Ars Electronica meets Milan

Garden Milan – MEET will be an inspirational journey through #immersive realities and hybrid scenarios, exploring the new artistic languages of #VR and XR, across exhibitions, performances, installations and laboratories. More infos soon! @meetcenter #arselectronica21

Sherry Huss of Maker Faire and her favorite tools

https://kk.org/cooltools/sherry-huss-co-founder-of-maker-faire/

A cardboard bridge designed by Michelangelo floating on balloons in Rome

*It’s not a bridge in Torino, but it’s a nice project anyway.

Holly Herndon creates her digital NFT vocal alter ego, Holly+

*This is rather difficult to explain, so I think I’ll just link to some of the documentation. https://holly.mirror.xyz/54ds2IiOnvthjGFkokFCoaI4EabytH9xjAYy1irHy94 I’m excited to finally share something I have been working on for the last year? Holly+ I am releasing Holly+ in collaboration with Never Before Heard Sounds, the first tool of many to allow for others to […]

“Adafruit” made with VQ-GAN + CLIP

*Oh my goodness. https://blog.adafruit.com/2021/07/12/adafruit-made-with-vq-gan-clip/ Over the weekend I made some generative ai art using VQ-GAN + CLIP tutorial and Google Collab Notebook. It’s a bunch of Python that can take words and make pictures based on trained data sets. This one is the word “Adafruit”, so this is what the output is based on the […]

Vintage game cartridge sells for $1.56 million at auction

*It’s not even an NFT. https://gizmodo.com/unopened-super-mario-64-cartridge-sells-for-record-1-5-1847271326 An unopened copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million on Sunday, breaking the world record for most expensive video game auction, according to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The previous record was held by The Legend of Zelda, when an unopened copy of the game for the original Nintendo […]

Call for Makers at Maker Faire Rome — extended a week

*Everybody does that. https://makerfairerome.eu/it/call-for-makers/ TORNA A STUPIRCI! TORNA A MAKER FAIRE ROME – THE EUROPEAN EDITION 2021 Maker Faire Rome è il più grande evento di innovazione europeo, una fiera nella quale mostrare al pubblico invenzioni, idee, soluzioni, le ultime scoperte della ricerca tecnologica, della robotica e dell’intelligenza artificiale. A Maker Faire Rome cerchiamo, da […]

Unboxing of an Infinite Objects NFT artwork

*This device is what the Infinite Objects company calls a “video print.” It’s a desktop art display that simply displays one single video. On the back, it has documentation proving that you own a non-fungible token. https://infiniteobjects.com/

Looking Glass 4K Gen2 & Looking Glass 8K Gen2

*Might be of interest for digital art displays. Figuring out how to parade your NFTs, that’s not an easy matter. https://lookingglassfactory.com/

News from Feral File

*The joy of collecting NFTs without credit limits. Hi BruceS, On July 20th at 00:00 GMT, Feral File will launch support for crypto payments (USDC, ETH, and BTC). We’re excited for this change because it expands your ability to collect without limits. Many credit card companies have purchase limits while others are starting to ban […]