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NFTs Want to Be the Future of Digital Art Yes, those words can still make sense together. In fact, NFTs provide an intriguing window into the possible commercial and conceptual prospects of the field

#OpenSea announced the founding of a #digitalmuseum for #NFTs to highlight the artists that shaped the ecosystem.

I wonder if attempt to articulate a legacy of the originators of blockchain art says something about where NFTs are headed, following the (predictable) burst of the #crypto bubble

Rotem Rozental: The New Lens of Photography

I had a great time as a guest on Fabio Matos Cruz’s podcast, New Form. Listen now to our conversation about generative AI and its impact on #photography - we discussed the emergence of the physical photographic objects, the challenges photographers face and future trends >>

Thanksgiving at the Movies And inspirational holiday traditions: How do we share stories about our culture with the next generation?

When you’re an immigrant you get to choose what traditions to maintain and how to cultivate new rituals and stories for the next generation.

In other words, we went to the movies and adopted a turkey named Serena, who is, I’m told, a Swiftie 🦃

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

"I mean, modern dentistry is great. But your dentist doesn’t insist you worship him."

Great article & message. Small presses are the art form's bulwark against the oligarchic decay infecting all sides of our culture.

Shop at indie bookstores that spotlight indie books. Ask your local library to carry them. Buy from them directly! Keep the spark alive

How to Make Time Visible Notes about urban spaces, traces of past lives, their impact on the present and the photographs in between, in advance of a new exhibition opening this Saturday at LACP

Notes about urban spaces, traces of past lives, their impact on the present and the photographs in between, in advance of a new exhibition opening this Saturday at LACP, with works by Flora Kao, Emilene Orozco, Toyo Miyatake, (1914), Mike Saijo, Chikashi Tanaka and the Fuji Film Studio >>>

High Resolution: Conversation with Michael Howard Foto's Co-Founder comes to Bytesize to discuss creating a photographer-friendly app and building community in the age of AI

My conversation with Michael Howard about founding Foto app, wanting photographers to connect IRL, and taking back social media from advertisers

#Photoapp #FotoApp #Photocommunity #photosky

AdWords of the Kitchen Thoughts about the moment of post-internet art, iconic video works and the poetry Google search terms

Thoughts about the moment of post-internet art, iconic video works and the poetry of Google search terms

#MarthaRosler #VideoArt #PostInternet #Xennials #Xennial @bsky.art #AdWords #AdWordsPoetry

This week will mark 30 years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. I will be talking about about Israeli photography in the wake of this trauma, as well as the meeting points of documentation and loss this Tuesday, in a webinar organized by Orange County CSP
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AI Companions, Frictionless Life and Much Needed Hugs From unexpected conversations in dive bars to how tech companies sell emotional relationships, here are recent great reads to put on your radar

From unexpected conversations in dive bars to how tech companies sell emotional relationships, here are great reads to put on your radar, by @lisabubert.bsky.social at @noemamag.com, @tedchiang.bsky.social @adamgrant.bsky.social & @karintamerius.bsky.social

#thirdplaces #aicompanions #greatreads

High Resolution: Conversation with Kristine Schomaker, Shoebox Arts The artist, organizer, connector, and mentor joins Bytesize to share tips for artists, discuss what excites her in the art world and tech advancements, and explore creativity in the age of AI

#KristineSchomaker is a force! Tune in to my conversation with the artist, educator, mentor, publisher, organizer (and more titles!) about #creativity in the age of #AI, and best practices for artists who feel overwhelmed

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#artistmentor #losangelesart #bytesize #rotemrozental #artist

Surprise! You’re Human Our brain’s capacity for curiosity and unpredictability is what distinguishes humanity from AI, and it might just be our golden ticket out of an engineered age of stupidity

Our brain’s capacity for curiosity and unpredictability is what distinguishes humanity from #AI, and it might just be our golden ticket out of an engineered age of stupidity.

@bsky.art #ArtificialCuriosity #ElmgreenandDragset

Installation views, from the exhibition Lost and Found by Matthew Finley at LACP.

If you’re in LA, join us on November 6 for Matthew’s book launch and closing event!

Photos by Yulia Morris

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Eyes Wide Shut: On Vision, Self Worth and Creativity From Rachel Aviv to Taylor Swift (yes, that’s right), the reclamation of personal and artistic agency might be determined - or remedied - by looking, and looking again

From #RachelAviv to #JennyOdell and #TaylorSwift (yes), this week I’m thinking and reading about well-being and creativity, and how vision plays into our sense of agency and self-worth. I thought some of these resources might be helpful or inspiring for you as well »

When Weegee Met Ryan Murphy The new season of Monster focuses on a horrific serial killer. It also crafts a message about our relationship with photography, capturing mortality and our fascination with images of death

The new season of Monster focuses on a horrific serial killer. It also crafts a message about our relationship with #photography, capturing mortality and our fascination with images of death

#truecrime #horrorfilm #netflix @netflix.com

Pixel Art and the Gateway to the Phygital World Graphics revolutionized the modern computer, and pixels transported all of us to digital existence. A look at the building blocks of life as we know them today

@jacobgaboury.bsky.social showed how graphics revolutionized the modern computer and ushered the digital era. With that, we need to consider the pixel as the building blocks of the phygital world and pixel artists as those who render them visible

@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art

Highlights from Critical Mass 2025: Documentary Perspectives The leading photography competition announced its Top 50, and now I can share with you projects that caught my attention while jurying

I noticed a turn to documentary approaches this year, and I wonder if this perspective says something about a need to structure and find order in an increasingly divided, conflicted world
#photography #documentaryphotography #criticalmass #photocompetition

No Filters: Sora 2 Wants to Be the New TikTok Need more reasons to worry about social media, copyright, and mental health? OpenAI’s new video app asks you to hold its beer

OpenAI is getting ready for a face off with TikTok. What will that mean for visual culture?

@bsky.art

Leave Your Phone at the Door Go get coffee. Step into a bookstore. Talk to a bartender. Your creative career will thank you

Emerging artists could use third places to casually and informally meet and connect with other creatives in person and find a creative community that would allow them to figure out their voice, try new things, and have just, you know, fun

@bsky.art

Here With Me: About D4VD, Gen Z Culture and Unexpected Tragedies A modest attempt to articulate the importance of online engagement in chronicling the meteoric rise and recent tragic fall of a generational icon

D4vd's unfolding descent from the heights of musical Olympus merits our attention due to the role technology, Gen Z engagement, virality and pop culture play in it. And before that aspect of this story gets buried under the headlines, here's a modest attempt to mark a moment in time >>

Out of Place: Navigating Locations and Movement in a Pre-Digital World Looking back at Chris Burden’s institutional critique and the moment in which artists began wondering about the relationships between institutions and their meanings for us as viewers and creators

Looking back at the last moments of a pre-digital world. Today: Looking back at Chris Burden’s institutional critique and the moment in which artists began wondering about the relationships between institutions and their meanings for us as viewers and creators

@bsky.art

Epic Fail: Turning Flops into Creative Drivers Artists who embrace failure in their work help society push against isolation and remind us all that success is impossible without falling flat on your face

Tired of winning? Well, happy Monday to you! Let's talk about failures, and how they can be subject and driving force of creative work >>

"I learned It Out of Fear": A Conversation with Adam Chin Creepy, grotesque, maximalist, exciting and terrifying. A needed conversation about the AI revolution with a creative insider

Video interview: ByteSize welcomes graphic artist, animator and photographer Adam Chin.

We discussed the recent SIGGRAPH convention, the ethical dangers of tech and the deepening gaps between such issues and the great potential of the AI revolution @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art

A very much needed reminder from LA’s Little Tokyo

Jurors - Photolucida 2025 Critical Mass Prescreening Panel: Daniel George, Submissions Editor, Lenscratch Daniel George is an artist, educator, and photo editor based in Utah. In his personal creative practice, he explore...

Always honored to be among the jurors for Photolucida's Critical Mass, and get to see so many exciting projects from all over that negotiate the complicated terrains of our current existence @photos.bsky.art

Tune in to my conversation with animator, graphic designer and photographer Adam Chin - up tomorrow in #ByteSize
We discussed the creepiness of AI portraits and being both an early adapter of the future and a fierce protector of photographic legacies rotroz.substack.com
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art

"If I had to guess what kind of shot we would make sure schoolchildren got, I would have guessed wrong." Jesus, @petridishes.bsky.social

Halt your Labor Day plans to stare at this

Cancel Culture Cannot Beat AI Art students in Australia tried to petition AI out from the syllabus. Is that a useful strategy for resistance?

As reported by @australia.theguardian.com, art students tried to petition AI out from the syllabus. Is that a useful strategy for resistance? Emerging artists do not have the luxury of boycotting a technology that will dominate the world when they will enter the work force