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Digital art is one of the defining artistic movements of our time.
Automat is a long-term initiative dedicated to its study, collection, and presentation.
This is the beginning.
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Parker Ito, from JstChillin and Cheeto to Drilady and Horses?7.
Our new Artist Profile traces two decades of image-making across online communities, painting, installation and on-chain systems, with original conversations with the artist.
Read: automat.art/profiles/parker-…
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Woke up and was very happy to see that the auctions for @rhizome 30th anniversary went great.
We need more initiatives like Rhizome in digital art.
Happy for all artists in the auctions but can't hide my excitement for @bis__cut's uncut card nft 2 sheet getting so much action.
If you are new to Evil Biscuit's work and would love to learn more, check out his artist profile on @Automatdotart (link below)
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The next Artist Profile coming to @Automatdotart will be @CreamyDreamy.
We've started with a few artists from the Avant/Gay scene due to the research paper coming up, which makes the whole process much easier for me honestly.
After the first three artists we will continue with computer art pioneers and more "contemporary" artist but it will usually follow upcoming or already existing research papers.
We might have a few collaborative papers in the pipeline too 👀
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Updates deployed!
- Vera Molnar paper:
@aurecevettier collaboration added
- Herbert W. Franke paper:
Credited an image to @SpalterDigital
- Karyn Nakamura paper:
Added 2 new works/projects
Some small updates coming to @Automatdotart this week:
- Vera Molnar paper additions
- Herbert W. Franke paper hot fixes
- Karyn Nakamura paper additions
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99% done 🤩
Final interviews by EOW and release by EOM.
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Some small updates coming to @Automatdotart this week:
- Vera Molnar paper additions
- Herbert W. Franke paper hot fixes
- Karyn Nakamura paper additions
Next from Automat Research:
Bright Moments
Avant/Gay
Video-game Art
Three studies on digital art as community, internet-native movement, and playable form.
More soon.
Image credits: @dave_krugman; @CreamyDreamy; @taleoftales / @GrayAreaorg.
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While doing various research that ends up being published through @Automatdotart, I've realized I've accumulated a massive amount of material that doesn't always make it to the final papers.
Works, dates, interviews, exhibitions, links, influences, relationships between artists, obscure projects, primary sources, etc.
After a few months it felt obvious these should be used somewhere, but the question was where.
So Automat Profiles were born, living reference pages that can keep growing as we learn more.
The first one is on @bis__cut, who I've spent a lot of time researching over the past few months due to the Avant/Gay research paper.
Check it out!
Introducing Automat Profiles.
Living reference pages built from our research into the artists, movements and projects shaping digital art.
Our first profile is Evil Biscuit.
From Drifella and traitmaxxing to painting, trading cards and physical/digital systems.
Read the profile ↓
automat.art/profiles/evil-bi…
Introducing Automat Profiles.
Living reference pages built from our research into the artists, movements and projects shaping digital art.
Our first profile is Evil Biscuit.
From Drifella and traitmaxxing to painting, trading cards and physical/digital systems.
Read the profile ↓
automat.art/profiles/evil-bi…
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Shout out @Greekdx / @Automatdotart for working on documenting digital art world for us! 🥂
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Wrapped up our 32nd participant interview today 🥳
I'm aiming to finish the research paper in the next 2 weeks.
Really excited to share this with everyone.
Already started researching physical possibilities too 👀
FYI this paper will be continuously updated throughout the years by adding new collections, artists, events, milestones and general shifts in the scene.
25 days later and the Avant/gay research paper is now enriched with the accounts of over 19 people. Through interviews conducted via calls and DMs, I've been able to construct a non-biased chronology and add multiple participant anecdotes, perspectives and stories to the paper.
Thank you to everyone who were open to participate and aid with the creation of this paper.
Still a long way to go!
Automat Research began with five studies across different generations and approaches to digital art.
- Qubibi
- Vera Molnar
- Herbert W. Franke
- Zancan
- Karyn Nakamura
Together, they trace different ways artists have worked with systems, machines, code, nature, simulation, and computation.
Read them here on automat(dot)art
Zancan
A study of generative drawing, nature, code, and the renewed importance of plotter-based practice.
Zancan’s work shows how computation can become a way of thinking through landscape, growth, memory, and the handmade.
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Selected Frequencies - Week of August 28, 2026
- A Computer in the Dream: A. Michael Noll at the Threshold of Dalí’s Third Dimension – @Noahbolanowski
- Nobody Under 40 Wants Your Art – @vvvdotso
- Karyn Nakamura — Automat Research – @Automatdotart
- Automating Art Processes by Daniel Catt – @revdancatt
- Living Aesthetics: A Grammar of Protocol Art and Worldbuilding - Editorial - Le Random – @lerandomart
- the NFT supercycle: why the most hated category in crypto is coming back – @alexgedevani
- On fxhash and the End of Radical Inclusivity – @RtClick_Save
Read them all at bitverse.art/journal
Image: TEMPEST by @SpinkDinky
