FiatWorks NFT Collection

This information is taken from the website CoinList.co

The Concept

Inspired by Seattle’s iconic Gas Works Park (shown below), abstract expressionism, and early computer generated art, FiatWorks plays with notions of homage, ruins, currencies, time, and the natural decay and evolution of money — all while nodding to the post-fiat future. ​​​​

Each work is composed of around 1,000 layers that Simmons has collected, cut, and arranged in a series of image sets that are then processed through his custom algorithm. The algorithm creates decentralized, painterly compositions of dense imagery, at once fun and visually explosive.

Eligibility

The FiatWorks NFT collection will initially be released to two groups of users:

Karma Gurus: Karma Gurus is a group of 3,000 CoinList users that have accumulated the highest CoinList Karma score from this year's eligible categories. CoinList Karma is a points system that recognizes and rewards users for contributing to token networks on CoinList through activities like staking, lending, trading, and participating in experimental offerings like the Ethereum Gas Limit Genesis on CoinList. Please note that Karma points accumulated from participation in CoinList hackathons, validator offerings, and token sales prior to 2021 were not included in the calculation.

CoinList Friends: 222 FiatWorks NFTs will be allocated for friends, partners, and CoinList supporters without whom none of what we, and the token networks on CoinList, accomplished in 2021 would be possible.

Case Simmons about FiatWorks:

"When CoinList first approached me about doing a project, I was deep in a productive creative space exploring this practice of marrying chance operations and controlled conditions. I then visited the iconic park in Seattle, GasWorks, and was taken by this notion of dead technology - at once let to be overtaken and admired as a historical truth. It seemed apt to try a series of artworks that pull from images sets of traditional fiat and nature, and let the algorithm generate from them

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My practice evolves from one project to the next, but always with a through line. With FiatWorks, I brought much of what I learned and developed with the last two series to the table, but pushed it considerably. It’s not everyday that I get to make a series that has over 3 thousand artworks.

Regarding what went into FiatWorks technically: my algorithm is written in Javascript with a few bash scripts in play too. It has weighted randomness built in, while being carefully controlled to generate pieces that are simultaneously unique and unified as a whole. Each piece has around 1100 layers pulled from various image sets."