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A bibliography of interviews, platform documentation, market reports, and critical essays contextualizing Matto's Zenerative series within generative art and blockchain culture.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Matto released Ensō as one of the first Art Blocks Factory projects in March 2021.
Bankless ↗Matto discussed his collecting practice and early Factory release strategy in an Art Blocks community interview.
The Link: Art Blocks ↗Art Blocks on-chain projects were surveyed by type, including fully on-chain generative scripts.
The Link: Art Blocks ↗Interviews
Matto outlined his roadmap for eight Zen-inspired projects and a spirituality-focused DAO after launching Ensō.
Medium ↗Press and criticism
Chinese press identified Ensō as a flagship Art Blocks Factory project during the 2021 NFT boom.
Ifeng ↗An NFT market report listed Ensō and FOCUS among notable generative collections by release date and volume.
NFT Valuations ↗The NFT Magazine examined artificial intelligence and generative art in its seventh issue.
The NFT Magazine ↗Museums and institutions
Matto earned an MFA in Film and Animation from Rochester Institute of Technology and has screened work internationally.
matto.xyz ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Verse works presented FOCUS as a 567-edition interactive series exploring perceptual phenomena.
Verse ↗HUG profiled Matto as a Buddhist multidisciplinary artist working across blockchain and physical media.
HUG ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Matto publishes reflections on Buddhism, technology, and art through his Paragraph publication.
Paragraph ↗Grokipedia traced the ensō symbol from monastic practice into contemporary digital art including NFT collections.
Grokipedia ↗Vandy Massey Studio described daily ensō practice as a meditative discipline emphasizing spontaneity and non-attachment.
Vandy Massey Studio ↗Kaloh contextualized generative art NFTs within the broader history of autonomous systems and creative coding.
Kaloh ↗Auctions and catalogues
Sotheby's Natively Digital sale included Art Blocks works alongside other early generative NFTs.
Sotheby's ↗CryptoSlam documented secondary market sales activity for Art Blocks projects including Ensō.
CryptoSlam ↗Profiles and archives
Matto's project gallery archives Zenerative releases, experimental films, and blockchain art.
matto.xyz ↗Plottables hosts Scratch, the fourth project in Matto's Zenerative series.
Plottables ↗A generative artist narrated the journey of preparing a project for Art Blocks, reflecting technical and creative challenges.
Art is Crime ↗Video
OpenSea produced a guide explaining how Art Blocks uses generative algorithms to create unique blockchain artworks.
OpenSea ↗