Daisychains: Life In Every Breath (2023) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
A Daisychain contains vivid patterns, using over 30+ random variables generated onchain to create unique and beautiful floral patterns. Each one is unique and the art is stored in SVG onchain, forever. Inspired by Hinata’s story from MS-OS short story.
From 5 June 2023 14:00 GMT until 3 July 2023 14:00 GMT, fans could mint these on-chain generative art capsules. Holding other Logged Universe NFTs allowed fans to mint new ones for free.
As part of the Untitled Frontier story: “MS-OS”.
Witness The Draft (2023) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
“Witness The Draft” is an art project that combines literature, social + dynamic on-chain NFTs, and a novel way to document the creative process. Besides documenting the creative process of writing a novel in a month, it also has a dynamic component where artworks in the collection can witness other artworks in the collection, opening and closing their eyes on the artwork.
All onchain SVG.
Capsule of All Our Lives (2022) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
Capsules containing visualizations of all the lives lived by simulated minds. Made for one of the lessons in the simulation's first school of unlearning.
All on-chain SVG generative art.
From 03 October 2022 14:00 GMT until 31 October 2022 14:00 GMT, fans could mint these on-chain generative art capsules. Holding other Logged Universe NFTs allowed fans to mint new ones for free.
As part of the Untitled Frontier story: “Upstream Glitches”.
The Room of Infinite Paintings (2022) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
Lost in the simulation, a painter spent the rest of their infinite life, painting the feeling of their infinite room. No one knows how far it goes, but apparently, it is infinite.
Logged Universe S1 mid-season art project. Free to mint (CC0 on-chain SVG generative art). Infinite Supply. Art becomes more minimal over time (up to 1 million mints).
The pursuit of minimalism reflects the desire of the infinite painter to capture the pure essence of their experience. Thus, going to 1 million mints (and beyond), the art is more likely to be more minimal.
As of June 2022, 467 paintings have been minted.
https://www.untitledfrontier.studio/blog/the-room-of-infinite-paintings
Logged Universe Little Martians (2022) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
Each Little Martian consists of 10 different shells and a random generative art pattern that comprises their DNA. Each one is unique, changing variations of patterns, colours, blurs, and intricacies. Over 18+ variables compound to create unique little martians: ready for their adventure through the cosmos. On-chain SVG generative art.
Done in collaboration with Vanessa Rosa.
As part of the story: “Little Martians & The Human Memorial Monument”.
It was on sale from 18 April 2022 14:00 GMT until 16 May 2022 14:00 GMT, with fans minting on-chain Little Martians. If you held any Anchor Certificate from "The Line To Anchor City" PLUS any Painting of Forgotten Souls from "Memories of Atlas" by the snapshot date of 11 April 2022 14:00 GMT, you could claim an on-chain Martian for free!
The Signature (2021)
“The Signature” is a conceptual art project that explores the importance of the provenance of an artwork in relation to it being used as an NFT.
Anyone can mint a “signature” piece at any time (for free). All “The Signature” NFT pieces are exactly the same on-chain SVG. There is no capped supply. The premise is that, whomever mints the work at a specific time and what provenance a piece attracts, is in the longer term, a valuable signal.
As of June 2022, 223 “signatures” have been minted.
https://blog.simondlr.com/posts/the-signature-exploring-time-amp-provenance-in-nft-art
Visions of Gridlock by Saga (2021)
For the audiobook release of “Hope Runners of Gridlock”, I created 40 VQGAN+CLIP images of each chapter. It’s from the vision and perspective of the character, Saga, a painter and lover of Mondrian.
It’s available on Foundation (but is not being sold yet): https://foundation.app/collection/vgsaga
Paintings of Forgotten Souls (2021) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
As uploaded minds struggle to remember their past, they try to capture forgotten souls back in the physical world. All on-chain SVG generative art. Available in two formats: fully painted + sketched.
As part of the story: “Memories of Atlas”.
https://souls.untitledfrontier.studio
It was on sale from 24 September 2021 to 22nd October 2021 and could be bought or claimed if one owned an Anchor Certificate. 288 were minted.
To view and collection from other fans, visit the marketplace on OpenSea.
Anchor Certificates (2021) (as part of Untitled Frontier)
An Anchor Certificate is the record that an uploaded mind keeps with them on their return to Anchor City. On-chain generative SVG art.
Part of the story: “The Line To Anchor City”
https://tlatcnfts.untitledfrontier.studio
It was on sale from Monday 28 June to 26 July in 2 formats: default (unlimited, 0.01 ETH) & deluxe (max 100, 0.05 ETH).
100 Deluxe and 60 Default Certificates were sold.
A Hope Runner (2021)
In collaboration with Metsa, he created an audio-visual NFT collectible that captured a unique perspective of the city of Gridlock for my novel: Hope Runners of Gridlock. Along with “Excerpts of Gridlock”, it’s an experiment in creating collectibles related to fictional works as a different avenue for authors to monetize their works.
It sold for $2,529 on SuperRare.
Neolastics (2020)
Neolastics is a digital art project that has an automated and liquid economy backing neoplasticism-inspired generative art pieces. Collectors can mint randomly generated on-chain neolastic pieces of digital art that follows the pricing rules of a linear bonding curve. The automated economy creates an automatic price floor in case a collector wants to burn and destroy their piece to receive a reward from the reserve.
It is entirely automated and all art is stored on-chain, on Ethereum. Thus, the economy backing these generative art pieces is “self-driving”.
As of 15 February 2021, 467.937 ETH of Neolastics have been bought.
Excerpts of Gridlock (2020)
Excerpts of Gridlock is a digital art project that allows readers to collect 15 unique and scarce excerpts from the “Hope Runners of Gridlock” novel. It’s is a proof-of-concept to showcase that in creative works, content can be readily accessible, but still allow the creator to earn from it by selling unique, exclusive digital merchandise related to the creative work. In this case, with fiction, a reader can own specific excerpts secured by the Ethereum blockchain.
8 Excerpts were sold for an average of 0.04 (~$20 each) during the initial auction (December 13th, 2020).
On December 29, 2020, all excerpts have been sold. To buy them now, it’s recommended to use OpenSea. Viewable here: https://opensea.io/assets/hope-runners-of-gridlock-excerpts
Is this prediction market, art? (2019)
I created a prediction market that asked whether it, itself, can be deemed as art. It leaned towards valid/yes, but after a dispute, it was regarded as an invalid question.
Minted an NFT souvenir of this experiment. Available on Zora: https://zora.co/simondlr/1961
This Artwork Is Always On Sale (2019)
The first artwork that is always-on-sale. Using the Ethereum blockchain, it is possible to introduce scarcity of ownership alongside novel economic and property rights. Inspired by Radical Markets, this artwork follows a modified Harberger Tax (COST) property ownership where the tax on the property (patronage) is collected only by the artist.
Highest price sold was $16,000 and it has been always-on-sale ever since.
Version one has a patronage rate of %5 pa.
Version two has a patronage rate of 100% pa.
It will forever be on sale.