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The Crux Tide 6: There Is No Beginning

by Julian Brangold <p>(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)(;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`) There is no beginning only experience, through colored lines and ice we birth into a world we forget what we once knew and pretend to begin again but there is no beginning I realized while months quietly crumble into ash like our hours like our days we were set to find splendor yet we were met with fear of loss of […]

The Crux Tide 3: Metaborn

༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ༼ […]

The Crux Tide 5: Facing the Crowd Facing Itself

by Julian Brangold (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ ´≈ з) (≈`˛ […]

Uninhibited Synthesis: Karan4d’s Very Real Invocations

An Exploration by Julian Brangold “We believe we invent symbols. The truth is they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.” -Gene Wolfe “examination” (2022) by Karan4d Karan4d’s work inhabits a network of dream-fantasy conjuring, a hound-node envoy roaming in between visual disciplines. Advanced attractor becomes organized, pixel-by-pixel, in an obsessive cosmic-mechanic […]

The Crux Tide 1: Everything new must reminisce

ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪ By Julian Brangold Buenos Aires, 5pm, heading to the pre-opening of a big art fair. I angst ever so slightly. It’s been a while. Meet friends, hop in the car. Drive. Our names are supposed to be on a list… The girl pretends they’re there anyway. Go ahead. Let’s get a drink, my friends […]

A Chat with Frenetik Void (Part 1)

Julian Brangold Sits Down with the Argentine Artist By Julian Brangold Alter ego, escape, virtual entity, artist, symbol, critic, mystery. Frenetik Void is so many different things it is hard to place them in one category. With almost 200 artworks tokenized on the blockchain, their production is an ever-evolving behemoth that invites us to look […]

The Crux Tide 2: Wake the Bear

by Julian Brangold 。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。。◕‿‿◕。 Fragment of “Fall of the Giants” by Giulio Romano (1532) Last October, during NFT.NYC, I had the chance to briefly escape the crypto-crazed social-food-drink-hug whirlwind to go see Ian Cheng’s “Life After Bob” (2021), a procedurally generated film about a 10-year-old girl, Chalice, who struggled to part ways with the personal AI, […]

A Chat with Frenetik Void (Part 2)

Julian Brangold Sits Down with the Argentine Artist By Julian Brangold The following is a transcript and translation of an audio conversation between artist Frenetik Void and artist Julian Brangold recorded over Discord on the 24th of April, 2022. This is part 2 of a 3 part series. You can read part 1 here and […]

What’s Wrong?

Julian Brangold Analyzes Frenetik Void’s Latest Works By Julian Brangold A hope for salvation is interrupted by a feeling that everything is melting: the walls, the beings, the pixels; the digital matter from which everything is made also melts. Melts into an organized mess that fortuitously leaves behind a most harmonious composition. We witness a balance, […]

A Chat with Frenetik Void (Part 3)

Julian Brangold Sits Down with the Argentine Artist By Julian Brangold The following is a transcript and translation of an audio conversation between artist Frenetik Void and artist/writer Julian Brangold recorded over Discord on the 24th of April, 2022. This is part 3 of a 3 part series. You can read Parts 1 and 2 […]

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