Code-based visual artist working with blockchain
Joined February 2009
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(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
I have massive amounts of FOMO right now. Don't mind missing other trips that much but missing Marfa hurts.
Have fun y'all 🥲
Marfa Yucca #204 by @DaCaldera
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
On Thursday, Oct 22, we're throwing the AB Weekend opening party at 114 in Marfa with @OpenSea and @ArtBlocks. It's the most work I've ever put into an event, and the first time everyone will get to see the rebuilt space. Here's the back story…
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
It's that time of year again where I feel compelled to post the Marfa Field Guide article. Some basic tips for first time visitors. Slightly revised for 2026. Enjoy! medium.com/@sbmckeon/marfa-f…
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
Genesis #470
by DCA
acquired for 0.5211 ETH ($1,416.26)
view: artblocks.io/token/1/0x059ed…
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
For those who have been to Marfa previously, you may recall a beat up building, Christopher's, next door to glitch. My wife and I bought it and have been rehabbing it for the past nine months to get it ready to host events during Art Blocks Weekend in a few weeks. I'll have a lot more to say about our ABW plans soon, but in the meantime you can follow along with the remodel project here: instagram.com/114marfa
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
It's 2026 and your computer does not natively understand what a blockchain is.
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
In light of our recent Marfa announcement dedicating a budget for artists participating this year, we went ahead and collected past Marfa themed artwork by @DaCaldera, @harvey_rayner, & @dotjiwa 🙌
If you have Marfa art! Share it with us so we can support ⭐️
Genesis is really simple, just some shapes and some colors. But the variation is infinite.
The proof-of-concept project for Art Blocks
Art Blocks Lore 📖
We began testing our proof-of-concept Genesis Project as early as May 2018.
Genesis was proof that onchain art could be algorithmically sophisticated and visually compelling, while benefiting from the blockchain's distinct advantages of immutability and provable uniqueness. Genesis used blockchain hash data to create original iterations of art, specific to both the transacting wallet and the moment in time the user transacted.
Genesis by @DaCaldera, one of the first three fully onchain projects on the new Art Blocks platform, launched for collectors in November 2020.
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
Let’s Go! @remountco ready with 500+ vehicles of interest. Join us!
Tesla has introduced a new form that you can fill out if you are interested in purchasing a fleet of Cybercabs:
Form: tesla.com/robotaxi/interest
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
A month of work in Marfa comes together today. I’ll be presenting There Will Be Signs at Art Blocks Gallery. The generative work, physical signs, and plans for installations across town this October.
Much of the work has grown out of moving through Marfa and the surrounding landscape, photographing signs, symbols, roads, shadows, textures, and the small visual details that begin to form a language of their own.
Saturday, August 29th
Reception 4 PM / Presentation 4:30 PM
Thank you to @ArtBlocks_io and @OpenSea for the time, space, and support to develop this project.
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Art Blocks × OpenSea
2026 Marfa Artist Residency
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
degenerative will officially open tomorrow at 9:00am PDT!
I’ve decided on a price of $50.
You will be able to purchase via credit card or crypto wallet!
artblocks.io/collection/dege…
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
DCA (Daniel Calderon Arenas) @DaCaldera
Bosque de Chapultepec #8
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
Erick's disruptive idea was to store the creative algorithms themselves as collectible digital assets.
By storing generative scripts on-chain, artists could focus on the creative vision while collectors could own the creative process itself, not just individual outputs.
Genesis by @DaCaldera
(DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas retweeted
Art Blocks Lore 📖
What started as an experiment with a squiggle algorithm in 2018 became the vision for a platform where any artist could create their own piece of digital art history.
Erick Calderon, aka Snowfro, saw something revolutionary in early blockchain art: The possibility for works to live entirely on-chain, permanent, and uncensorable.
@ArtOnBlockchain
