Bård Ionson

Portfolio

A curated selection of works exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and the nature of simulated reality.

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Vanishing Of The Genuine: Bone Flag

Vanishing Of The Genuine: Bone Flag

Transient.xyz

An exploration of reality and a culture moving into a simulated world. What is real, what is death and what is life? Inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe, Jean Baudrillard and Jasper Johns — we see bones in the sky as AI simulated fragments of film photography. The surreal world of living in a simulation has now arrived.

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Color Magic Planets

Color Magic Planets

Art Blocks

Released on ArtBlocks. An exploration of generative planetary bodies, where algorithms dictate the atmosphere, terrain, and color palettes of undiscovered worlds.

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The 8 (Art Blocks)

The 8 (Art Blocks)

Art Blocks

A seminal piece of generative art exploring numerical symbolism and mathematical beauty through code. View the collection on ArtBlocks.

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Naked Flames

Naked Flames

Expanded.art

"The nude fire. Grasping at identity is like a flicker of fire. The flame goes out when held too tightly. The desire to know brings more uncertainty. In the age of artificial intelligence, we are learning to live with the anxiety of our naked uncertainty. Our nakedness meets the flame."

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California Collection

California Collection

MakersPlace

Summer 2022 — A family trip gathering the vision and vibes of California. The roads, deserts, fields of artichokes, strawberries, chickpeas and vineyards of grapes, the ocean, wild life and the great redwoods. Over 2,000 images feed a StyleGAN2 model. The abundance of open space and nature has eliminated human made objects from the model.

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SAGE Anomaly (Async Art)

SAGE Anomaly (Async Art)

AsyncArt

Series on Async Art with a Sci-Fi backstory. A multi-layered artwork exploring narrative, code, and digital autonomy.

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We Are Anarchy On Chain

We Are Anarchy On Chain

Sansa / Mint.fun

Blockchain art on Ethereum and Bitcoin. Generated from a smart contract and stored on chain forever.

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Battledore

Battledore

Codex Protocol

Created in 2019. Displayed and donated to Oxford University's Weston Library as part of the Alphabets Alive! exhibition — the first NFT in the library's collection.

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Future Is Where East And West Touch

Future Is Where East And West Touch

NFT Art Prize

One of ten finalists for the NFT Art Prize 2023 sponsored by Arab Bank Switzerland. This is artificial intelligence art composed from the ideas and words of the artist which an AI model generated, then edited by the artist.

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Scanning the Scanner

Scanning the Scanner

Project

A generative exploration where the physical device capturing reality is turned upon itself to recursively distort and create. By pulling the light back into the lens block block by block, an infinite feedback loop forms.

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Sound Words Poetry Art

Sound Words Poetry Art

Project

The poetry and visual performance of the digital soul. Audio waves and words combine to visualize the invisible frequencies between meaning and sound.

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