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Longform code based art is a very unique beast within the kingdom of all artforms. It needs to be presented, collected and minted in ways authentic to the unique way it is created. When it is presented and sold alongside other crypto art 1of1s and AI collections it starts to get forced into limitations, containers and comparisons that do not favor its unique form. A well crafted longform algo needs a large supply in order to tell its full story. If this means selling at a much more affordable mint price then so be it. We need to always start with the question: what is best for the art? - Not with: how do we shape this to fit market trends. If an algo has deep variety it should be allowed to fully express itself. Releasing smaller collections or even 1of1s and placing art with private sales to influential collectors has become the norm. In terms of playing the art career game this makes perfect sense. Where it doesn’t feel right to me at least, is that it is a movement back towards the exclusive, opaque art market Web3 art helped to disrupt and revolutionize. Maybe I'm just being idealistic, but I feel a real sustainable code based art market could be quite different from the traditional blue chip model. Something that sits somewhere between the music and art markets that enables millions more people to engage with the art they find meaningful, support the artists they love and also own unique work from those artists for the price of say a concert ticket. It may not feel as attractive if all we care about is investment, but in terms of creating community, and making art something that's accessible to more people, Web3 + code based art has something beautiful to offer the world. This is something very different from the future promised by bag pumping crypto bros. That future can still exist, but art is vast and there may be many thriving art markets in the future, that fulfil different roles. Amplitudes of Canvas coming to @artblocks_io Studio in August.