creator // punk 9007 // chonks
melbourne, australia
Joined October 2008
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stop scrolling & feed your mind with this
Knowing nothing.
My bar is here. As organic as digital art gets, with a physical mask made while my house was flooded. hand painted and thrashed though a lake on a mountain.
The digital piece motion captured in the excitement of feeling seen again, using techniques I've been reaching for alone for years.
This piece exists with its physical half, collected by none other than @justinaversano you're an absolute legend for seeing what I'm trying to do man, I'm really thankful for your support.
was lucky to see a preview of this in marfa and it’s a wonderful doco on the magic percolating there
Code is the material of our time.
Set against the minimalist landscape of Marfa, Texas, "Emergence in Marfa" explores how and why artists design intentional systems of potential.
Driven by candid, passionate conversations on the ground, the film follows that creative conviction into physical craft—spanning mechanical plotting, textiles, music, and live performance.
The 33-minute documentary is officially live.
(Full film linked below)
happy birthday you beautiful man @A_Giant_Swan
been such a ride of late on your feathers, and ruffling each other’s 🪶
'build it & they will come'
no one is a truer example of this than my very good buddy GT
he's spent years working on static flow
then to show it at marfa, he didn't just rely on someone else to give him a spot on wall: he raised up dozens of artists at the same time as pushing himself to ship it
creators respect creators, that's why the likes of erick & justin are supporting him
all while he continues to build fun & innovate ideas & mechanics into his masterpiece
i wouldn't be here if it was for him (& his better half)
and i know plenty of others will say the same
get around him!
Gm ... what a way to wake up under the same blue skies!
The very first StaticFlow 'WYCA' plan has been enacted by nonother than Ser @ArtOnBlockchain, he is also my 3rd collector of the collection alongside @justinaversano & @maxand98 🙏
The artwork, gm129 - 'Mile High', a moment in time I shot in Marfa 2025 at the Prada store where @monstermike_art was showing us his AR/VR project he tied in with the faux luxe art installation.
The WYCA plan gives Erick 3 months to pay the artwork off, whilst having full access to the timepiece.
The allowlist is open to anyone I have met IRL, select the 'Invite Code' button on the website staticflow.xyz/. If we have not met fill out the form also, as anyone I have met can give you their +1
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Did you hear the one about the talentless coder who kept criticizing AI?
For the first time in their life, they had to compete with something else that had no talent.
And it was winning!
The future of creative code doesn’t belong to AI.
It belongs to coders who aren’t afraid to explore what, how and if they can create with it.
Of course you don't have to love AI to be a creative coder. But you shouldn't have to fear AI to remain one.
Did you hear the one about the talentless artist who kept criticizing AI?
For the first time in their life, they had to compete with something else that had no talent.
And it was winning!
The future of art doesn’t belong to AI.
It belongs to artists who aren’t afraid to explore what, how and if they can create with it.
Of course you don't have to love AI to be an artist. But you shouldn't have to fear AI to remain one.
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gm - got home to a surprise hang of andrew’s plotter art on the wall by wifey
compliments one of my favourite pieces by her in the slumber room
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back to 9007 to push myself to mint something punk-related that's been on the backburner for far too long
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one of my favourite moments too:
@pandelic had just finished an ephemeral piano piece based on the token hash of the @dotjiwa piece i had just minted & watched on the screen 💚
when i was 12, i learned of the medici family & their patronage of iconic renaissance artists - it was the first topic i did a deep dive on, putting together a large folder of work on it
all those years later, i had the privilege to be that for giant swan
sure, i’m supremely bullish on his art & committing to one of his new collection in advance was a no brainer
but it was more about having the opportunity to be around such a creative, thoughtful soul for 9 days
you are who surround yourself with - i’m a better man for our time together
one of the highlights of marfa: watching this in the theatre and a q&a with the adventurer herself
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durable digital toys
I've been quietly frustrated with crypto for a while. Some of it leaks out on the timeline. Most of it happens in group chats with friends, where I keep trying to name a product category I can feel but can't quite articulate.
Here's my best shot: NFTs can be durable digital toys.
Think about the toys you had as a kid. If it was in your drawer, you could come back 20 years later and, as long as nobody threw it out, it was still there, exactly how you left it.
Digital things don't work like that. The company goes out of business or gets acquired, the servers shut off, and your stuff is just gone. And more and more of our lives are digital.
So what makes a digital toy durable?
It's yours. Provably, verifiably yours. Not "yours until the terms of service change." You should be able to come back years later, read the chain, and pick up right where you left off. The actual data, same as it was before.
It's expandable. As a kid, you'd grab two sets of toys and imagine what they could do together. You'd race your cars down a ramp you built out of blocks. They were sold separately, by different companies, but in your room you played exactly how you liked.
Onchain toys work the same way. You don't need my permission to build on what I made. If you want to use it in a way I never would, just ask your favorite coding agent to build the thing you always wished existed! No need to wait on me.
Rare means rare. When something might carry real value, you need honest bookkeeping. If we release 100 of something and rescind ownership of the contract, we cryptographically cannot make more. Anyone can check. No mystery pack odds. No quietly printing extras.
Here's the thing, though. Nobody wants to buy a "verifiable toy." That's not fun. The blockchain can be the source of truth. It's there if you want it even if most people will never look at it. The toy is the point.
That's what we're building with Chonks.
Your Chonk is yours. It doesn't depend on us at all. Its traits and history live on-chain, so if you come back in ten years, it's right where you left it.
It's expandable: anyone can plug their Chonk (or anyone else’s) into a game, a comic, or some weird tool we never imagined, no permission needed.
And when we drop a trait collection, the number we say is the number that exists. Forever.
We spent years treating this stuff like it was only about pictures and floor prices. I think what comes next is a lot more fun.
Durable digital toys: digital toys that are actually yours.
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