shown in Marfa, Texas, this edition was gifted to collectors of the series, a gesture of gratitude and continuity.
The final layer was completed by the Cloudpainter plotter during our SOVRN.art popup with Pindar Van Arman, adding a tactile, hand-coded touch that bridges algorithmic precision and material presence.
Read more about Noctilucent Marfa:
Celebrating two years of Noctilucent Mementi, a #generative #art series that continues to drift through memories, places, and shared experiences.
Grateful to all collectors, especially those who have held their pieces since mint. This week, I joined the first SOVRN.art activation with free prints for holders as a small token of appreciation, and certainly not the last.
I’ve started building a dedicated page for the series here:
After a short hiatus, I’m returning with fresh energy. I’ve had time to recharge and to collect many cloud photos and videos that I’ll share soon. With Marfa, TX on the horizon next weekend, expect a series of updates in the coming days, including some special surprises for Noctilucent Mementi holders.
Après une courte pause, je reviens avec une énergie renouvelée. J’ai pris le temps de me ressourcer et de rassembler de nombreuses photos et vidéos de nuages que je partagerai bientôt. Avec Marfa, au Texas, à l’horizon le week-end prochain, attendez-vous à une série de mises à jour dans les prochains jours, incluant quelques surprises spéciales pour les détenteurs de Noctilucent Mementi.
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Another piece from my new Plotting Against Centralization (PAC) series is FA8Y, visualization of first-time cryptocurrency acquisitions as of 2025 by year as a percentage (cloud density per triangle) from 2017 to 2024. This work debuted at the Art Ono fair in Seoul, South Korea and the Bitcoin Confrence in Las Vegas, NV.
Discover more about the PAC FA8Y Blue Variant:
The photo for this sunset cloud collage was captured on the ferry between Quebec City’s Old Port and Lévis. There’s something timeless about sunlight breaking through clouds in radiant streaks.
La photo de ce collage nuageux au coucher du soleil a été prise sur le traversier entre le Vieux-Port de Québec et Lévis. Il y a quelque chose de intemporel dans la lumière du soleil qui perce les nuages en rayons éclatants.
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Five years back, I approached this dataset with GANs and style transfers. Returning now with diffusion models, I find myself tracing not only the progress of technology but also the changes in my own way of seeing. This piece is the latest chapter in that unfolding exploration.
Il y a cinq ans, j’ai abordé cet ensemble de données avec des GANs et des transferts de style. Aujourd’hui, en y revenant avec des modèles de diffusion, j’observe non seulement les avancées technologiques, mais aussi l’évolution de mon propre regard. Cette œuvre est le plus récent chapitre de cette exploration en constante évolution.
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Recently, I’ve been reflecting on cloud surveillance, especially the role of data clouds. My practice often explores the ambiguity between clouds, data, and blockchain, and I find myself drawn to how relentless the collection and monetization of information has become, ranging from copying crypto wallets’ “investment” strategies to triangulating data points that expose real-world identities for taxation or more troubling uses …
I put together a new photo collage using Python-processed cloudscapes I often use in pen plotting. I like the direction and want to test lighter inks next to layer on top of dark-pen lines with the plotter. Do you also see a face?
PAC AN8Y illustrates the rise of active participants in the blockchain ecosystem, measured through wallet numbers. The cloud density represents the adjusted growth rate over the past eight years.
Learn more about PAC AN8Y Grey Variant
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