artist, coder, vibecoder
new york
Joined April 2021
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Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
β¦ Language becomes a shared space in Desert Syntax by @aethersovereign and @rapha_nyc. Created for Art Blocks Weekend, the project turns participantsβ words into a collective text, recorded onchain through Art Blocksβ ABX protocol.
aethercavendish.substack.comβ¦
gm Marfa!
did you get your bookmark? π
-> desertsyntax.com with @aethersovereign
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
Conservation of Energy
Today, Friday 10/23
11-3pm
Artist Fair at St. George Hall
@artblocks_io Marfa Weekend
About this project βπ½
happy to see Regenerate resurface! π©·π
thank you Ivana!
I've just collected "regenerate 1 year anniversary edition" by @rapha_nyc on @TeiaCommunity platform
teia.art/objkt/858281
Balance is everything π§βπ©°
Rapha Mey (@rapha_nyc) on IOR, his only 1/1 of 2026: a code-made glass vessel that lets red and blue pass through each other, made for Searching for Balance by @accomparts on @objktcom.
catalogue.gallery/blog/raphaβ¦
Activation in Motion
Desert Syntax follows this lineage.
Before the generative machine is set in motion, the authorial intent is rooted in Fluxus: physical prompts, written by hand & printed on bookmarks, distributed to participants to activate the work!
With @rapha_nyc for @artblocks_io Marfa π΅
ALT "Light Piece" (1963) by Yoko Ono
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
the score,
the system,
the co-authored text
co-created with @rapha_nyc
for @artblocks_io π΅π©·π
aethercavendish.substack.comβ¦
I wanted to share a bit of my thinking behind IOR, my work for Searching for Balance. When @MCHX17 asked me to contribute to this auction, I thought about my current obsession with "virtual glassware": reflection, refraction, absorption. It's a very fertile terrain for me, as it allows me to experiment with shapes that would not be conceivable IRL, but also it opens up experimentation with regards to different indices of refraction, which command how light bends as it enters a new material.
A different train of thought was also going through my mind. I think a lot about the political situation, here in the US and around the world, and how difficult it has become for people of either side to talk to the other side. In the US, the left and right are traditionally represented by the blue and red colors. For a long time I've wanted to make a work that represents this divide, but also inspires to break away from it. In IOR, the blue and red dominate the background, but the glass vessel shows both colors going through it as the camera moves around. Maybe this suggest that, with a little change of perspective, we could understand other people's views better? This is not pretending to be a solution of any kind, but just a reminder that our point of view is not universal.
Finally, the shape itself is made from simple operations. Rather than refine a perfect curve, I'm making volume through boolean operations: here, a torus is subtracted from a sphere, and the subtraction is smoothed. Again, the idea is not to get perfection, but to rediscover how simple principles can yield (hopefully) beautiful results.
Sorry for the long text, I hope you learned something about the way I think about my work. Thanks for reading!
Searching for Balance // Generative Art
Auction Results πβπ¨
β’ 13 artworks presented
β’ 3 artworks collected
β’ 4.1K XTZ total trading volume
π Top lot: State in Transition // 2K XTZ
Congratulations to all participating artists, and sincere thanks to every collector who supported this chapter β₯οΈ
Exceptional artworks are still available to collect β£
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
Searching for Balance // Generative Art
Auction Results πβπ¨
β’ 13 artworks presented
β’ 3 artworks collected
β’ 4.1K XTZ total trading volume
π Top lot: State in Transition // 2K XTZ
Congratulations to all participating artists, and sincere thanks to every collector who supported this chapter β₯οΈ
Exceptional artworks are still available to collect β£
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
gm! I'm packing for Marfa. How many π΅π΅π΅ should I put in my bag?
-- Desert Syntax - Oct 24 - Artist Fair ---
gm! I'm packing for Marfa. How many π΅π΅π΅ should I put in my bag?
-- Desert Syntax - Oct 24 - Artist Fair ---
The desert is the message π΅π€
Index Of Refraction (IOR) - a 3D animation created and rendered entirely with code, including the soundtrack - this comes with a spatial video made for Apple Vision Pro!
SEARCHING FOR BALANCE // Available Artworks π
Four works in motion π
Ivan Dianov β Folded Fire
LUANOTX β Field of Convergence
Rapha Mey β IOR
Shaunaq β SINE 6rm
Curated by @Shendrik_NFT and @MCHX17
Explore the collection β
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
SEARCHING FOR BALANCE // Available Artworks π
Four works in motion π
Ivan Dianov β Folded Fire
LUANOTX β Field of Convergence
Rapha Mey β IOR
Shaunaq β SINE 6rm
Curated by @Shendrik_NFT and @MCHX17
Explore the collection β
the desert is calling π΅π€π
-> sound ON π
DESERT SYNTAX - Marfa
by @aethersovereign and myself
Thrilled to be selected for the October edition of @artontezos_ 's ACTZ !
The theme is texture, and right now I'm leaning towards a very free interpretation of what that means for 3d..
Many thanks to @HashSosaHash for the selection π€
Rapha Meyπ½ retweeted
Thank you, @MCHX17, for including me in your wonderful curation!
Thank you, @accomparts, @Shendrik_NFT, and @ilyabliznets, for the great support. An honor to be included with @i_dianov @rapha_nyc @luzotxoa @eduxdux_ @stranger_intheq @shaunaqmadan @KZ_LAB_E @PawelDudko @V4wEnko @ac_coded @loackme_
objkt.com/tokens/KT19wRN6ozmβ¦
SEARCHING FOR BALANCE // Available Artworks π
β’ Invisible Layer by @WalhimerArt
β’ Starting bid β 1K XTZ
Built through interactive HTML and WebGL2, Invisible Layer explores the systems running beneath what we see - past experiences quietly shaping motion, color, and direction.
Each seed generates its own Machine DNA with a lifespan: it emerges, evolves, surrenders, and begins again. Balance is not a still point - it is the search as it runs.
β€ objkt.com/tokens/KT19wRN6ozmβ¦
Interactive work β use N for a new seed and β β β β to move. See Objkt for full controls.
