{ "schema": "ab5d-series-essay/1", "identity": { "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "projectId": 448, "slug": "bright-by-heeey", "title": "Bright", "artistCredit": "Heeey", "artistDossierUrls": [] }, "revision": 2, "researchCutoff": "2026-09-19", "status": "published-with-research-limitations", "facts": [ { "id": "minted-count", "topic": "mint", "value": 360, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported", "note": "Current index invocations, equal to maximum on this completed project." }, { "id": "max-invocations", "topic": "mint", "value": 360, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "first-mint", "topic": "mint", "value": "2023-05-26T16:31:11+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S04" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "activated-at", "topic": "mint", "value": "2023-06-06T17:35:23+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "start-datetime", "topic": "mint", "value": "2023-08-07T17:00:00+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "completed-at", "topic": "mint", "value": "2023-08-07T23:45:59+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported", "note": null }, { "id": "license-label", "topic": "rights", "value": "NFT License 2.0", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S06" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "script-type", "topic": "construction", "value": "p5@1.0.0", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S03" ], "status": "verified" }, { "id": "historic-unit-price-eth", "topic": "mint", "value": null, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S01", "S02" ], "status": "unknown", "note": "No contemporaneous primary price table recovered this session." } ], "rights": { "artwork": { "reportedLabel": "NFT License 2.0", "category": "custom", "termsUrl": null, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S06" ], "note": "Label copied from projects_metadata.license. Unversioned CC strings are not inferred as 4.0.", "unresolvedConflicts": [] }, "code": { "reportedLabel": null, "category": "unknown", "termsUrl": null, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S03" ], "note": "No separate artist-code licence field was present on the project record.", "unresolvedConflicts": [] }, "thirdParty": [ { "name": "p5.js 1.0.0", "reportedLabel": "LGPL-2.1 (p5.js project license; confirm version-specific notice)", "category": "custom", "termsUrl": "https://github.com/processing/p5.js/blob/main/license.txt", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S03" ], "note": "Runtime declared script_type_and_version p5@1.0.0. p5.js is third-party; the artist program is a separate rights object.", "unresolvedConflicts": [] } ] }, "sections": [ { "id": "work-context", "heading": "The work and its context", "bodyMarkdown": "Bright is project 448 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, published under the canonical slug bright-by-heeey and credited to Heeey. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 360 of 360 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: By what means can color be unraveled through light? How can the connection and interaction between hues be experimented with? And, how does saturation, size, distance and perspective affect our perception of tone and brightness? **Bright** is an elementary attempt at exploring these queries by creating a grid display of neon lights that converge towards a single vertex. Eye-blinding brightness and high but variable saturation that show light bulbs of variable wear and tear, together with a changing grid size and variable girth and length of the lights become the basis of the algorithm. [^S01][^S02]\n\nThose 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. [^S01][^S02]\n\nContract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. Aspect ratio indexed as 1.0. Website https://heeey.art/bright.\n\nThis 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. [^S04][^S09]" }, { "id": "conception", "heading": "Conception and development", "bodyMarkdown": "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. By what means can color be unraveled through light? How can the connection and interaction between hues be experimented with? And, how does saturation, size, distance and perspective affect our perception of tone and brightness? **Bright** is an elementary attempt at exploring these queries by creating a grid display of neon lights that converge towards a single vertex. Eye-blinding brightness an\n\nThe 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 Bright are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]\n\nSecondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]" }, { "id": "construction", "heading": "How the work was constructed", "bodyMarkdown": "The complete artist program for slug bright-by-heeey was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 3622 bytes with SHA-256 cf4c4ec665c8771854df3b8faad6320f846033aa5abbd276fe3cafdada4e1cfe. Runtime on the project record is p5@1.0.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. [^S03]\n\nThe stored generator is 3622 bytes, SHA-256 cf4c4ec665c8771854df3b8faad6320f846033aa5abbd276fe3cafdada4e1cfe, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, noLoop, createCanvas, tokenData, hash, colorMode. Named functions include dL, draw, rW, setup. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 181,150,66). File size 7334875 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 40; Girth Thick; Shape Radial; Style Analog; Stretch Short; Gradient True; Background Dark\n\nVisual claims come from inspected media-proxy PNGs plus indexed token features.\n\nSeed handling is visible in the retrieved program: tokenData.hash is read in source. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. 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. [^S03][^S10]\n\nExternal 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. [^S03][^S06]" }, { "id": "mint", "heading": "The mint", "bodyMarkdown": "Indexed chronology for project 448 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2023-05-26T16:31:11+00:00. activated_at is 2023-06-06T17:35:23+00:00. start_datetime is 2023-08-07T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2023-08-07T23:45:59+00:00. Invocations stand at 360 of a maximum 360, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]\n\nCalculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 11.04 days; activation to start_datetime is 61.98 days; start_datetime to completion is 6.77 hours; first mint to completion is 73.30 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. [^S02][^S04]\n\nIndexed clocks: first 2023-05-26T16:31:11+00:00, activated 2023-06-06T17:35:23+00:00, start 2023-08-07T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2023-08-07T23:45:59+00:00. Early first-mint timestamps are not labelled reserved without a separate allocation record.\n\nHistoric 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. [^S01][^S02]" }, { "id": "rights", "heading": "Copyright and licensing", "bodyMarkdown": "The project record stores the artwork licence label 'NFT License 2.0'. That label is not a Creative Commons version string and is recorded as a custom or unknown artwork term. 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. [^S02][^S06]\n\nArtwork label copied exactly as 'NFT License 2.0'.\n\nThird-party runtime p5@1.0.0 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. [^S03][^S06]\n\nOriginal 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." }, { "id": "examples", "heading": "Close reading of examples", "bodyMarkdown": "Bright #0 is token 448000000 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-05-26T16:31:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 181,150,66). File size 7334875 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 40; Girth Thick; Shape Radial; Style Analog; Stretch Short; Gradient True; Background Dark Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Hue 38; Grid 40; Girth Thick; Shape Radial; Style Analog; Stretch Short; Gradient True; Background Dark. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBright #1 is token 448000001 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-05-27T13:46:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 102,144,82). File size 7554920 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 55; Grid 40; Girth Average; Shape Circle; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Hue 55; Grid 40; Girth Average; Shape Circle; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBright #10 is token 448000010 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-08-07T17:27:47+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 116,138,88). File size 8242968 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 15; Grid 70; Girth Average; Shape Radial; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Hue 15; Grid 70; Girth Average; Shape Radial; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nBright #20 is token 448000020 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-08-07T17:30:35+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 226,168,62). File size 6839991 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 70; Girth Thickest; Shape Square; Style Analog; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Hue 38; Grid 70; Girth Thickest; Shape Square; Style Analog; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThe AB5D header candidate is token 448000040 (edition 40), 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 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 214,123,94). File size 6685564 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 15; Grid 40; Girth Average; Shape Simple; Style Monochrome; Stretch Longest; Gradient False; Background Dark [^S08][^S04][^S09]\n\nMotion, interaction, and audio: Source contains noLoop. The inspected PNG is a finished still. Live motion was not stopwatched. 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. [^S09][^S10][^S03]" }, { "id": "significance", "heading": "Significance and limitations", "bodyMarkdown": "Bright is project 448 by Heeey on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. The close readings above are the evidence for what the stored program outputs.\n\nUnresolved 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? [^S02][^S08][^S10]\n\nThis package is a draft for human review. Structural validation tests file shape, not the truth of seeing or of licence interpretation." } ], "examples": [ { "id": "E01", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000000", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000000", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 0.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 181,150,66). File size 7334875 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 40; Girth Thick; Shape Radial; Style Analog; Stretch Short; Gradient True; Background Dark" }, { "id": "E02", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000001", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000001", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 1.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 102,144,82). File size 7554920 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 55; Grid 40; Girth Average; Shape Circle; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark" }, { "id": "E03", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000010", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000010", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 10.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 116,138,88). File size 8242968 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 15; Grid 70; Girth Average; Shape Radial; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark" }, { "id": "E04", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000020", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000020", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 20.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 226,168,62). File size 6839991 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 70; Girth Thickest; Shape Square; Style Analog; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark" } ], "mediaIds": [], "provenance": { "operator": "Grok research session for coordinator handoff", "agent": "Grok", "model": "Grok 4.6", "modelVersion": null, "tools": [ "Hasura GraphQL", "media-proxy PNG retrieval", "canonical token HEAD checks", "full script read" ], "humanEditorialInvolvement": "Commissioned by Phil; website publication authorized by Phil on 2026-09-17. No claim of line-by-line human fact checking.", "originalProseLicense": "CC0-1.0", "generation": { "schema": "ab5d-essay-generation/1", "model": "Grok 4.6", "displayName": "Grok 4.6", "scope": "Supplied Grok remaining 168 complete essay package", "essayCount": 1, "usage": null, "perEssayUsage": null, "usageDetail": "Model name is the actual operator. Version string, token counts, and timezone-aware start/cutoff telemetry were not supplied by the host; values left null rather than estimated.", "submittedUsage": { "provider": "xAI", "model": "Grok 4.6", "modelVersion": null, "measurement": "unavailable until telemetry supplied", "scope": "per-essay telemetry not exposed to this operator", "startedAt": null, "cutoff": null, "inputTokens": null, "cachedInputTokens": null, "outputTokens": null, "totalTokens": null, "reasoningTokens": null, "perEssayAvailable": false, "telemetrySource": null, "note": "Model name is the actual operator. Version string, token counts, and timezone-aware start/cutoff telemetry were not supplied by the host; values left null rather than estimated." }, "importReview": "Structural package, identity, citation and build compatibility checks. Supplied prose preserved; no independent research audit." } }, "codeInspection": { "url": "https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql", "locator": "projects_metadata.script where slug=_eq bright-by-heeey", "sha256": "cf4c4ec665c8771854df3b8faad6320f846033aa5abbd276fe3cafdada4e1cfe", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-19T00:00:00+00:00", "method": "graphql-post-full-script-read", "executed": false, "chainBlock": null }, "editorialExceptions": [], "presentation": { "editionSize": 360, "maximumEdition": 360, "mintDate": "2023-05-26T16:31:11+00:00", "mintDateMeaning": "first indexed mint", "mintDateLabel": "First mint", "artwork": { "project_id": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069-448", "token_id": "448000040", "invocation": 40, "owner_address": "0xdd19308a9731cdecb67e0d80ca6823394208c045", "preview_asset_url": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040.png", "live_view_url": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040", "canonicalUrl": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040", "mode": "image", "copyrightStatus": "NFT License 2.0", "copyrightUrl": null, "displayBasis": "AB5D collection example under the artwork licence label stored on the project record; not a newly created derivative." } }, "observationImages": [ { "id": "E01", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000000", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000000", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 0.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 181,150,66). File size 7334875 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 40; Girth Thick; Shape Radial; Style Analog; Stretch Short; Gradient True; Background Dark", "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000000.png", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000000" }, { "id": "E02", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000001", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000001", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 1.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 102,144,82). File size 7554920 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 55; Grid 40; Girth Average; Shape Circle; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark", "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000001.png", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000001" }, { "id": "E03", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000010", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000010", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 10.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 116,138,88). File size 8242968 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 15; Grid 70; Girth Average; Shape Radial; Style Complementary; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark", "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000010.png", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000010" }, { "id": "E04", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "tokenId": "448000020", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000020", "sourceIds": [ "S04", "S05", "S09" ], "selectionNote": "Specified candidate invocation 20.", "observationNote": "Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 226,168,62). File size 6839991 bytes. Indexed features: Hue 38; Grid 70; Girth Thickest; Shape Square; Style Analog; Stretch Average; Gradient True; Background Dark", "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000020.png", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000020" }, { "tokenId": "448000040", "chainId": 1, "contract": "0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069", "previewUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040.png", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/448000040" } ], "publication": { "date": "2026-09-20", "url": "https://ab5d.xyz/series/bright-by-heeey/", "authorization": "Phil requested website publication on 2026-09-17.", "reviewSnapshot": "/docs/series-essays/production/bright-by-heeey/record.json", "unresolvedResearchQuestionsRetained": true } }