FEATURED Collections: character, culture, and code
Character projects have become a cornerstone of the web3 space and beyond the hype, the format offers a playful canvas for artistic and quirky expression. This piece examines three distinct Tezos collections – Tezzardz, Dickrbuttz, and FRATZE – that together illustrate a spectrum of approaches to digital ‘identities’.
HIGHLIGHTED #6 – Zancan’s ‘Tree_Line’ at bitforms gallery
During NFT NYC 2025, French artist Zancan opened his first solo exhibition with bitforms gallery in New York. Titled ‘Tree_Line’ and running through August 2, the show brings together key works from the artist’s generative practice – spanning plotter drawings, algorithmic installations, embroidery, and hybrid physical-digital compositions.
HIGHLIGHTED #5 – Objkt x The Second-Guess at Digital Art Mile, Basel
At the Digital Art Mile, held during Art Basel, Objkt presented the group show We Emotional Cyborgs: On Avatars and AI Agents, curated by Anika Meier. This exhibition positioned code-based creativity and algorithmic inquiry as fundamental to how we see and define ourselves today.
HIGHLIGHTED #4 – Art on Tezos at NFC Summit, Lisbon
Last week, the NFC Summit in Lisbon took place. As with previous years, the event functioned as a convergence point for web3-adjacent creators and platforms. Art on Tezos was present throughout a series of initiatives.
HIGHLIGHTED #3: Gallery Weekend Berlin
Founded in 2005, the Berlin Gallery Weekend has grown to be a highlight of the international art calendar. This year, running from May 2 – 4, there were two events in partnership with the Tezos Foundation: the exhibitions VIRTUALLY YOURS and MASCULINITY – with distinct yet intersecting explorations of identity and technology.
HIGHLIGHTED #2 – re:VERSE, a poetry symposium
On April 23, theVERSEverse hosted their first-ever symposium: an evening program celebrating the evolving landscape of poetry in the digital age. Through curated panels, performances, and artwork displays, re:VERSE explored poetry’s power as a multifaceted, transdisciplinary art form, and illuminated key areas of poetic innovation.
FEATURED #2 — CSRSNT-DAAI by Caesuras
CSRSNT-DAAI is one of the many chapters in Casey REAS’s ongoing narrative of algorithmic research, who has long interrogated the dialectic between deterministic systems and spontaneous emergence.
FEATURED #1 — Kim Asendorf’s monogrid collection
Kim Asendorf is widely recognized for his contributions to digital art. His career encompasses a range of projects from algorithmic explorations like ‘pixel sorting’ to conceptual research, constantly challenging the (traditional) notions of artistic production.
HIGHLIGHTED #1 — Compositions in Code at the Museum of the Moving Image
On March 6, the Museum of the Moving Image’s latest exhibition in partnership with the Tezos Foundation was opened. Running through August 23, this changing installation invites viewers to revisit the genesis of code as art.