espina: links
Verified records and contextual sources for espina’s two Art Blocks collections and their technical and historical setting.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
The official collection page records Sigils as 133 unique artworks released on June 19, 2021.
Sigils ↗The official collection page records Warp as 444 unique artworks released on September 9, 2021.
Warp ↗The official artist record associates espina with the Art Blocks platform.
espina ↗Press and criticism
The Sphere identifies espina as a generative artist, technologist, and researcher focused on patterns, ecology, and emergence.
The Sphere team ↗An Art Blocks essay frames blockchain generative art through serial, algorithmic, and performative qualities.
On a New Aesthetics of Seriality ↗Museums and institutions
The Art Blocks Factory archive explains the program’s editorial role and its 2021 to 2022 operating period.
Factory archive ↗Art Blocks’ institutional overview explains its model of artist-authored algorithms and collector-initiated outputs.
About Art Blocks ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Art Blocks explains the practical relationship among artist parameters, randomness, minting, and unique outputs.
Art Blocks 101 ↗Erick Calderon discusses the platform’s four-year effort to improve the on-chain preservation of generative artworks.
True On-Chain Artwork ↗The protocol overview explains the premise that the algorithm constitutes the artwork.
Protocol overview ↗Auctions and catalogues
NFT Valuations lists Warp among generative collections released during the second half of 2021.
NFT Market Report ↗OpenSea’s item record documents Sigils #6 as an Ethereum ERC-721 in espina’s collection.
Sigils #6 ↗OpenSea’s item record documents Warp #300 as an Ethereum ERC-721 in espina’s collection.
Warp #300 ↗Profiles and archives
Raster aggregates espina's tokenized works across platforms.
Raster ↗Art Blocks’ API reference documents token metadata, live generators, and canonical static renders.
Token and Generator APIs ↗The generator reference explains how on-chain inputs are assembled into browser-viewable artwork.
Art Blocks Generator ↗The creator guide specifies token hashes, token identifiers, and deterministic pseudorandom generation.
Building Your Project ↗The storage guide explains how Art Blocks preserves scripts, token hashes, and software dependencies.
On-Chain Storage ↗The core-contract reference describes the contract layer responsible for scripts, hashes, ownership, and royalties.
Core Contract ↗