Enhancing Creativity With AI
In the future, creativity will thrive
As we learn to think outside the hive
We'll imagine and create
But is it art?
The conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp is often seen as a key founder of conceptual art. His 1917 piece 'Fountain' is often cited as the first conceptual artwork. But..."It's a urinal." "I don't get it." "Is it art?" Soon, you will see, this is the wrong question.
Stop copying me
In a world hyper-focused on creativity and novelty, credit and attribution, the last thing anyone wants is to be copied. But then how do we ever learn anything?
What's in a name?
In college, I signed up for an online account for a messaging service called Internet Relay Chat (IRC). Signing up meant you needed a name, and you could find me on IRC under the handle 'RedSuit007'. So what's in a name?
10K PFP
The Bored Ape Yacht Club is a virtual membership club. Images of these apes have become ubiquitous profile pictures (PFPs), with celebrities ranging from Jimmy Fallon to Stephen Curry, from Mark Cuban to Madonna showing off their Apes. What is behind this current 10K PFP craze?
Entertaining
A pair of couples, each in their late 40s, were lamenting to each other in the freezer aisle how they don’t understand their children. Perhaps these parents just want for their kids something they had. But like most things, just because you don’t understand it doesn’t make it any less legitimate.
Custodial
When Canadian truckers protested COVID mask mandates by blocking key transportation routes along their border with the US, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the "Emergencies Act". Whether or not you agree with the truckers' protests, or with Trudeau's response, this...changes...everything.
The Bull and The Ape
Pablo Picasso created a group of eleven lithographs called 'The Bull'. In this series, Picasso breaks down the visual form of a bull to discover the essential aspects. But 'The Bull' is not just an exercise in simplicity or Picasso's unique style; 'The Bull' is an exercise in abstraction.
gene(rative) art
The gene(rative) collection is a generative art project where each human gene is depicted as a barcode, a symbol that represents a unique idea.
chmod 777 internet
The internet is changing. And to know where it's going, it's useful to know where it's been.