Introduction
In a 3 March 2022 account, ciphrd describes a 300-work fxhash series. Agents of different species interact through environmental substrates, with inter-species mutations discouraging full stability; a fluorescence mode reveals species differences.
View full image ↗The artist-supplied overview of 300 Ethereal Microcosm outputs on ciphrd’s page; a series overview rather than a complete simulation recording of one work.
ciphrd · Artwork and image rights remain with their holders; research reference does not assert an open licence.
Source · Ethereal Microcosm ↗RESEARCH ACCOUNT
Ethereal Microcosm: a continually evolving microcosm
ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-03
Work and historical context
This entry for ciphrd is dated 2022, under the original title Ethereal Microcosm. The article establishes existence by its date; the node uses 2022 only, and simulated organisms are not described as biological experiments.
Section sources: Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022
Process and material
In a 3 March 2022 account, ciphrd describes a 300-work fxhash series. Agents of different species interact through environmental substrates, with inter-species mutations discouraging full stability; a fluorescence mode reveals species differences.
Section sources: Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022
Viewing the work and its documentation
Use the artist’s process images and parameter discussion to compare local traces with changes in the wider Ethereal Microcosm environment. Its programmed ecology is not automatically a scientific reproduction of a biological ecosystem.
Section sources: Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022
Art-historical significance and comparison
Editorial interpretation: This is the platform founder’s artistic system and a concrete connection between artificial-life methods and crypto practice; ciphrd is more than an infrastructure figure.
Section sources: Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022
Sources for this account
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The article establishes existence by its date; the node uses 2022 only, and simulated organisms are not described as biological experiments. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.
Continue with a comparative question
This is the platform founder’s artistic system and a concrete connection between artificial-life methods and crypto practice; ciphrd is more than an infrastructure figure.
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Dates & version record
Date displayed for this node: 2022 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2022
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Original sources & further reading
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Ethereal Microcosm
https://ciphrd.com/work/ethereal-microcosm/
Current cited URL
The article establishes existence by its date; the node uses 2022 only, and simulated organisms are not described as biological experiments.
Provenance, translation & verification
Archive node #161 · Generative-art expansion: artists, works and execution
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Expanded register of generative artists and crypto ecosystems · Read work statement and historical date fields; code not independently executed. · 060
Date as recorded: 2022
Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022 ↗
Ethereal Microcosm — ciphrd, March 3, 2022
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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. Ethereal Microcosm: a continually evolving microcosm. Art-history node #161. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/314
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