AB[500] · Artist bibliography

Hjalmar Åström: links

Sources situating Hjalmar Åström’s Nucleus within Art Blocks and the histories of generative, digital, and on-chain art.

18 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks defines the finite 500-project collection and its preservation rationale.

Introducing Art Blocks 500 ↗ collection · 2025

Art Blocks documents Playground as an experimental program active from 2021 to 2022.

Playground ↗ archive · 2021

Art Blocks’ discovery interface provides access to its historical collection categories.

Discover Art Blocks ↗ archive · current

Press and criticism

Holladay Saltz analyzes seriality, algorithms, participation, and constraint in Art Blocks works.

New Aesthetics of Seriality ↗ essay · 2024

NFT Valuations places Nucleus among generative collections released in the second half of 2021.

NFT Market Report ↗ report · 2022

Museums and institutions

The V&A surveys digital art from early computational practice through contemporary forms.

Digital Art ↗ museum essay · 2024

The V&A collection portal documents institutional collecting of computer art since 1969.

Digital Art and Design ↗ collection · current

The Toledo Museum of Art connects computer-art pioneers with recent algorithmic practices.

Infinite Images ↗ exhibition · 2025

The Castellani Art Museum traces foundational digital art and precursors to algorithmic practice.

Hardwired ↗ exhibition · 2026

The Blanton Museum presents data, algorithms, and generative models as contemporary artistic materials.

Run the Code ↗ exhibition · 2025

The V&A’s artificial-intelligence study resource discusses computational artists and rule-based systems.

Artificial Intelligence Selection Box ↗ resource · current

Essays, talks and podcasts

Art Blocks explains its model of artist-authored algorithms and transaction-triggered generation.

About Art Blocks ↗ essay · 2020

Art Blocks documents its approach to preserving scripts, dependencies, and browser-renderable works.

True On-Chain Artwork ↗ essay · 2024

Art Blocks examines how one generative algorithm develops a coherent vocabulary across many outputs.

Inside the Algorithm ↗ essay · 2025

Larva Labs discusses code, iteration, and the close of the historical Art Blocks Curated series.

Code Generates Art ↗ artist essay · 2025

Profiles and archives

Art Blocks’ technical documentation explains deterministic generation from an on-chain hash.

Art Blocks Documentation ↗ technical archive · current

Art Blocks’ interactive timeline records the platform’s early projects and community development.

Five-Year Journey ↗ timeline · 2025

Auctions and catalogues

Art Blocks explains fixed-price minting and other mechanisms through which collectors trigger outputs.

How to Purchase ↗ guide · 2020