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PLASMATICS by The Color Blocks
- Release: 2024-01-15 3PM ET / 8PM UTC / 9PM CET
- Max Number of Iterations: 12
- Reservation Method: Blind Auction (details below)
Inspired by Cymatics, PLASMATICS are 12 audiovisual dynamical patterns that mathematically explore the ideas of Vibration, Potential, and Emergence, based on c12's The Seeker musical scores.
Each PLASMATICS piece listens to its recursive audio piece in real-time, and decodes its vibrations/frequencies through Fast Fourier Transform, averaged through three different centroid distributions (linear, Bark, and Mel), and represented visually through an algebraic expression that approximates the Chladni Plate patterns (one variation of Cymatics) in three different layers. Each piece can alternate between PLASMA and PARTICLE mode by user input. PLASMA mode explores how emergent patterns appear through the convergence of potential positions. PARTICLE mode explores how vibration can be algebraically/physically expressed in striking and symmetric patterns, patterns which have inspired interesting conversations on the scientific and spiritual meanings of frequencies and sound.
About The Color Blocks
The Color Blocks is an algorithmic artist expressing scientific/philosophical paradigms through computational art. The artist currently focuses on dynamical systems, emergent behaviors, and human consciousness.
The artist has an undergraduate background in film, art history, and political philosophy, and later became interested in consciousness, spirituality, and frontier scientific theories. They see art as a free medium unconstrained by language and logic, and able to experientially convey deep and profound realities about our universe.
click image to see the live artwork
Controls for live artwork
- Click to play
- Press C to toggle color mode
- Press S to save screen capture
- Press G to save 300 frames as GIF
Instructions
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Purchase Method:
Purchase will be via Blind Auction.
The APPLY button at the top right of the page will be clickable when submissions are open.
A blind auction is a bidding process where participants submit their bids without knowing the amounts offered by others. It combines the thrill of competitive bidding with the privacy of blind submissions where only you know your bid amount.
Participants submit a form with their bid, contact details, bc1p address for artwork delivery. Following the auction's closure, bids are organized from highest to lowest, and winners are provided with a priority period to finalize their purchase.
Bidding Process:
- Minimum bid: 0.01 BTC
- Artwork choice in order of bid ranking (higher bid = earlier choice)
- Purchase price is set at the lowest winning bid (10th bidders price)
- In case of identical winning bids, preference goes to the earlier bid
- All bids are for one (1) work only
Winning Bid Follow-Up:
- Auction close will be announced in Singular's Discord
- Winners will be granted access to a private Singular Discord channel
- Complete payment within 48 hours of auction close. Unsettled bids pass to the next highest bidder. (eg. 11th, 12th, etc)
- We will confirm your inscription preference
- Upon confirmation of payment, the inscription will be transferred to your provided address
- For efficiency, all inscriptions will be transferred during a single time window
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