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Steve Pikelny: links

A verified source ledger for Pikelny's generative systems, conceptual projects, interviews, and exhibitions.

21 sources · last updated 28 June 2026

In the AB[500] (Art Blocks)

Art Blocks documents the 180-edition Factory release and its April 2021 launch.

CryptoGodKing collection · 2021

Art Blocks presents the 1,024-edition project derived from an image seen at the edge of sleep.

I Saw It in a Dream collection · 2021

Art Blocks records the 1,000 algorithmically generated banknotes and their project details.

Fake Internet Money collection · 2021

Art Blocks documents 625 interactive maps generated without real-world referents.

Maps of Nothing collection · 2022

Art Blocks presents Pikelny's 100-part simulation of repeated sketching and cursor movement.

Pointers collection · 2022

Art Blocks documents the 777-edition Curated project about interfaces, stimulation, and reward.

Dopamine Machines collection · 2023

Works and artist deep pages

The artist's project page explains the hypnagogic image translated into the project's generative system.

I Saw It in a Dream project page artist project · 2021

The artist's project page gathers Fake Internet Money's premise, outputs, and related material.

Fake Internet Money project page artist project · 2021

The project's interactive gateway renders invented cartography without a real-world referent.

Maps of Nothing project gateway artist project · 2022

The artist's project page describes Pointers as a simulation of one hundred variations on one idea.

Pointers project page artist project · 2022

The dedicated project site presents Dopamine Machines as an interactive generative system.

Dopamine Machines project site artist project · 2023

Pikelny documents a conceptual performance in which his own cash was sold through sixteen auctions.

Cold Hard Cash artist project · 2023

Galleries and exhibitions

Ensemble documents the collaboration that translated Fake Internet Money into plotted and physical form.

Uncirculated Fake Internet Money project feature · 2022

Feral File presents Money Vortex as generative audiovisual wealth-manifestation sessions.

Money Vortex exhibition · 2025

Heft Gallery's Groundwork exhibition includes Instructions for Defacement and IFD Blueprints.

Groundwork gallery exhibition · 2025

Interviews

LaCollection interviews Pikelny about economics, finance, engineering, Fake Internet Money, and conceptual art.

Interview with artist Steve Pikelny interview · 2022

After Dinner Mints hosts a long-form discussion of Pikelny's early NFT and generative practice.

After Dinner Mints, episode 50 video interview · 2022

Collectors Call discusses satire, financial systems, web projects, and the narratives built around digital value.

Crypto and the Art of Satire podcast · 2024

Press, profiles, and archives

Art Blocks' artist record gathers Pikelny's platform biography and six AB[500] collections.

Steve Pikelny on Art Blocks platform profile · current

Art Blocks' charity report records the GiveDirectly fundraising associated with Fake Internet Money.

Charity on Chain update platform report · 2021

Verse archives the Fake Internet Money series and its presentation on the platform.

Fake Internet Money on Verse platform archive · 2021

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