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Created by Erick Calderon, perhaps better known as SnowFro as the first project on Art Blocks, Chromie Squiggle combines generative mechanics, pop art aesthetics, and blockchain distribution to create lasting and compelling outputs, becoming a symbol for generative art more widely along the way.

Erick Calderon is an artist working with color and light, and the founder of Art Blocks, an innovative platform for generative art on the blockchain. His works have been shown at galleries and museums, including Venus Over Manhattan, Swedish Museum Fotografiska, and collected by organizations including FlamingoDAO, and naturally, SquiggleDAO.

Learn more about Chromie Squiggle & SquiggleDAO - https://www.squiggledao.com/

This video is just an introduction, I encourage you to explore the work of the artists featured, or learn more about generative art starting at the sources below.

Selected Sources

• Artnome, Why Love Generative Art?
• Tyler Hobbs, The Rise of Long-Form Generative Art
• Punks, Squiggles, and the Future of Generative Media, Derek Edward Schloss
• Generative Art Theory - Philip Galanter
• Generative Art: A Practical Guide to Using Processing - Matt Pearson
• Proof Episode w/ Snowfro
• Venus over Manhattan Squiggles Exhibition
• MuDA interview with Vera Molnar

Music

• Rondo Alla Turca - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Piano Concert no. 21 in C Major, K. 467 - II, Andante - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Danse Macabre, Op. 40. - Georges Bizet

Video Essay by Mackenzie Davenport

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