I am Mag, a street photographer/Artist. Here is a brief profile.
Street photographer & artist searching for beauty hidden in everyday life, started his career in December 2021. Based on the technique of street snapshots, he takes photographs with the theme of moments where reality and fiction are ambiguously intermingled and where there is a blank space for the imagination. He is also challenging unconventional photographic expressions such as collaborations, secondary works, and abstract expressions based on photography.
I am pleased to announce my second Ordinals piece for Gamma Prints, "BitFragmentation". The work will be released in two forms: a Dutch auction of the original 1/1 work and edition sales on Prints.
Outline of the Work
“BitFragmentation” is an on-chain generative art of pure photographs on Ordinals, bicolored and variously fragmented. The original code is inscribe on Rare sats containing Alpha / Omega. The base photo is Inscription 34826878: "Mount Fuji from Tokyo". P5.js and WEBGL code bicolored the photo color to bitcoin meme orange and white. Using pixel sorting, one of the glitching techniques, the fragmented images flow randomly up, down, left, and right. The viewer's mouse interaction also causes the fragments to fluctuate and remain still. Bicolor, vertical and horizontal movement, coexistence of still and fragmented images, and Alpha / Omega sats are all elements reminiscent of Bit. The persistent and constant fragmentation incorporated in the work represents the power of Art on Bitcoin.
Inspiration for creation
The renewed attention to my first Ordinals collection, "Ordinal Tokyo Fragments," was the catalyst for me to consider creating this project. A few weeks ago, when Japanese Ordinals artists such as OTO, Okayaman, and TSITRATION attracted a great deal of attention, my first Ordinals collection, "Ordinal Tokyo Fragments," also attracted a great deal of attention. I am honored to have been welcomed by so many people interested in Ordinals, including the CryptoPunks group.
At the time, I was contemplating the concept of creating a photo-based generative artwork, and the experience left a strong impression on me. I then proceeded to create a work of generative art based on the "Bitcoin meme orange and white binarization" and "division," which were at the core of the idea for Ordinal Tokyo Fragments.
Production Process
As with my previous work "Deviation" at Ordinals, I used p5.js and WEBGL to create generative art based on a photograph.
The base was a pure photograph perpetuated in Ordinals, "Mount Fuji from Tokyo," which was used in Recursive inscription.
Using WEBGL shaders, binarize the color of the photo to white and orange, the color of the bitcoin meme.
It then utilizes Pixel Sorting, a type of glitching, and incorporates fragmentation in a variety of ways. The image flows in random directions, up and down, left and right, and the number of fragments changes depending on the mouse-over position. As a minor gimmick, mouse-over or tap on the lower right edge of the image to stop the movement and display the base image.
Why BitFragmentation?
The word of Fragmentation was taken from "Ordinal Tokyo Fragments," which was the inspiration for this work.
The reason I put "Bit" at the beginning is because I felt that this work contains many elements that are reminiscent of Bit, including the word Bitcoin, the binarization of orange and white, the vertical and horizontal flow, and the two states of the original photo and fragmentation, among many others.
Also, the original script and this piece inscribe to Rare Sats containing Alpha/Omega, which indicates the beginning and end Sats of Bitcoin. This is also associated with Bit and I feel it matches the work.
About CC0
Also, as for the code for this work, I am thinking of making it CC0.
As I felt in "Ordinal Tokyo Fragments," I felt the power of the meme itself in adopting the orange color of Bitcoin.
I wanted to give something back to the Ordinals space, and when I saw glitch artist Solemn contributing code to CC0, I wanted to try my hand at it.
I have created a Github repository of actual BitFragmentation code and samples of applying your own image inscription. Please take a look if you are interested.
I can't imagine how it will turn out, but I have a few ideas that I would like to work on as just for fun. I hope that the work will provide an opportunity to connect with everyone at the space.
About the List
I have decided to make this edition an open edition so that the work can be widely known to the public. There will also be a pre-sale for holders of Gamma Prints (=Mint Pass), followed by a public sale.
To thank the holders of my Prints, I have decided to make it a free mint. Even if you do not have a Mint Pass, you can get a free minting if you own a Mint Pass-eligible work during the presale period.
Your own Gamma Prints work will be eligible for Mint Pass. The following Mint Pass eligible works are listed below. 1 Mint Pass per 1 Print.
Mint Pass eligible prints
List Details
-
Price: PreSale...FREE / PublicSale...40000 sats
-
Edition: Open Edition
-
Start Date: 2024/1/22 ~
-
Duration: 1.5 week pre-sale period, followed by public sale
-
PreSale mint eligibles: 1 mint allowed per print
-
Link: https://gamma.io/prints/e9c1f1a78d5d0eccee98627ef1fb6766aaa10ab31bf0e94eac68963eb7e55c03i0
-
Subject to change depending on gas conditions.
Conclusion
I am very glad to know that there are people out there who are paying attention to our steady activities. Thank you very much! I would like to continue to create new works and explore new ways of expression. Thank you for your continued support! Thank you for reading to the end! If you think this NOTE is good, I would appreciate it if you could spread the word by RT or liking it if you like! Please feel free to contact me again with any questions or concerns!
Appendix
For your reference, I will post a link to my past notes on my NFT activities. Please take a look at them if you are interested.