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Incomplete Control: leaving room for error and imperfection

Incomplete Control

Tyler Hobbs

Introduction

Hobbs describes a 100-work exploration of analogue and computational aesthetics, with a continuous output spectrum whose individual works require time to appreciate. Its release is recorded separately from Fidenza.

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Preview of Incomplete Control from its Art Blocks collection page. The series release is dated 2021-12-09; the image was retrieved on 3 October 2026. A still does not reproduce dynamic or interactive execution.View full image ↗

Preview of Incomplete Control from its Art Blocks collection page. The series release is dated 2021-12-09; the image was retrieved on 3 October 2026. A still does not reproduce dynamic or interactive execution.

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RESEARCH ACCOUNT

Leaving room for error and imperfection

ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-03

Work and historical context

Art Blocks dates Incomplete Control to 2021-12-09, with an edition field of 100 works and attribution to Tyler Hobbs. This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.

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Leaving room for error and imperfection

Hobbs describes a 100-work exploration of analogue and computational aesthetics, with a continuous output spectrum whose individual works require time to appreciate. Its release is recorded separately from Fidenza.

Section sources: Incomplete Control by Tyler Hobbs

Viewing the work and its documentation

Incomplete Control can be read alongside its on-site generation setting. Compare what the artist establishes in advance with the uncertainties left to generation; the title does not imply a complete abandonment of artistic decisions.

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Art-historical significance and comparison

Editorial interpretation: Different series by the same artist reveal control as a revisable artistic condition rather than a fixed position.

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