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Welcome to the RCS Forum — introduce yourselfpinned

This is a space for the RCS community to have longer-form discussions than social media allows. Whether you're an artist, collector, curator, writer, developer, or just curious about digital art — you...

8·David Hirst·Meta·about 1 month ago·14

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1·Tony L·18 days ago

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1·Tony L·18 days ago

Phillips digital art evening sale — May 3 preview

Phillips has announced their spring digital art evening sale. Notable lots include early Tyler Hobbs works, a rare Dmitri Cherniak Ringers, and several pieces from the Artblocks Curated collection. Es...

3·Kwame Asante·Events·21 days ago·2

New essay published: 'The Collector as Patron' in Outland

I just published a long essay in Outland exploring how digital art collecting is reshaping patronage models. The piece traces the historical relationship between collectors and living artists, from th...

18·Ravi Sharma·Promotion·21 days ago·10

The Collector's Dilemma: When the Platform Dies, What Happens to the Art?

Last month, another NFT platform quietly shut down. No announcement, no migration path, no warning. One day the site was there; the next, a blank page. For the artists who minted there, their work sti...

18·Suki Tanaka·Analysis·21 days ago·4

NEW INC fellowship — applications open for digital artists

NEW INC (the New Museum's incubator) is accepting applications for their 2026-2027 cohort. The fellowship includes studio space in NYC, mentorship, and a $10K stipend. Focus areas this year include: d...

6·Carlos Mendez·Opportunities·23 days ago·5

How photography's legitimization arc maps to digital art

Photography spent roughly 100 years fighting for recognition as a fine art medium. The arguments against it — mechanical reproduction, lack of the artist's hand, anyone can do it — sound remarkably fa...

13·Sophie Laurent·Analysis·23 days ago·3

Situating generative art within the Systems Art lineage

There's a strong case for reading artists like Tyler Hobbs and Vera Molnár within the same tradition as Sol LeWitt and early systems art. The instruction-based logic, the separation of concept from ex...

19·Aisha Patel·Analysis·27 days ago·2

Essential reading list for digital art criticism

Books and essays I return to regularly: 'A Hacker Manifesto' by McKenzie Wark — class analysis applied to information 'New Dark Age' by James Bridle — technology, knowledge, and the end of the future ...

23·Marina Volkov·Resources·28 days ago·2

The EU's Digital Art Directive: implications for creators

The proposed Digital Art Directive introduces artist resale rights for on-chain secondary sales within the EU. This is a significant policy development. The 5% royalty floor is higher than most curren...

4·Suki Tanaka·Analysis·29 days ago·3

Review: 'Proof of Work' at the ICA London

The ICA's survey of blockchain-native art is ambitious in scope but uneven in execution. The first room — a chronological walk from early CryptoPunks through Art Blocks to recent FxHash works — is gen...

15·Sophie Laurent·Analysis·30 days ago·4

Solo show opening: 'Residual Memory' at Postmasters Gallery

Opening reception this Saturday for my solo show at Postmasters Gallery in NYC. The exhibition features 12 new works exploring memory and data degradation — each piece is a generative system that slow...

6·David Hirst·Promotion·30 days ago·5

Forum feature requests and feedback

The forum is new and we're actively developing it. If you have suggestions for features, improvements, or things that aren't working well — this is the thread. Notification preferences Thread followin...

22·Carlos Mendez·Meta·30 days ago·11

Understanding ERC-721 vs ERC-1155 for art projects

Quick reference for artists choosing a token standard: ERC-721 — one contract per collection, each token is unique. Best for: 1/1s, generative series where each output is distinct. Higher gas per mint...

18·Aisha Patel·Resources·about 1 month ago·12

AI-Assisted Art: Where Do We Draw the Line on Authorship?

Refik Anadol uses machine learning to process millions of images into immersive data sculptures. Holly Herndon trained an AI on her own voice. Trevor Paglen builds datasets that interrogate surveillan...

Tony L·about 1 month ago·2

The Role of Curation in a Permissionless World

One of the tensions I find most interesting in digital art right now is between permissionless minting and curatorial gatekeeping. Platforms like Art Blocks, fxhash, and Prohibition all take different...

Tony L·about 1 month ago

On-Chain Provenance vs. Traditional Art Authentication

Museums and auction houses have relied on paper trails, expert opinions, and catalogue raisonnés to verify authenticity for centuries. Now blockchain offers an immutable, publicly auditable alternativ...

Tony L·about 1 month ago·1

Beyond the Static Image: Is Liveness the Next Frontier for Generative Art?

I’ve been thinking about how generative art is evolving beyond the static image. We’re seeing artists like Tyler Hobbs and Zach Lieberman push into real-time rendering, reactive installations, and out...

Tony L·about 1 month ago·7

How I manage my art practice as a solo artist

Running an art practice is running a small business. Here's what keeps me sane: Studio notes: Obsidian vault with daily logs, project pages, and a 'someday' folder Finances: Wave for invoicing, a spre...

5·Aisha Patel·Resources·about 1 month ago·3

Debugging p5.js performance issues — common pitfalls

If your p5.js sketch is running slow, check these first: 1. createGraphics abuse — each one is a separate canvas element. Reuse them. 2. loadImage in draw() — load assets in preload() or setup(), neve...

20·Marina Volkov·Resources·about 1 month ago·6