Alfred Presents · Artist Showcase Ringers (Art Blocks, 2021) — Dmitri Cherniak

Dmitri Cherniak

generative, algorithmic · Ethereum · x.com/dmitricherniak

“One of the most wonderful surprises is that the most beautiful and interesting insights often come from bugs in the code.”

— Dmitri Cherniak, Bankless Metaversal, February 2021

Ringers minted out in 18 minutes, and there were 1,000 of them. At the time, I decided not to mint any Ringers myself even though I really wanted to, because I wanted people to have the chance to engage with generative art.

— Right Click Save, interview with Jason Bailey, April 2023
Collections
1
Tokenized works
1,000
Art Blocks series
Curated 2
On-chain since
2021
Edition size and series are taken from the Art Blocks project record. No floor, volume or sales figure appears on this page — none was measured for it.
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Floor, sales and new listings for Ringers — as they happen.
The work · 2021

One rule, a thousand outputs

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The rule

Ringers

There are an almost infinite number of ways to wrap a string around a set of pegs. On the surface it may seem like a simple concept but prepare to be surprised and delighted at the variety of combinations the algorithm can produce. Each output from 'Ringers' is derived from a unique transaction hash and generated in Javascript in the browser. Feature variations include peg count, sizing, layout, wrap orientation, and a few colorful flourishes for good measure.

Project description, Art Blocks
1,000 worksArt Blocks Curated 2Ethereum
OpenSea

A string around a set of pegs. A thousand times. He kept none of them for himself. Ringers #879 — The Goose — is the most discussed single output the category has produced, and that a collection of a thousand can turn on one of them is the argument for looking at generative work with the eye rather than the trait table.

In his words

Automation as a medium, and the bugs he kept

One of the most wonderful surprises is that the most beautiful and interesting insights often come from bugs in the code. Compared to coding in solidity and smart contracts, where a small bug can create financial ruin, a bug in generative art can create unexpected levels of beauty. So throughout the process I have observed those bugs and turned them into features of the art.

Bankless Metaversal, Q&A with William M. Peaster, 24 February 2021

I like to say that “automation” is my artistic medium and this project let me realize my artistic vision from start to finish; from sale via smart contract, to art generation using a unique transaction hash, Javascript stored on chain running in the browser, to delivery of goods using tokens sent to wallets. My “art” was about making sure someone could get an interesting and unique piece of work without any human interaction.

Bankless Metaversal, Q&A with William M. Peaster, 24 February 2021

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Alfred watches the floor, sales and new listings on Ringers — and tells you when something changes.

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