Introduction
De Mai explicitly references 1960s–70s analogue video synthesis, where voltage generated shapes without external image input. Spectron revisits that procedural logic in a contemporary environment.
View full image ↗Preview of Spectron from its Art Blocks collection page. The series release is dated 2021-02-13; the image was retrieved on 3 October 2026. A still does not reproduce dynamic or interactive execution.
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Source · Spectron ↗RESEARCH ACCOUNT
From voltage imagery to browser animation
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Work and historical context
Art Blocks dates Spectron to 2021-02-13, with an edition field of 400 works and attribution to Simon De Mai. This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.
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From voltage imagery to browser animation
De Mai explicitly references 1960s–70s analogue video synthesis, where voltage generated shapes without external image input. Spectron revisits that procedural logic in a contemporary environment.
Section sources: Spectron by Simon De Mai
Viewing the work and its documentation
Compare transitions of colour, formal boundaries and spatial illusions in Spectron. Moving between a detail and other outputs helps identify recurring visual relationships beyond a single palette choice.
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Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: An explicit artist statement supports this cross-medium connection from analogue electronic art to crypto practice, widening a plotter-to-NFT narrative.
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An explicit artist statement supports this cross-medium connection from analogue electronic art to crypto practice, widening a plotter-to-NFT narrative.
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Spectron
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Archive node #125 · Generative-art expansion: artists, works and execution
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Spectron by Simon De Mai
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