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Mark Cotton: links

Sources tracing Cotton’s Art Blocks releases, working methods, wider practice, circulation, and reception.

19 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

The official collection record dates Gizmobotz and identifies its 1,000 unique artworks.

Art Blocks collection · 2021

The official collection record dates Space Birds and identifies its 48 unique artworks.

Art Blocks collection · 2021

The platform’s secondary-market interface includes Gizmobotz among Art Blocks Factory works.

Art Blocks marketplace archive · 2026

Interviews

Cotton’s first-person account functions as an extended studio interview in which he reconstructs the development of Space Birds.

Mark Cotton artist account · 2021

Press and criticism

A community discussion records a collector’s contemporaneous response to Gizmobotz during the 2021 NFT market.

Elite Fourum discussion · 2021

The Art Blocks community publication documents the charitable contribution associated with Space Birds.

The Link report · 2021

Galleries and exhibitions

Kate Vass Studio presents a concise biography and an example of Gizmobotz held in its ETH collection.

Kate Vass Studio gallery profile · 2026

Essays, talks and podcasts

Cotton explains how phosphenes, p5.js experiments, image sampling, and painting informed Visible Spectrum Series Two.

Visible Spectrum essay · 2023

Cotton’s publication index records his writing on Minimal Landscapes, Visible Spectrum, and Space Birds.

Mark Cotton on Medium essays · 2021-2023

Cotton’s curated Medium list documents his interest in writing about NFT production and generative coding.

NFT Ideas and Articles reading list · 2021

Auctions and catalogues

NFT Valuations includes Space Birds in its survey of generative collections added during the second half of 2021.

NFT Market Report report · 2022

NFT Valuations places Space Birds in a release-date chronology of generative collections from the second half of 2021.

NFT Market Report catalogue · 2022

Coincheck archives an individual Gizmobotz output with its full set of positional attributes.

Coincheck NFT lot record · 2026

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Mark Cotton's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster profile · ongoing

Cotton’s Bluesky profile describes a mixed-media and occasional digital practice connected with Art-o-mat.

Bluesky profile · 2026

OpenSea’s collection archive records Gizmobotz as a 1,000-item Art Blocks collection and displays its trait structure.

OpenSea collection archive · 2026

An OpenSea portfolio record demonstrates the continued presence of Gizmobotz in collector holdings.

OpenSea provenance archive · 2026

A second OpenSea portfolio search result records Gizmobotz among a broader generative-art holding.

OpenSea collection archive · 2026

The Art Blocks search interface preserves Gizmobotz within the platform’s broader Factory inventory.

Art Blocks platform archive · 2026

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