"The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client."

a tribute to William S. Burroughs 

"Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside."





The Mark Inside

BONAFIDE. Serious absurdist. I put the ecc in Ecch! Coffee / Cannabis / Doc Benway 2024

The Mark Inside #19

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The Mark Inside #16

The Mark Inside #9

The Mark Inside #10

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The Mark Inside #2

The Mark Inside #6

The Mark Inside #14

The Mark Inside #21

Emergent Properties Customer Success Manager, Synthograneer & local silly-goose!

The Mark Inside #1

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The Mark Inside #13

It's not every day you have an opportunity to purchase a piece from The Best Dam Collection on Tezos. If you are familiar with my work, you know that I like to revel in AI's imperfections because I view this as where its uniqueness lies. There is a wide variety of imagery in this collection. You may or may not get beaver(s) or people. You will definitely get a pile of wood. If you're lucky, maybe a spam dam (thank you 'mam). 

233 hand curated images originally minting from Tiv's Emprops Page
https://marketplace.emprops.ai/profile/tz1iabvFX2r61cz9wJ2NjUHyVVsyFYMB5kqN/creations?page=1&size=24

2400 x 1920px

Enjoy,
-Tiv

P.S. I'm offering a dam good deal on these because I want a dam sellout. Tell your dam friends 

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #3

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #7

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #11

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #14

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #8

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #4

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The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #13

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #2

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #10

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #1

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #15

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #6

south american artist working with panting, drawing, text-to-image

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #9

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #12

The Best Dam Collection on Tezos #5

Divided States observes the deep fissures within American society. Abstracting photographs from yesterday's assassination attempt on Donald Trump, this project aims to visualize the underlying political and social tensions that have now reached a boiling point. Each piece serves as a visual commentary on the fractured state of the nation, inviting viewers to reflect on the complexities and conflicts that define modern American politics.

Divided States

Divided States #14

Divided States #6

Divided States #28

Divided States #27

Divided States #1

Divided States #15

Divided States #2

Divided States #9

Divided States #21

Divided States #8

Divided States #5

Divided States #25

Generative AI artist | Music Of Our Day | @Opulencis

Divided States #20

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Divided States #30

Divided States #22

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Divided States #12

Divided States #29

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a mashup of fungi in atari esque landscapes to capture my love for the game and my love for the hunt. 

fungitari

investigating AI choreography, generative dance & GIF archival of performance  on Tezos       
https://linktr.ee/cariannshimsham          

glitch

fungitari #15

fungitari #6

fungitari #14

fungitari #9

fungitari #13

fungitari #12

fungitari #2

newfangled artist, generative art since 2018 @hmmworldview, collector, curator, co-founder Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art digitalzaza.com

fungitari #3

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fungitari #8

fungitari #4

fungitari #1

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fungitari #11

we are Ancient
we are Arlequin
we are Busho
we are Early
we are Digital
we are Trad
we are Bots
we are Rad

how Ancient are you? how Arlequin are you? how Busho are you? how Early are you? how Digital are you? how Trad are you? how Bot are you? how Rad are you?

The collection reflects $MASKS on Optimism network, web3 communities and tipping systems.

Details:
Generative long-form AI collection on Emprops
PNG: 1344* pix, no img2img, Stable Diffusion

We Are Fam

We Are Fam #20

We Are Fam #16

We Are Fam #19

We Are Fam #2

We Are Fam #1

We Are Fam #17

Artist, author, smart alec, quinquagenarian.

We Are Fam #6

We Are Fam #9

We Are Fam #15

We Are Fam #13

We Are Fam #12

We Are Fam #4

We Are Fam #11

We Are Fam #5

We Are Fam #18

We Are Fam #10

We Are Fam #14

We Are Fam #3

We Are Fam #8

We Are Fam #7

The rain-slicked streets of '23 held secrets—secrets whispered in the sepia tones of mid-century film-noir. "Framed!" they called it—an homage to those gritty pulp comics that danced on the edge of darkness.

EmProps, a name whispered in dimly lit alleys, had its origins in the shadows. Back then, it was a fledgling creation, a glimpse into the future—a showcase for the p5.js -> StableDiffusion pipeline. The kind of thing that made dames with smoky eyes lean in closer, intrigued by the promise of pixels and possibility.

But now, the game had changed. Farcaster Frames—the latest score for EmProps—was the ace up its sleeve. A nearly-free mint, they said, where you could roll the dice and conjure your own 1/1 generative AI side-profile mugshot silhouette. A canvas of intrigue, a canvas of noir. But beware, pal: results? Well, they danced to their own tune, like a saxophone solo in a smoke-filled joint.

So step into the spotlight, kid. The shadows are waiting, and the algorithm? It's got a story to tell—one pixel at a time.

Framed!

Artist1

Artist2

Framed! #3

Framed! #1

Framed! #2

Modular Machine is a long-form generative + AI art collection, created with p5.js and StableDiffusion AI in EmProps OpenStudio.
3200 x 2816 | 6.21.2024
Copyright 2024 Opulencis

Modular Machine

Wall Type

Hardware Type

Computing Type

Modular Machine #43

Modular Machine #4

Modular Machine #33

M.O.O.D trading | Record label and studios 

Modular Machine #17

Modular Machine #15

Modular Machine #11

Artist, Professor, Critical Arts Engineer

Modular Machine #24

Modular Machine #30

Modular Machine #5

Modular Machine #36

Modular Machine #3

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Modular Machine #37

Modular Machine #42

Modular Machine #9

Modular Machine #35

Modular Machine #29

Modular Machine #34

Modular Machine #28

Modular Machine #18

Summer Solstice celebration. 

Trash constructions from photos by Terry Bain

Summer Sols-Trash 2024

V I B E S

F L O W E R

S E A S O N

G L I T T E R

toys

W H E R E

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #5

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #4

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #7

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #2

author, artist, father, smart alec, quinquagenarian

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #1

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #9

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #3

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #6

Summer Sols-Trash 2024 #8

...about hope...
long form generative ai
Base minting on Emprops

Base Pieta

Base Pieta #7

Base Pieta #3

Base Pieta #9

Base Pieta #5

Base Pieta #1

Base Pieta #8

Base Pieta #2

Base Pieta #4

Base Pieta #6

"Blurred Autonomy, Synthetic Existence" (BASE) explores the confluence of individuality and collective identity. This long-form generative synthography collection depicts 'community members' in vibrant outfits, each subject's gaze meeting the camera with a disconcerting uniformity.

This series plays on the juxtaposition of the unique and the homogenous. Each subject is adorned in extravagant, otherworldly fashion that is whimsically unique on its own, but uniform in the context of the whole collection. The attire, with its bizarre, colorful, and exuberant patterns, draws you in, yet it's the disturbing perfection that holds your gaze, forcing a contemplation of the loss of individual identity within a collective hivemind. Furthermore, the characters generated in these images are not real people. While AI can be given personality traits and even memories, we view this synthetic form of being as not 'real.'

The faces in "Blurred Autonomy, Synthetic Existence" aim to achieve a flawless, almost plastic-like sameness, stripping away the nuances of personal expression. This uniformity makes the subjects look more artificial, but it also speaks to a broader narrative about conformity and the erasure of self in the pursuit of belonging. The meticulously crafted visual elements create a hyperrealistic yet surreal aesthetic, pushing the boundaries of generative art and AI's role in shaping modern identity.

In this EmProps $BASE genesis collection, Uncanny Valley and creativity coalesce, creating a collection of tableaux that invite viewers to question the nature of identity, beauty, and the cost of uniformity in a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence and synthetic creativity.

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June 2024 - quitters
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Checkpoint: Juggernaut XL 8
Sampling Method: DPM++3M SDE Karras
Sampling Steps: 50
CFG Scale: 6
Resolution: 3200 x 2400

Blurred Autonomy, Synthetic Existence

Director Influence

year

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Blurred Autonomy, Synthetic Existence #2

Nebulosis evokes the idea of being immersed in, or affected by, the ethereal and mysterious qualities of nebulae. The term imply a dreamy, almost otherworldly state of mind, filled with the wonder and beauty of interstellar clouds.

Nebulosis

In the fractured neon haze of our recent history lies the dystopian theater of black comedy recognized as The Great Emoji Meme Wars, a time when the real and the virtual seamlessly merged into a hyperreal amalgamation. This digital conflict, etching itself into the collective consciousness like a glitch in the matrix, saw the twisted, neon-lit alleys of our primitive past bubbling forward into a modern, well-publicized electronic delirium. The battlefield sprawled from the labyrinthine corridors of cyberspace, bleeding into reality, injecting pixels into absurdity, satire and sarcasm drawing the frontlines with endless streams of comments and hashtags. It was not a war waged with bullets and bombs but with memes and madness, orchestrated by the malnourished generations that rose from the ashes of the old "Boomer" world.

Digital shamans intoxicated by likes and shares led their followers with the Memes of Production, each a Molotov cocktail hurled at the edifice of tradition, every viral post a psychedelic assault on the senses. Captured and broadcast through the omnipresent eye of social media, these acts propelled nobodies into the hallucinatory limelight of internet infamy. Views, likes, and shares became the new narcotics, with social acclaim serving as the ultimate high.

This became our universe; a nexus where the absurd reigned supreme, and influence, a testament to the indomitable spirit of digital insurgency and the unending quest for social validation in this brave new age, found its home.