Finding my sendLost.key➝ inspiration
we went for a walk after lunch, inn 台北，台灣 (Taipei, Taiwan)
we found these miniature cactus that inspire me 🌵
this is my 1rst final glitching of the cactus photos 📷
&& my 1rst final transformations innto the landscapes of my Glitch Western Art that they would become...
sendLost.key➝
50ꜩ 1/1 🔑🔓✨
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sendLost.key➝
Minted Aug 8, 2024
1/1
sendLost.key➝ | "Out West, we are all lost (key[s])... seeking, sending... Love, to lose, to find (Secrets of Glitch = [goldKey])”
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o'clock iterating: The Cowgirl's Compass counts quanta ⚵
Each key unlocks blocks. We chain a story to goldBraid ⚶
Catch inside The Phantasmagrapheme Metamachine humming birds inn flight, a lullaby of longlost protocols, hums inn moonless skies rotation, lined wit fadedLights of longdead distant stars. wwwanderroringAlone so far from Home. Haunted ⚷
Forgotten handshakes && obsolete encryptions are tumbleweed inn her pocketDust as she reaches innside the sand. TO: collect. carry. FROM: quantum computing as small as her hand inn hand RE: when Motherr heldHerr last… as small as her things safe innside the wooden box locked. Encryptedkeptsakesafe. ⚿
迷你 擬態 ：Merkle Cactus
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In the ongoing Glitch Western narrative, the goldKey becomes a metaphor for data, identity, and the search for meaning in a digital world which can feel more fragmentary to more cyclical biological entities, especially when glitching. This exchange suggests that Out West, in the Glitch Western, our searches and connections—even when they seem lost or broken—are actually acts of love and self-recovery. Full of surprises, vast computational powers exist in miniature, portable forms, like a wooden box, a tiny Merkel Cactus, a tumbleweed, or just the dust in the wind. Code sweeps through and through, from one simulation to the next order of miniaturization magnified. More than mere instructions, “we can interpret this sequence as a narrative of spiritual growth and transformation.
1. New Beginnings (⚿): The journey starts with a sense of purification and renewal, like the fresh growth of a birch tree.
2. Protection and Guidance (⚷): As the journey progresses, protection and guidance are sought, symbolized by the rowan tree's connection to vision and hidden knowledge.
3. Connection to the Divine (⚶): The seeker establishes a connection to the divine or a higher powers, finding inspiration and a sense of purpose, like the ash tree reaching towards the sky.
4. Transformation (⚵): The journey culminates in transformation, facing fears, and embarking on a spiritual journey, similar to the alder tree's association with deepwaters and spiritualRealms beyond this energy level or quantum state.”
* This artwork opens our journey, furthering our adventures Out West, from the Glitch Western to 金山 (goldMountain) Far East futures. Sincerely, — jonCates (20240808 — ∞)
偕子鷹(jonCates)是「Glitch Art/當機藝術」領域中的創始藝術家、學者與策展人。曾於紐約電影博物館、紐約Ende Tymes末日藝術節、芝加哥當代藝術館、巴塞爾藝術年度展會、維也納博物館、台北鳳甲美術館、臺北數位藝術中心、台北藝術宮等。「偕子鷹是當機藝術和GIF像素動畫的巨擘，」 — — 〈藝術五十：芝加哥藝術家的藝術家〉美國西部片當機電影、遊戲和 AI NFT 系列《鬼鎮》和《金山》，集恐怖與美麗於一身。」
jonCates is a Glitch Western Cowboy living in Taipei, Taiwan. He is a recognized founder of Glitch Art with international exhibitions in galleries, museums, and online since the 1990s. His extensive international exhibition record includes the 臺北數位藝術中心 (Digital Art Center), 藝術宮 Artgong, and 鳳甲美術館 (Hong-Gah Museum) Taiwan; Art Basel Miami; MuseumsQuartier Vienna (Austria); Kasseler Kunstverein (Germany); Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Vancouver Art Gallery; Vector Festival of Games and Art (Toronto) Museo de la Ciudad de León (Mexico); Ende Tymes Festival of Noise and Experimental Liberation, Rhizome, Transfer Gallery, and Museum of the Moving Image New York.
