Social Codes by Feral File

Originally minted on Bitmark, Social Codes was a group online exhibition by Feral File and curated by artist Casey Reas in March before NFT-mania has properly taken off. The exhibition’s timing was perfect, as interest in the artists featured was rising rapidly. The ten artists included Dmitri Cherniak, LIA, Andrew Benson, LIA, Dmitri Cherniak, Raven Kwok, Anna Carreras, Manolo Gamboa Naon, Maya Man, Frederik Vanhoutte, Saskia Freeke and Dave Whyte (Bees and Bombs). Each artwork was created using custom software, and meant to showcase the power of code as a medium for artistic expression. Social Codes provided a cohesive space for these rapidly emerging digital artists to make work, curated by the legendary creator of Processsing itself. The show was thus a critical stamp of approval for some of the earliest generative art on the blockchain, increasingly, long-form generative art.