# Recollection by Robert Hodgin

## The work and its context

Recollection is project 475 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, published under the canonical slug recollection-by-robert-hodgin and credited to Robert Hodgin. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 172 of 172 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: Recollection is released as part of reGEN, a special charitable auction of generative art to raise funds for Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, curated by Alex Estorick and Foteini Valeonti in collaboration with The Giving Block.    It is curious how our memories can mislead. I vividly recall a childhood trek up Mt. Fuji with my parents through a foggy bamboo forest, and the image of my dad buying a walking stick from an older vendor. But as my mom later clarified, the adventure actually took place in a Tokyo park , ,  I’ve never even visited Fuji-san. Contemplating this blend of the real and the imagined has led me to create generative vistas whose clarity is eroded by the passing of time.   The landscapes in Recollection are understated and familiar: rolling hills, distant mountains, and sporadic clusters of trees or forests. There is a path through grass and stone , ,  sometimes clear but, at other times, overgrown and obscure. Many of these paths culminate at a portal, its purpose enigmatic. It is pure mystery, both inviting and unsettling. It is an obscuring void, a memory half-recalled.  Recollection is a meditation on the mysteries of the mind, and a tribute to the quest for understanding. It stands not only as a beacon of hope for those grappling with the disintegration of memory, but also a testament to the enduring pursuit of clarity in the midst of obscurity. While some details may fade with time, the essence ,  the emotions, the lessons, the significance ,  has the potential to regenerate through reflection, conversation, and creative expression.   Recollection is part of the reGEN initiative for Alzheimer’s research. For many, this cause is deeply personal and, I believe, it is no exaggeration to say that almost everyone has witnessed the effects of Alzheimer’s, be it within their own family or through friends. This project not only creates funding but also plays a pivotal role in amplifying awareness about Alzheimer’s disease. The opportunity to merge the joy of artistic expression with a mission that has tangible, real-world implications is profoundly inspiring. [^S01][^S02]

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. [^S01][^S02]

Contract 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069. Aspect ratio indexed as 0.72. Website https://curealz.org/news-and-events/digital-art-auction-to-benefit-our-research/.

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. [^S04][^S09]

## 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. Recollection is released as part of reGEN, a special charitable auction of generative art to raise funds for Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, curated by Alex Estorick and Foteini Valeonti in collaboration with The Giving Block.    It is curious how our memories can mislead. I vividly recall a childhood trek up Mt. Fuji with my parents through a foggy bamboo forest, and the image of my dad buying a walking s

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 Recollection are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]

Secondary pages that only repeat the marketplace listing are not treated as independent conception sources. [^S02][^S07]

## How the work was constructed

The complete artist program for slug recollection-by-robert-hodgin was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 43594 bytes with SHA-256 02f31f54721dac1257d5342d399dfa9d5aad52527479cb556b0d286914c5fdfe. 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]

The stored generator is 43594 bytes, SHA-256 02f31f54721dac1257d5342d399dfa9d5aad52527479cb556b0d286914c5fdfe, runtime p5@1.0.0. Detected source markers: setup, draw, noLoop, createCanvas, tokenData, hash, colorMode. Named functions include createColors, createPath, createThings, draw, drawArc, drawBasicPortal, drawBgArch, drawBlade, drawBrokenLine, drawCircleFilledPortal. tokenData.hash is read in source. Output then follows the drawing path those functions implement. Token 0 observation: Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1728x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 146,169,178). File size 2181304 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Slate Ice; Sun Type Exaggerated; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Mystical Circle

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. [^S03][^S10]

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. [^S03][^S06]

## The mint

Indexed chronology for project 475 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2023-10-09T16:37:47+00:00. activated_at is 2023-10-12T22:52:47+00:00. start_datetime is 2023-10-26T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2025-03-06T18:52:35+00:00. Invocations stand at 172 of a maximum 172, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]

Calculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 3.26 days; activation to start_datetime is 13.76 days; start_datetime to completion is 497.08 days; first mint to completion is 514.09 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]

Indexed clocks: first 2023-10-09T16:37:47+00:00, activated 2023-10-12T22:52:47+00:00, start 2023-10-26T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2025-03-06T18:52:35+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. [^S01][^S02]

## 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. [^S02][^S06]

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. [^S03][^S06]

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

Recollection #0 is token 475000000 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-10-09T16:37:47+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1728x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 146,169,178). File size 2181304 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Slate Ice; Sun Type Exaggerated; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Mystical Circle Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Slate Ice; Sun Type Exaggerated; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Mystical Circle.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Recollection #1 is token 475000001 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-10-26T17:00:35+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1728x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 62,34,117). File size 1440408 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Red Constrast; Sun Type Absent; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Connected; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Full Triangle Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Red Constrast; Sun Type Absent; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Connected; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Full Triangle.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Recollection #10 is token 475000010 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-10-26T17:30:23+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1728x2400px, dark and strongly coloured (mean RGB 47,0,81). File size 1113007 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Blue Contrast; Sun Type Exaggerated; Path Type Overgrown; Star Type Falling Stars; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Circular Interface Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Blue Contrast; Sun Type Exaggerated; Path Type Overgrown; Star Type Falling Stars; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Circular Interface.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

Recollection #20 is token 475000020 on 0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069, minted 2023-10-26T17:41:11+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Inspected media-proxy PNG is 1728x2400px, mid-tone and muted or near-neutral (mean RGB 104,101,93). File size 1342139 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Peach Slate; Sun Type Absent; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Shooting Stars; Memory Type Connected; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Full Circle Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Palette Peach Slate; Sun Type Absent; Path Type Meandering; Star Type Shooting Stars; Memory Type Connected; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Full Circle.  [^S04][^S05][^S09]

The AB5D header candidate is token 475000162 (edition 162), 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 1728x2400px, mid-tone and strongly coloured (mean RGB 173,66,116). File size 1784956 bytes. Indexed features: Palette Sunset; Sun Type Absent; Path Type Direct; Star Type Obscured; Memory Type Partial Recollection; Portal Glow Inviting; Portal Type Full Triangle [^S08][^S04][^S09]

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. [^S09][^S10][^S03]

## Significance and limitations

Recollection is project 475 by Robert Hodgin 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? [^S02][^S08][^S10]

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

[^S01]: Art Blocks. [Recollection by Robert Hodgin collection page](https://www.artblocks.io/collection/recollection-by-robert-hodgin). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S02]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [projects_metadata record for recollection-by-robert-hodgin](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S03]: Robert Hodgin. [Recollection on-chain artist program](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S04]: Art Blocks Hasura index. [tokens_metadata for sampled Recollection token IDs](https://artblocks-mainnet.hasura.app/v1/graphql). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S05]: Art Blocks. [Canonical token pages for sampled Recollection outputs](https://www.artblocks.io/token/1/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/475000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S06]: Creative Commons. [Reported artwork licence label CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S07]: Robert Hodgin. [Recollection official description](https://curealz.org/news-and-events/digital-art-auction-to-benefit-our-research/). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S08]: Art Blocks. [AB5D linked wallet set and profile index](https://www.artblocks.io/profile/ab5d). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S09]: Art Blocks media proxy. [Static PNG renders of sampled Recollection tokens](https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/475000000.png). Accessed 2026-09-19.
[^S10]: Art Blocks. [Live generator renderer for Recollection](https://generator.artblocks.io/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/475000000). Accessed 2026-09-19.