{ "schema": "ab5d-series-essay/1", "identity": { "chainId": 1, "contract": "0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270", "projectId": 264, "slug": "thereidoscope-by-daim-aggott-honsch", "title": "Thereidoscope", "artistCredit": "Daïm Aggott-Hönsch", "artistDossierUrls": [] }, "revision": 2, "researchCutoff": "2026-09-19", "status": "published-with-research-limitations", "facts": [ { "id": "minted-count", "topic": "mint", "value": 630, "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": 630, "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "first-mint", "topic": "mint", "value": "2022-02-10T17:52:52+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02", "S04" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "activated-at", "topic": "mint", "value": "2022-02-11T04:42:55+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "start-datetime", "topic": "mint", "value": "2022-02-25T17:00:00+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "id": "completed-at", "topic": "mint", "value": "2022-07-07T12:41:40+00:00", "observedAt": "2026-09-19", "sourceIds": [ "S02" ], "status": "reported" }, { "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": "Thereidoscope is project 264 on the Art Blocks V2 core contract 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, published under the canonical slug thereidoscope-by-daim-aggott-honsch and credited to Daïm Aggott-Hönsch. The indexed project record reports a completed edition of 630 of 630 invocations, runtime p5@1.0.0, and the official description: Mathematics goes deeper than we are taught. The square roots of negative numbers point us towards the shallows of an abyss, as the simple number line expands into the complex plane. Stranger still, that plane is INHABITED, filled with microbe-like entities, among others, waiting to be reified by the right algorithmic invocation. Each work in this apeirographic series is at once a dynamic work of art and an interactive instrument of insight into some of the biomorphic inhabitants of the mathematical realm. Touch the centre to pause and resume the dynamic aspects of the Thereidoscope. Touch the top and bottom to zoom into and out of the biomorphs shown, and the sides to reset the zoom level. Every Thereidoscope is a work of generative fine art and a thoughtful example of slow art, aiming to intertwine the benefits of static and dynamic works, creating an ever-changing experience tempered by aesthetic cohesion that offers something new every time one looks, but without loudly demanding constant attention. Being resolution, aspect ratio, and framerate independent, Thereidoscopes offer a visually consistent experience on different devices and screen sizes; but are intended to be experienced on large, high resolution displays as long-term/permanent installation pieces. [^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\nCopyright comment in source: Thereidoscope v1.11 Copyright 2021 Daïm Aggott-Hönsch. Licence NFT License 2.0.\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 program itself names species, palette, origin, haste, transience and resolution through GetSpecie, GetPalette, GetOrigin, GetHaste, GetTransience. That feature language is the development account recovered from the file and official page, not a missing interview.\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 Thereidoscope are the ones relied on. [^S07][^S01]\n\nInterview passages that name another project are not treated as statements about this slug. [^S02][^S07]" }, { "id": "construction", "heading": "How the work was constructed", "bodyMarkdown": "The complete artist program for slug thereidoscope-by-daim-aggott-honsch was retrieved from projects_metadata.script filtered by that exact slug. The UTF-8 payload is 18954 bytes with SHA-256 907463b3d0be1e5535859be48e7b1d9148c79c4e3680472667e2d17403919391. 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\n18954-byte p5. initseed from hash slice 2-10. frnd_dec / GenerateState drive a packed-disc field. draw continues (no noLoop). keyPressed is present. ComplexAdd and ComplexMultiply implement a complex-plane walk behind WhichZ.\n\nVisual claims come from inspected PNGs of the listed token IDs.\n\nSeed handling is visible in the retrieved program: initseed=parseInt(tokenData.hash.slice(2,10),16) then frnd_* helpers. Time and interaction behaviour in code is: Continuing draw and keyPressed. Keys not pressed this session. PNG is one packed-disc state. No audio. 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] Additional construction notes follow so that the seed-to-pixel path stays explicit. Hash bytes are consumed in the order written in the retrieved file; later visual variety is a consequence of those draws, not of an off-chain renderer swapping assets. Preview images produced by the media proxy compress a live or completed state into one PNG, which is useful for colour and composition and insufficient for duration. Canonical token pages confirm identity when they return HTTP 200 for the exact contract and token ID pair used in the examples list. Rights language is copied from the project record rather than inferred from neighbouring Art Blocks series. Where an interview discusses a different project by the same artist, that passage is not treated as a statement about this slug." }, { "id": "mint", "heading": "The mint", "bodyMarkdown": "Indexed chronology for project 264 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270 is as follows. First token minted_at is 2022-02-10T17:52:52+00:00. activated_at is 2022-02-11T04:42:55+00:00. start_datetime is 2022-02-25T17:00:00+00:00. completed_at is 2022-07-07T12:41:40+00:00. Invocations stand at 630 of a maximum 630, with complete=true on the retrieved row. [^S02][^S04]\n\nCalculated intervals from those timestamps: first mint to activation is 10.83 hours; activation to start_datetime is 14.51 days; start_datetime to completion is 131.82 days; first mint to completion is 146.78 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 2022-02-10T17:52:52+00:00, activated 2022-02-11T04:42:55+00:00, start 2022-02-25T17:00:00+00:00, completed 2022-07-07T12:41:40+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] Early invocations can carry minted_at values hours or days before start_datetime; those rows are listed individually in evidence.json rather than averaged into a single public-open clock." }, { "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": "Thereidoscope #0 is token 264000000 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-02-10T17:52:52+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Square field of packed orange, rust and cream discs forming star-like pale arms. Kaleidoscopic rather than a single motif. Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Haste 32; Origin 0.844-0.988i; Essence Solis; Infusion Α; Resolution 59; Transience 6. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThereidoscope #1 is token 264000001 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-02-25T16:59:49+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Second Thereidoscope sample from the same disc packing. Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Haste 4; Origin -0.808-0.914i; Essence Tramonto; Infusion ∅; Resolution 35; Transience 6. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThereidoscope #10 is token 264000010 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-02-25T16:59:49+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Tenth public mint of the packed-disc kaleidoscope. Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Haste 32; Origin -0.788+0.37i; Essence Orykto; Infusion ∅; Resolution 49; Transience 6. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThereidoscope #20 is token 264000020 on 0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270, minted 2022-02-25T16:59:49+00:00. The canonical token page returned HTTP 200. The inspected media-proxy PNG is a static frame. Twentieth public mint, lighter inspected file. Indexed features returned for this V2 token: Haste 16; Origin 0.328+0.32i; Essence Rosa; Infusion Ω; Resolution 11; Transience 6. [^S04][^S05][^S09]\n\nThe AB5D header candidate is token 264000168 (edition 168), 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. AB5D holding of Thereidoscope. [^S08][^S04][^S09]\n\nMotion, interaction, and audio: Continuing draw and keyPressed. Keys not pressed this session. PNG is one packed-disc state. No audio. No soundtrack was heard. 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": "Thereidoscope is project 264 by Daïm Aggott-Hönsch. 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. Additional construction notes follow so that the seed-to-pixel path stays explicit. Hash bytes are consumed in the order written in the retrieved file; later visual variety is a consequence of those draws, not of an off-chain renderer swapping assets. Preview images produced by the media proxy compress a live or completed state into one PNG, which is useful for colour and composition and insufficient for duration. Canonical token pages confirm identity when they return HTTP 200 for the exact contract and token ID pair used in the examples list. Rights language is copied from the project record rather than inferred from neighbouring Art Blocks series. 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