Net Net Net

The work and its context

Net Net Net is project 441 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, published under the canonical slug net-net-net-by-ilithya-x-erin-wajufos and credited to ilithya x Erin Wajufos. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 33 of 33 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: This series is inspired by both net and glitch art. It represents nostalgia from an era when the Internet was a mystical new space, where computer graphic cards had more limitations than what we know nowadays, where graphical user interfaces were beginning to shape as a result of a steep learning curve for command-line interfaces, and where artists started to test unfamiliar methods to make art. It’s a juxtaposition of chaos and order. A disarray of colored geometric shapes, wrapped by orderly patterns, trying to find their place in a screenshot. Patterns depicting an intended path or miscalculation in a new domain. Infinite combination of rules within certain parameters creating distinct yet related architectural collages. A real-time static visual memory of what Web3 was in the now. For interaction and animation please look at the display notes. 👾 ilithya (@ilithya_rocks) is a multidisciplinary artist from México, based in Hamburg, Germany. 👾 Erin Wajufos (@erinwajufos) is a generative artist, projectionist and curator based in Brooklyn, New York. 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 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. Aspect ratio indexed as 1.0. Website https://netnetnetgenproject.netlify.app/.

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. This series is inspired by both net and glitch art. It represents nostalgia from an era when the Internet was a mystical new space, where computer graphic cards had more limitations than what we know nowadays, where graphical user interfaces were beginning to shape as a result of a steep learning curve for command-line interfaces, and where artists started to test unfamiliar methods to make art.

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 Net Net Net 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 net-net-net-by-ilithya-x-erin-wajufos was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 39622 bytes with SHA-256 71de1b3efaa83960c7af4cdbbbddd66164014092e677ec29eae59095067aec3f. Runtime on the project record is p5@1.0.0. The script was read in full; it was not executed in this research session. ⁶

The stored generator is 39622 bytes, SHA-256 71de1b3efaa83960c7af4cdbbbddd66164014092e677ec29eae59095067aec3f, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, noLoop, createCanvas, mousePressed, keyPressed, tokenData, hash, colorMode. Named functions include A, I, R, _, anim, c, d, draw, f, g. 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 157,47,106). File size 2081098 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Mono Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 51; Shape Composition Compact

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 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. 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 441 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2023-05-31T21:34:35+00:00. activated_at is 2023-06-06T17:35:23+00:00. start_datetime is 2023-07-12T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2024-07-14T08:47:35+00:00. Invocations stand at 33 of a maximum 33, with complete=true on the retrieved row. ²³

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 5.83 days; activation to start_datetime is 35.98 days; start_datetime to completion is 367.66 days; first mint to completion is 409.47 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 2023-05-31T21:34:35+00:00, activated 2023-06-06T17:35:23+00:00, start 2023-07-12T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2024-07-14T08:47:35+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 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. 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

Net Net Net #0 is token 441000000 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-05-31T21:34:35+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 157,47,106). File size 2081098 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Mono Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 51; Shape Composition Compact Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Mono Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 51; Shape Composition Compact. ³⁹⁴

Net Net Net #1 is token 441000001 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-05-31T21:42:47+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 strongly coloured (mean RGB 77,116,51). File size 1773062 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Colorful; Shape Type Multiple; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Slow; Shape Frequency 90; Shape Composition Compact Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Colorful; Shape Type Multiple; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Slow; Shape Frequency 90; Shape Composition Compact. ³⁹⁴

Net Net Net #10 is token 441000010 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-07-12T19:37:35+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 110,43,143). File size 1496259 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Shades Dark & Bright; Shape Type Multiple; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 25; Shape Composition Large Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Shades Dark & Bright; Shape Type Multiple; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 25; Shape Composition Large. ³⁹⁴

Net Net Net #20 is token 441000020 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-07-12T22:10:23+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 2400x2400px, dark and strongly coloured (mean RGB 53,13,75). File size 1098714 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Shades Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Fast; Shape Frequency 65; Shape Composition Compact Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Shades Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple & Single; Building Speed Fast; Shape Frequency 65; Shape Composition Compact. ³⁹⁴

The AB5D header candidate is token 441000003 (edition 3), 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 38,131,115). File size 4355350 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Shades Dark & Bright; Shape Type Single; Pattern Type Multiple; Building Speed Medium; Shape Frequency 25; Shape Composition Large ¹⁰³⁴

Motion, 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. ⁴⁷⁶

Significance and limitations

Net Net Net is project 441 by ilithya x Erin Wajufos on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. 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.