Fernando Jerez: links
A sourced, verified bibliography of projects, interviews, architecture practice, and exhibitions.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Stations by Fernando Jerez is a 900-edition generative collection launched February 2022 of procedurally generated factional virtual stations seeded by transaction hash on Ethereum.
Art Blocks · Stations collection ↗Metropixeland by Fernando Jerez comprises 450 realtime animated isometric pixel metropolises released July 2022, built with three.js and multiple procedural urban algorithms.
Art Blocks · Metropixeland collection ↗UMK by Fernando Jerez contains 762 long-form generative outputs released May 2023 on Art Blocks Presents, exploring machinic forms and the Defrag Trilogy of human-technology relations.
Art Blocks · UMK project page ↗The Art Blocks artist profile for Fernando Jerez collects his on-chain projects, mint history, and platform biography.
Art Blocks · Fernando Jerez artist profile ↗Artist project pages
The Stations project page on fernandojerez.com details factional economies, blockchain-seeded procedural generation, interactive playground, and launch timeline for the 900-edition collection.
Stations project archive ↗The Metropixeland artist page describes realtime three.js animation, recursive subdivision, traffic algorithms, day-night cycles, and the full parameter space of the 450 pixel metropolises.
Metropixeland project page ↗The Ultrabionika page documents UMK as the generative core of the Defrag Trilogy and its conceptual extension into AI-augmented UBK exploring symbiotic machine environments.
Ultrabionika / UMK page ↗Roots documents Fernando Jerez's continued procedural explorations following the Art Blocks projects, extending themes of generative architecture and worldbuilding.
Roots project page ↗The matching gen-art x AI page reflects on hybrid pipelines connecting pure generative systems with AI image generation, using UMK outputs as foundation for UBK.
Matching gen-art x AI page ↗Interviews and podcasts
In the September 2022 After Dinner Mints podcast Fernando Jerez discusses his procedural methods, Art Blocks projects, and the relationship between architectural practice and generative art.
After Dinner Mints · Fernando Jerez interview ↗The After Dinner Mints episode with Fernando Jerez is archived on Apple Podcasts, covering his approach to on-chain worldbuilding and long-form generative collections.
Apple Podcasts · After Dinner Mints episode ↗Press and criticism
Architecture publication ArchitectureLab covers the Science Island Museum (Mokslo Sala) in Kaunas, Lithuania, designed by SMAR Architecture Studio with Fernando Jerez as partner in charge.
ArchitectureLab · Science Island Museum feature ↗Raster.art presents Metropixeland, emphasizing its nostalgic yet dynamic pixel metropolis aesthetic inspired by classic simulation games, voxel art, and realtime procedural animation.
Raster.art · Metropixeland feature ↗Museums, institutions and profiles
The University of Western Australia research repository profiles Fernando Jerez as Associate Professor of Architecture, detailing his PhD (summa cum laude, ETSAM UPM 2013), awards, and academic output.
UWA · Fernando Jerez profile ↗SMAR Architecture Studio, founded by Fernando Jerez, presents award-winning built work across Western Australia and Madrid, including recent cultural projects such as Science Island Museum.
SMAR Architecture Studio · main site ↗The awards section of SMAR Architecture Studio documents more than twenty international competition wins and major prizes received by Fernando Jerez and the practice.
SMAR · awards archive ↗Fernando Jerez is listed as keynoter at the Balkan Architectural Biennale, recognized for award-winning architecture, urban regeneration projects, and design pedagogy at UWA.
Balkan Architectural Biennale · keynoter profile ↗Other platforms and archives
Verse.works hosts the Stations series, presenting Fernando Jerez's 900 on-chain generative stations within its curated platform for digital and generative art.
Verse.works · Stations series ↗