Art Blocks and Bright Moments will unveil their latest artist collaborative project, 923 Empty Rooms Casey Res, marking their second collaboration in an ongoing partnership. This new artwork builds on Reas’ previous creation, an empty room, commissioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). An empty room delved into the realms of simulation and the history of visual representation and abstraction, with an emphasis on kinetic art and what Reas calls a “binary plastic language.” However, it also interweaves elements of perspective and cubism from art history.
Drawing color shapes of cities
The heart of 923 Empty Rooms lies in selecting a single shape or “color shape” for Bright Moments’ locations: Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, London, Mexico City and Tokyo. Using an underlying algorithm, these six colorforms are combined to produce 923 different outputs, presented as a single on-chain collection.
From August 14, interested parties will have the opportunity to acquire 923 Empty Rooms pieces through a Dutch auction on the Art Blocks website. The collection is minted for six days, with each day dedicated to ⅙ of the collection associated with a specific color form from the cities mentioned above.
About Casey Reas
Casey Reas is widely recognized as a pioneer of generative art. Reas is also a professor of Design Media Arts at UCLA. In addition, he is a co-founder of Processing, a revolutionary open-source programming language and environment that has catalyzed a new wave of creative programmers and artists.
Renowned artists and members of the generative art community hold him in high esteem and recognize his significant contributions to the field.
“When I hear the name Casey Reas, I think of generative art. I mean, I don’t know if there’s anyone more central to the space than Casey,” artist Tyler Hobbs said in a press release.
After the sale closes, wallets with a “Full Set” consisting of a color form from each city will have the privilege of being included in a special artist coin to commemorate the collection.
The global exhibition of Bright Moments
Bright Moments galleries will host a global exhibition for those eager to witness the artistic wonders generated by the Empty Rooms algorithm. The journey begins in Tokyo and ends in Los Angeles on August 19, with each location showing output associated with its respective color form.
Bright Moments galleries are given the primary color form associated with their location, leaving 917 algorithmic combinations available to collectors. The cities of New York, Berlin, London, Mexico City and Tokyo will each have 154 combinations, while Los Angeles will offer 153.
Earlier this year, Art Blocks announced Bright Moments as the second partner in the Art Blocks Collaborator collection, underscoring their commitment to pushing the boundaries of generative art. Now with the 923 Empty Rooms collaboration, they will strive to explore new frontiers in generative art together with Reas.