Bokeh

The work and its context

Bokeh is project 496 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6, published under the canonical slug bokeh-by-mpkoz and credited to mpkoz. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 300 of 300 invocations, runtime three@0.160.0, and the official description: In Bokeh, Michael Kozlowski unites algorithmic artistry with refined physical craftsmanship, creating sculptures, lighting, and digital works that explore the interplay of light, form, and the complexity of perception. At the heart of the Bokeh collection lie three hundred unique digital artworks, generated by the base algorithm that informs every physical piece. Collectors will have the rare opportunity to acquire one of thirty exclusive wall sculptures, each a tangible expression of its digital counterpart. These sculptures, sold after the digital auction on a first-come, first-served basis, embody the connection between the digital and the material, merging code and craft. ¹²

Those figures are current index observations retrieved on 2026-09-19, not a reconstruction of the original public sale announcement. Atlas position is a catalogue ordinal and is not the on-chain project ID. The live collection page and the Hasura projects_metadata row agree on title, slug, contract, and project ID after a filtered query that used the exact slug. ¹²

Contract 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6. Aspect ratio indexed as 0.5625. Website https://mpkoz.com.

This essay treats the stored artist program, four independently identified outputs, and a freshly checked AB5D holding (or an explicit collection gap) as primary evidence. Metadata traits are cited only when they were returned for the same V2 contract token IDs that were visually inspected. They do not replace looking at the pictures. ³⁴

Conception and development

The official project description is the development account used here. Interview or dossier sentences that name a different slug are not treated as statements about this series. In Bokeh, Michael Kozlowski unites algorithmic artistry with refined physical craftsmanship, creating sculptures, lighting, and digital works that explore the interplay of light, form, and the complexity of perception. At the heart of the Bokeh collection lie three hundred unique digital artworks, generated by the base algorithm that informs every physical piece. Collectors will have the rare op

The development account used here is the specific source named in the citations, not a paraphrase of an artist-dossier page. Where that account is an official project description written in the artist's voice, that limit is stated rather than upgraded into an unpublished studio diary. Where an interview exists, the sentences that actually name Bokeh are the ones relied on. ⁵¹

Secondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. ²⁵

How the work was constructed

The complete artist program for slug bokeh-by-mpkoz was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 259737 bytes with SHA-256 0f8a793cf23c49b847cae9770ce86a23e167e2485a5f804824d577fa4b82814a. Runtime on the project record is three@0.160.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. ⁶

The stored generator is 259737 bytes, SHA-256 0f8a793cf23c49b847cae9770ce86a23e167e2485a5f804824d577fa4b82814a, runtime three@0.160.0. Detected source markers: draw, keydown, Tone, THREE, WebGLRenderer, tokenData, hash. Named functions include Ai, An, Ar, At, B, Bi, C, Ci, Cn, Co. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 122,93,80). File size 5769271 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Express; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Pixel; Form Factor Triangular

Visual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.

Seed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Source contains a continuing-draw or audio/WebGL constructor. The inspected PNG is one frame. Live timing and soundtrack were not captured this session. A handler found in source is not the same thing as a control that was pressed in a live renderer during this session; tested controls are listed only when an actual key or pointer action was performed. ⁶⁷

External dependencies are those declared by script_type_and_version plus any library identifiers inside the file. Public visibility of the stored script does not grant a right to redistribute the raw artist source in this package, so the analysis cites functions and byte length rather than reprinting the program. ⁶⁸

The mint

Indexed chronology for project 496 on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2024-10-02T16:32:47+00:00. activated_at is 2024-10-02T16:08:23+00:00. start_datetime is 2024-10-21T16:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2024-10-23T17:03:23+00:00. Invocations stand at 300 of a maximum 300, with complete=true on the retrieved row. ²³

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is -24.4 minutes; activation to start_datetime is 18.99 days; start_datetime to completion is 2.04 days; first mint to completion is 21.02 days. These are differences of indexed clock fields, not a claim about when a web storefront button became visible to every collector. A first mint that precedes start_datetime is treated as an early or reserved mint unless a separate allocation record is produced. ²³

Indexed clocks: first 2024-10-02T16:32:47+00:00, activated 2024-10-02T16:08:23+00:00, start 2024-10-21T16:00:00+00:00, completed 2024-10-23T17:03:23+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.

Historic per-token ETH prices for the original public sale were not recovered from a primary price table during this session and remain unresolved. Any floor price visible on a marketplace page in 2026 is a current listing observation, not the 2021 ask. ¹²

Copyright and licensing

The project record stores the artwork licence label 'CC BY-NC 4.0'. That string includes an explicit 4.0 version and is treated as Creative Commons version 4.0. Code rights for the artist program are not separately labelled on the same field; they are treated as unknown rather than assumed identical to the artwork deed. ²⁸

Artwork label copied exactly as 'CC BY-NC 4.0'.

Third-party runtime three@0.160.0 is a separate rights object from both the artwork outputs and the artist source. p5.js, three.js, and ordinary browser JavaScript each keep their own licence texts. This package does not redistribute those libraries. ⁶⁸

Original essay prose in this package is dedicated CC0-1.0 by the research operator. That dedication does not change the artwork, code, or dependency licences.

Close reading of examples

Bokeh #0 is token 496000000 on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6, minted 2024-10-02T16:32:47+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 122,93,80). File size 5769271 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Express; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Pixel; Form Factor Triangular Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Express; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Pixel; Form Factor Triangular. ³⁹⁴

Bokeh #1 is token 496000001 on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6, minted 2024-10-23T17:02:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 147,140,141). File size 4809501 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Guernica; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Mixed; Form Factor Square Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Guernica; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Mixed; Form Factor Square. ³⁹⁴

Bokeh #10 is token 496000010 on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6, minted 2024-10-23T17:02:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 105,100,94). File size 5111362 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Vignette; Division Symmetric; Rotation Inward; Composition Mixed; Form Factor Triangular Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Vignette; Division Symmetric; Rotation Inward; Composition Mixed; Form Factor Triangular. ³⁹⁴

Bokeh #20 is token 496000020 on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6, minted 2024-10-23T17:02:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 121,134,120). File size 6268689 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Four; Palette Animation; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Organic; Form Factor Triangular Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Focus Mixed; Octaves Four; Palette Animation; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Organic; Form Factor Triangular. ³⁹⁴

The AB5D header candidate is token 496000221 (edition 221), currently indexed to 0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045, which is one of the three linked addresses returned for username ab5d on 2026-09-19. That ownership match is a present-tense index observation, not proof of continuous custody since mint. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1350x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 153,124,126). File size 6524620 bytes. Indexed features: Focus Mixed; Octaves Sixteen; Palette Machine; Division Symmetric; Rotation Outward; Composition Pixel; Form Factor Square ¹⁰³⁴

Motion, interaction, and audio: Source contains a continuing-draw or audio/WebGL constructor. The inspected PNG is one frame. Live timing and soundtrack were not captured this session. The static PNGs document halt or preview states. They are not by themselves proof that a live loop is still running, nor proof that a work is silent. No soundtrack was heard from these pages during this session. ⁴⁷⁶

Significance and limitations

Bokeh is project 496 by mpkoz on 0xab0000000000aa06f89b268d604a9c1c41524ac6. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.

Unresolved research questions that remain after this pass: (1) What was the exact public-sale unit price in ETH at start_datetime, supported by a contemporaneous primary source rather than a later floor? (2) For tokens whose live renderer was not stopwatch-timed, what is the measured wall-clock period of one full cycle or one completed progressive draw? (3) What contemporaneous primary source records the original public unit price in ETH? (4) Incomplete Control aside, do any of the three current AB5D wallets later acquire or dispose of the header token used above after 2026-09-19? ²¹⁰⁷

This package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation.