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Explore examples of interactive art that blur the lines between collector and curator, including autoglyphs, teamlab installations, and QQL.

Blurring Boundaries: The Rise of Interactive Art

Explore examples of interactive art that blur the lines between collector & creator. 

Blurring Boundaries: The Rise of Interactive Digital Art

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Lovid - Kyle and Tali

Tonic CEO Susannah Maybank interviews Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus on their latest series 💖heartsleeves and the intersection of generative art and blockchain.

heartsleeves: An Interview with Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus (LoVid)

heartsleeves: An Interview with Tali Hinkis and Kyle Lapidus

B. 1989, LONDON, UK 
LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON, UK

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Machine Dreams by Dean Blacc is an explicit articulation of how colors impact us, expressed with a delicacy that keeps the directness of the message just below the level of our conscious understanding.

Machine Dreams: Dean Blacc’s Subliminal Explanation of Color Theory

Machine Dreams is an explicit articulation of how colors impact us, expressed with a delicacy that keeps the directness of the message just below the level of our conscious understanding.

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Each work in Interference by Phaust is generated algorithmically through a series of transformations that elevate Chaldni patterns and risograph printing.

The Making of a Generative Art Algorithm: Phaust's Interference

Each work in Interference is generated algorithmically through a series of transformations that elevate Chaldni patterns and risograph printing.

The Making of a Generative Art Algorithm: Phaust’s Interference

Interference by Phaust #113, details of the risograph print

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Interference by Phaust is a celebration of a pure generative system and also a game of hide-and-seek towards understanding the breakthroughs in science and math that enable such a system.

Interference: Phaust's Visual Ode to Pure Generative Systems

Interference: Phaust’s Visual Ode to Pure Generative Systems

B. SAN MATEO, CA, 2000 
LIVES AND WORKS IN PRINCETON, NJ

Luke Shannon Portrait

Luke Shannon, early prototypes of Seating Arrangements, 2023

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Tonic CEO Susannah Maybank’s interviews Luke Shannon to learn a little bit more about his background in generative art and the inspiration behind Seating Arrangements.

Seating Arrangements: An Interview with Luke Shannon

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Our perception of color is influenced by many factors. Dean Blacc’s Machine Dreams brings this subjectivity to the forefront, encouraging us to question why certain color arrangements resonate with us more deeply than others.

Machine Dreams and the Emotional Power of Colors in Daily Life

Our perception of color is influenced by many factors. Dean Blacc’s art brings this subjectivity to the forefront, encouraging us to question why certain color arrangements resonate with us more deeply than others.

B. BULGARIA, 1988 
LIVES AND WORKS IN MADRID, SPAIN

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Silver gelatin print of ESCAPE by Iskra Velitchkova

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Iskra Velitchkova’s ESCAPE is influenced by analog photography and leverages silver gelatin to its fullest for its unique physical offering.

Iskra Velitchkova's ESCAPE with Silver Gelatin Printing

Iskra Velitchkova’s ESCAPE with Silver Gelatin Printing

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Lars Wander explores the relationship between chaos and ordered systems in his latest series Rhythm & the Machine.

Concept and Manifestation in Lars Wander's Rhythm & the Machine

Concept and Manifestation in Lars Wander’s Rhythm & the Machine

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ESCAPE by Iskra Velitchkova is at once an archive of the artist’s personal history and a self-referential exploration of how we seek freedom and escape in art.

ESCAPE by Iskra Velitchkova

Introducing ESCAPE by Iskra Velitchkova

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ESCAPE features seven traits of the collection captured in the metadata of the digital artworks that provide us new ways to display the work honoring the series' visual qualities. 

Traits and Curation in ESCAPE by Iskra Velitchkova

Traits and Curation in Iskra Velitchkova's ESCAPE

B. PARIS, 1988 
LIVES AND WORKS IN PARIS, FRANCE

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Strands of Solitude #340 by William Mapan

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William Mapan creates works that are both technically impressive and emotionally resonant. Explore the details of his 2023 series Strands of Solitude, as captured in the metadata of the digital artworks.

Traits and Curation in William Mapan's Strands of Solitude

Through his use of organic forms and rich textural elements, William Mapan creates works that are both technically impressive and emotionally resonant. Explore the details of Strands of Solitude, as captured in the metadata of the digital artworks.

B. NEW JERSEY, 1978 
LIVES AND WORKS IN SAN DIEGO, CA

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Artists like Jaime Derringer and Phaust continue to be fascinated by art that explores our perception of sound. 

The Sound of Color in Chromesthesia: Ascend and Interference

LIVES AND WORKS IN BASSANO DEL GRAPPA, ITALY

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The works of Phaust and Stefano Contiero embody the styles of Pointilism & Divisionism.

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The experiments of Divisionist and Pointillist painters influenced our understanding of color and contrast, enabling new forms of artistic impression like the works of Interference by Phaust and Intimità by Stefano Contiero.


Pointilism & Divisionism in Contiero's Intimità and Phaust's Interference

The experiments of Divisionist and Pointillist painters influenced our understanding of color and contrast, enabling new forms of artistic impression like the works of Phaust and Stefano Contiero.

Pointilism & Divisionism in Intimità and Interference

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LoVid explores the tension of anonymity and community through heartsleeves, an immersive generative experience involving personalized video portraits. This article highlights sample portraits from digital media artists, including  

heartsleeves by LoVid: Artist Portraits

LoVid explores the tension of anonymity and community through heartsleeves, an immersive generative experience involving personalized video portraits.

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💖heartsleeves is a multifaceted generative video project where code-based, abstract video art skins become the basis for customizable community portraits within the Portrait Studio.

Introducing heartsleeves by LoVid

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With near infinite possibilities on how to customize your heartsleeves video portraits, here are seven ideas to help you get started. 

7 Portrait Ideas for LoVid's heartsleeves

7 Portrait Ideas for LoVid's Heartsleeves

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Tonic CEO Susannah Maybank interviews Dean Blacc to learn more about his background in generative art and the inspiration behind Machine Dreams.

Machine Dreams: An Interview with Dean Blacc

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Itching to see generative art in person? Here's what is currently on display and exhibitions coming up in the near future.

Generative Art Exhibitions to Visit In Person

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Seating Arrangements by Luke Shannon uses code to create algorithmically generated chairs. The NFT is an interactive digital schematic & rendering, and contains the blueprint used to produce a one-of-a-kind chair.

Introducing Seating Arrangements by Luke Shannon

Seating Arrangements uses code to create algorithmically generated chairs. The NFT is an interactive digital schematic & rendering, and contains the blueprint used to produce a one-of-a-kind chair.

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We continue to enhance our buying experience for new and seasoned digital art collectors, including a simplified physical/NFT purchasing flow, physical-forward filters & browsing, and the new Tonic Journal with shoppable content.

December 2023 Update: A Seamless, Physical-Forward Buying Experience

Enhancing our buying experience for new and seasoned digital art collectors, including a simplified physical/NFT purchasing flow, physical-forward filters & browsing, and the new Tonic Journal with shoppable content.