Introduction
Sun links the project to sustained generative practice and choreographic elements from collaborative live-coding dance, stressing geometries that exceed compressed social-media presentation.
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Connecting sustained coding with live performance
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Work and historical context
Art Blocks dates glitch crystal monsters to 2021-07-23, with an edition field of 1,000 works and attribution to Alida Sun. This dates the release, not the beginning of every sketch or development process.
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Connecting sustained coding with live performance
Sun links the project to sustained generative practice and choreographic elements from collaborative live-coding dance, stressing geometries that exceed compressed social-media presentation.
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Viewing the work and its documentation
Consider tensions among lines, fragments and clustered structures in glitch crystal monsters. Glitch can be an aesthetic question without necessarily indicating an execution error; formal appearance and technical malfunction require different evidence.
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Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: This adds bodies, movement and performance, challenging an account of generative art as isolated algorithms confined to screens.
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This adds bodies, movement and performance, challenging an account of generative art as isolated algorithms confined to screens.
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