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ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀᴄᴛ ꜱᴛᴜᴅɪᴇꜱ: ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴅꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʀᴛɪꜰᴀᴄᴛꜱ ‘Contact Studies’ is a series of ten artworks presented in two collections: five deterministically generated, code-based one-of-ones and five maximally compressed, procedurally generated bitmap editions. These works, composed in-browser and preserved 100% onchain, honour five decades of the Arecibo Message — humanity’s message to the stars. The catalyst one-of-one artwork of the collections, ‘Fifty Lightyears’, was created for the “Contact Attempt” open call for generative artists by @Foundation_HWF, where I received a finalist award. The artwork was selected by a jury including @postanika (curator & publicist) and Susanne Paech (publisher, Foundation Herbert W. Franke). ‘Fifty Lightyears’ was exhibited on November 16, 2024, at the Hamburg Planetarium in Germany as part of a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Arecibo Message, which also premiered ‘THE MESSAGE’ by @sashastiles.