AB[500] · Artist bibliography

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A research bibliography tracing the collections, interactive mechanics, collaborators, and wider generative-art context.

19 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

The official collection record identifies Dream Engine as a 476-work REMO x DCsan release dated 21 December 2021.

Dream Engine ↗ collection · 2021

Art Blocks documents Factory as an editorially open program launched in March 2021 and closed in October 2022.

Factory ↗ institutional history · 2021

Art Blocks lists Factory among the major categories in its collection archive.

Art Blocks archive ↗ institutional archive · 2026

The AB500 announcement frames the first 500 flagship projects as a finite foundational collection.

Art Blocks 500 ↗ announcement · 2025

Interviews

REMO and DCsan discuss ambient interactivity, audiovisual hash mapping, psychoacoustic sound, and mutating the immutable.

Human & Machine ↗ interview · 2022

Press and criticism

Blockhead places REMO x DCsan’s generative work within the Zero Contact film NFT release.

Blockhead ↗ press · 2022

ComicMix records original generative art by REMO x DCsan among the Zero Contact release components.

ComicMix ↗ press · 2021

TIME situates Art Blocks within the rapid cultural and market expansion of generative NFT art in 2021.

NFT art rise ↗ criticism · 2021

Museums and institutions

Art Blocks explains its generative minting process, preservation aims, history, and former Factory program.

About Art Blocks ↗ institution · 2020

The Art Blocks documentation portal summarizes deterministic generation from hashes and on-chain algorithms.

Art Blocks Docs ↗ documentation · 2026

The generator documentation details the assembly of scripts, hashes, libraries, and token data into viewable artwork.

Art Blocks Generator ↗ technical documentation · 2026

Galleries and exhibitions

OpenSea’s 2024 guide surveys Art Blocks as a platform for generative art, collecting, and public programming.

Exploring Art Blocks ↗ platform essay · 2024

Essays, talks and podcasts

OpenSea’s foundational Art Blocks feature explains the platform’s deterministic, collector-activated model.

Art Blocks feature ↗ essay · 2021

OpenSea’s Async Art essay provides historical context for programmable digital works whose rendered states can change.

Programmable art ↗ essay · 2020

Auctions and catalogues

OpenSea archives Talking Blocks and exposes named generative traits including hue, angle, and glitch variables.

Talking Blocks record ↗ catalogue · 2021

OpenSea’s Art Blocks collection archive outlines the historical Curated, Playground, and Factory categories.

Art Blocks collection ↗ catalogue · 2020

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates REMO x DCsan's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster ↗ profile · ongoing

Art Blocks’ Factory set archive preserves Factory as a distinct collecting category.

Factory set ↗ archive · 2026

Video

The TNGlobal podcast page includes the Human & Machine program in which Dream Engine’s creators explain their interactive system.

Dream Engine discussion ↗ podcast · 2022