Introduction
A bird’s-eye view of city blocks varies building height, spacing, rotation and colour through a hash. The artist describes on-chain algorithm storage; the contract has not been independently reproduced here.
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A hash determines urban spatial variation
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Work and historical context
Art Blocks dates Aerial View to 2021-03-28, with an edition field of 1,000 works and attribution to daLenz. This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.
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A hash determines urban spatial variation
A bird’s-eye view of city blocks varies building height, spacing, rotation and colour through a hash. The artist describes on-chain algorithm storage; the contract has not been independently reproduced here.
Section sources: Aerial View by daLenz
Viewing the work and its documentation
Read Aerial View through scale: how do local units aggregate into larger spatial relationships? Its aerial appearance is a mode of visual organisation, rather than evidence of a particular city without geographical documentation.
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Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: Recognisable urban imagery meets abstract parameters, adding an architectural case beyond a generic category of random geometry.
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Recognisable urban imagery meets abstract parameters, adding an architectural case beyond a generic category of random geometry.
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Aerial View
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Aerial View by daLenz
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