A WORK IN PROGRESS
A Work In Progress is a continuously evolving artwork generated in real time from the Ethereum blockchain.
It draws from several artistic lineages: Hanne Darboven’s use of writing, counting, repetition and time-based structures; Leslie Roberts’ translation of language into grids of color and geometric signs; and, more discreetly, Vera Molnar’s rule-based approach to abstraction and controlled variation.
In A Work In Progress, these principles are transposed to Ethereum. The blockchain becomes a form of continuous writing, translated into signs, colors and compositions through a set of rules.
Each artwork corresponds to one Ethereum epoch (32 slots). Slots form the rows of the image, while different types of transactions are distributed across columns. The activity of each block generates the visual motifs.
Every epoch creates a new and unique composition. Rows, columns and colors are reorganized, while the underlying visual language remains the same for 256 epochs (one Sync Committee period).
At the next Sync Committee, a new visual language begins.
This visual language is built from an original library of shapes, colors and papers, all created by hand and then scanned. These handmade elements become the raw material for the generative system and are recombined according to Ethereum blockchain data.
The artwork therefore sits between hand-crafted and generative practice: the blockchain introduces variation and unpredictability, while the artist defines the visual vocabulary, materials and rules. It is a form of controlled generative art, grounded in traditional artistic practice.
The result is an artwork that evolves continuously with Ethereum, transforming its activity into a living visual language.