digital art history - on march 23, 2021 social codes on @FeralFile was released, curated by @REAS and featuring @dmitricherniak @manoloidee @carreras_anna @liasomething @pixlpa @mayaonthenet @RavenKwok @wblut @sasj_nl @beesandbombs this show fundamentally changed the way i perceive algorithmic art and how i experience it on the browser. i remember waiting till the clock hit the hour to hurriedly purchase a full set. each work was $75 and a full set was $750. those who were there at the time know what this felt like given the generative art boom that unfolded shortly thereafter. i have spent hours watching each piece from this show full screen on my laptop. "social codes is an exhibition of software art, also called generative art. all of the work is comprised of code written by artists to create visual experiences. some works in the exhibition relate to the visual histories of drawing, painting, animation, and video, but all of it is native digital art, in that each artwork is a performance of code choreographed by the artist." - @REAS this will forever go down in my own personal history with digital art.