William Tan: links
A verified bibliography situating William Tan’s collection within artist testimony, criticism, circulation, Art Blocks history, and generative-art preservation.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Art Blocks identifies AB[500] as the complete collection of its first 500 projects published between 2020 and 2025.
AB[500] ↗The Art Blocks discovery portal provides access to its historical collection categories, including AB[500] and Curated.
Art Blocks Discover ↗Erick Calderon’s announcement defines the scope and preservation purpose of the finite Art Blocks 500.
Introducing Art Blocks 500 ↗Interviews
An early community post links Tan’s pre-release interview with Jeff Davis and announces the project’s August 2021 release.
Scribbled Boundaries #0 ↗Press and criticism
Art Blocks’ seriality essay reproduces a Scribbled Boundaries output and places the project within a serial, algorithmic, and performative art form.
New Aesthetics of Seriality ↗CoinStats preserves the project description, its Curated Series 4 classification, and its original Dutch-auction terms.
Project description archive ↗Museums and institutions
Art Blocks explains the artist-authored algorithm, bounded randomness, collector-triggered generation, and Curated program.
About Art Blocks ↗Art Blocks documents its effort to make generative projects reconstructable from blockchain data in a modern browser.
True On-Chain Artwork ↗Art Blocks’ five-year timeline traces the platform’s roots, early releases, and developing community history.
Five-Year Journey ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Art Blocks’ Curated Series 4 set record identifies the series as comprising nine collections.
Curated Series 4 ↗The platform’s account of its final three AB500 projects describes a concluding exhibition grounded in its first five years of color, collecting, and community.
The Final Three ↗Art Blocks’ account of its penultimate Curated release discusses the approaching completion of the AB500 archive and the end of the flagship series.
Gas Wars ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Tan’s detailed project essay explains several compositional modes, artistic references, technical development, and charitable fundraising connected with the release.
Generative Scribbling ↗Auctions and catalogues
NFT Price Floor identifies Scribbled Boundaries as a 1,024-item Art Blocks Curated project released on 17 August 2021.
Collection analytics ↗OpenSea’s record for Scribbled Boundaries #170 documents a specific output’s contract, token identifier, ownership, and market history.
Scribbled Boundaries #170 ↗Profiles and archives
Raster aggregates William Tan's tokenized works across platforms.
Raster ↗The official Art Blocks collection record identifies William Tan, the project’s 1,024 artworks, and its 17 August 2021 release.
Official collection record ↗Art Blocks’ general discovery index records the platform’s active and historical collection categories.
Collection categories ↗Video
Art Blocks’ purchasing guide explains fixed-price, ranked-auction, and gated distribution mechanisms used for generative releases.
Art Blocks 101 ↗