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Philip Bell: links

Sources documenting Philip Bell’s Art Blocks release, generative practice, print-based methods, and archived works.

13 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

The official record identifies Staccato as a 200-work collection released on September 16, 2022.

Art Blocks collection · 2022

Press and criticism

A contemporary market report places Staccato among generative-art releases from the second half of 2022.

NFT Market Report report · 2022

Essays, talks and podcasts

Bell explains how PictoOptic combined API data, responsive composition, animation, typography, and interaction design.

PictoOptic essay · 2017

A practitioner’s project page documents Risomotion as a bridge between digital animation, Risograph output, scanning, and recompilation.

More or Less Transparent process essay · 2026

A dated studio entry records the use of Bell’s Risomotion tools in a print and animation workflow.

Studio Day 55 studio journal · 2026

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Philip Bell's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster profile · ongoing

Le Random’s profile summarizes Bell’s graphic-design background and generative releases.

Philip Bell profile · current archive

Le Random archives Selvedge #210 with Bell’s statement about print flaws and uneven ink coverage.

Selvedge #210 collection archive · 2021

Bell’s portfolio index connects Staccato, risomotion, and PictoOptic to a practice spanning software and printmaking.

Practice index profile · current archive

Bell’s earlier-work archive documents projects across printmaking, illustration, animation, and paper engineering.

Philip Bell archive archive · undated

Le Random’s collection index records five Selvedge works by Bell in its institutional holdings.

Le Random collection institutional archive · current

Auctions and catalogues

Le Random’s acquisition record describes Selvedge #210 as a procedural work and records its collection history.

Selvedge acquisition record catalogue · 2023

Market records

A token record situates Staccato #102 within Bell’s Art Blocks collection and identifies its on-chain token.

Staccato #102 market archive · 2022

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