{ "schemaVersion": "snowfro-public-projects-0.3-preview", "generatedAt": "2026-06-11T17:52:27.551Z", "site": { "title": "Snowfro", "archiveTitle": "Snowfro Living Archive", "description": "A living archive of blockchain releases by Erick Calderon.", "premise": "Start with the surface. Follow the systems underneath.", "intro": "These works begin as simple marks, tickets, rooms, hearts, slashes, sprites, games, and signals. 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The project also surfaced the long-form generative art conversation in the context of blockchain technology, and individual Squiggles now live in museum collections.", "tryOrExplore": "The official Art Blocks project page renders any Squiggle live in the browser, and the learning links below go deeper into how the algorithm works.", "whatPeopleMiss": "The apparent simplicity is the point: a single line became a proof of medium, a community vocabulary, and an ongoing display system.", "placeInThePath": "The foundation: color, code, proof, interaction, and the first public grammar for the rest of the archive.", "collectViewProvenance": "Chromie Squiggle lives on Art Blocks. Institutional records and learning resources are grouped in the sources below; market links stay secondary in this archive." }, "sourceGroups": [ { "label": "Official / primary", "sources": [ { "label": "Art Blocks collection", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/collection/chromie-squiggle-by-snowfro", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official Chromie Squiggle reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "Art Blocks algorithm guide", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/articles/chromie-squiggle-algorithm-guide", "sourceType": "official-doc", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "mechanics", "technical-context" ], "whyLinked": "Official documentation for Chromie Squiggle mechanics and technical context." } ] }, { "label": "Artist / institution / exhibition", "sources": [ { "label": "LACMA Unframed", "url": "https://unframed.lacma.org/2024/08/21/erick-calderon%E2%80%99s-chromie-squiggle-9999", "sourceType": "institution-record", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "institutional-context", "provenance" ], "whyLinked": "Institutional record: collection or exhibition evidence and provenance context." }, { "label": "ISLAA spotlight", "url": "https://islaa.org/exhibitions/spotlight-erick-calderon/", "sourceType": "curatorial-essay", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "curatorial-context", "exhibition-context" ], "whyLinked": "Curatorial framing and exhibition context for the work." }, { "label": "Glitch Marfa E30D Chromie essay", "url": "https://www.glitchmarfa.com/e30dgallery/the-chromie-squiggle/", "sourceType": "curatorial-essay", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "curatorial-context", "exhibition-context" ], "whyLinked": "Curatorial framing and exhibition context for the work." }, { "label": "MoMA artist page", "url": "https://www.moma.org/artists/140754-erick-calderon-snowfro", "sourceType": "institution-record", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "institutional-context", "provenance" ], "whyLinked": "Institutional record: collection or exhibition evidence and provenance context." }, { "label": "Toledo Infinite Images", "url": "https://infiniteimages.toledomuseum.org/artist/snowfro-erick-calderon", "sourceType": "institution-record", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "institutional-context", "provenance" ], "whyLinked": "Institutional record: collection or exhibition evidence and provenance context." }, { "label": "Museum of Art + Light #9945", "url": "https://artlightmuseum.org/objects/", "sourceType": "institution-record", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "institutional-context", "provenance" ], "whyLinked": "Institutional record: collection or 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I 3D printed the cube in white and used my own algorithm, a process I call “color mapping,” to project an animated chromatic gradient onto it. The artwork is a video of that projection running in a loop.", "howItWorks": "CryptoCube #13 by Han was 3D printed in white. In a darkened room I set it in front of a projector and ran my own software, a process I call “color mapping,” which projects animated colored polygons onto physical objects from a full-screen browser window. I aligned a looping chromatic gradient onto the cube, matching color to each face. The finished piece is a video of that projection. Animation documentation by pixelpete.", "deeperLayer": "It mixes the digital and the analog. Instead of rendering color in code on a screen, I projected real light onto a real object and let the camera hold it. The Chromie Squiggle's color language meets Han's volumetric form in physical space, then returns to the chain as a looping video.", "tryOrExplore": "The OpenSea, CryptoCubes Creators, and HanRGB links below show the token, the wider collaboration, and Han's CryptoCubes work.", "whatPeopleMiss": "It is not a digital render. It is a 3D printed cube with light physically color-mapped onto it, face by face, and captured as a loop.", "placeInThePath": "A 2022 collaboration alongside Friendship Bracelets and Heart + Craft, and a return to the projection experiments that predate Chromie Squiggle, now turned onto another artist's form.", "collectViewProvenance": "Minted as a 1 of 1 on Nifty Gateway, auctioned March 2 to 3, 2022, as part of HanRGB's CryptoCubes Creators. 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Holders could also claim physical bowls, a layer the sources below document.", "tryOrExplore": "Start with the sources below; the PROOF and gallery records are the strongest entry points into the release.", "whatPeopleMiss": "The edition is small, but the project is important as a bridge between ceramic practice, generative code, gallery context, and holder physical claims.", "placeInThePath": "A hinge between tile/ceramic history and later projects where code produces physical instructions, objects, or artifacts.", "collectViewProvenance": "The release is documented through PROOF, NADA / Venus Over Manhattan, and OpenSea records, grouped in the sources below." }, "sourceGroups": [ { "label": "Official / primary", "sources": [ { "label": "PROOF Grails II page", "url": "https://www.proof.xyz/grails/season-2/bookends-study", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official Bookends (Study) reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "PROOF Snowfro artist page", "url": "https://www.proof.xyz/artists/snowfro", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official Bookends (Study) reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "PROOF physical pot claim post", "url": "https://x.com/proof_xyz/status/1657465093112856577", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official Bookends (Study) reference for project facts and public links." } ] }, { "label": "Exhibition / curated", "sources": [ { "label": "NADA artwork page", "url": "https://www.newartdealers.org/programs/nada-miami-2022/artworks/8146", "sourceType": "curatorial-essay", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "curatorial-context", "exhibition-context" ], "whyLinked": "Curatorial framing and exhibition context for the work." }, { "label": "NADA / Venus Over Manhattan presentation", "url": "https://www.newartdealers.org/fairs/nada-miami-2022/presentations/578", "sourceType": "curatorial-essay", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "curatorial-context", "exhibition-context" ], "whyLinked": "Curatorial framing and exhibition context for the work." } ] }, { "label": "Provenance / market", "sources": [ { "label": "OpenSea collection", "url": "https://opensea.io/collection/bookends-study-by-snowfro", "sourceType": "marketplace", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "provenance", "contract-or-token-reference" ], "whyLinked": "Secondary market and provenance context only." } ] } ], "representativeExample": { "label": "Bookends (Study)", "alt": "A Bookends composition joining a generative background with photographed handmade ceramic pinch pots.", "imageUrl": "/images/projects/bookends-study.png", "credit": "Image provided by the artist." }, "provenance": { "displayDate": "Aug 17, 2022", "categoryLabel": "study", "edition": { "label": "Edition of 50", "status": "source-backed" } } }, { "order": 5, "slug": "friendship-bracelets", "category": "artistic-collaborations", "title": "Friendship Bracelets", "route": "/projects/friendship-bracelets", "dateEvents": [ { "date": "2022-10-26T15:00:00-05:00", "label": "Eligibility snapshot", "status": "source-backed" }, { "date": "2022-11-03", "label": "Art Blocks release", "status": "source-backed" }, { "date": "2023-01-10T12:00:00-06:00", "label": "Claim deadline", "status": "source-backed" } ], "sourceConfidence": "medium-high", "summary": "A massive community work pairing my friendship-bracelet concept with Alexis André's generative algorithm, free to claim and made to be shared.", "deeperTeaser": "The claim mechanic, gifting path, and physical instructions are part of the artwork.", "primaryAction": { "label": "Make / learn", "href": "/projects/friendship-bracelets" }, "homepage": { "dateLabel": "Nov 3, 2022", "categoryLabel": "collaboration / community work", "showEdition": false, "status": "proposed-default" }, "contracts": [ { "label": "Friendship Bracelets", "address": "0x942bc2d3e7a589fe5bd4a5c6ef9727dfd82f5c8a", "chain": "Ethereum" } ], "links": [ { "label": "Art Blocks collection", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/collection/friendship-bracelets-by-alexis-andre" } ], "pageSections": { "overview": "A massive community work pairing my friendship-bracelet concept with Alexis André's generative algorithm, free to claim and made to be shared.", "howItWorks": "Bracelets were free to claim and made to be gifted. 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A hidden easter egg rewards the curious: press Enter and the sun rotates around the room.", "deeperLayer": "The spaces draw on Mexico City and the influence of Barragán and Judd, with an appreciation for architecture I credit to my wife, an architect. 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The sources below carry the detail.", "tryOrExplore": "The official 9dcc and Art Blocks Engine pages below document the drop and the garment system.", "whatPeopleMiss": "Calling it merch undersells it. Generative art, physical apparel, chip authentication, and event logistics all meet in one experiment.", "placeInThePath": "Squiggle language moves into a networked physical product, foreshadowing later physical and social extensions.", "collectViewProvenance": "Provenance runs through official 9dcc posts, the Art Blocks partner page, and the contract record on Etherscan, linked below." }, "sourceGroups": [ { "label": "Official / primary", "sources": [ { "label": "9dcc ITERATION-02 docs", "url": "https://docs.9dcc.xyz/current-releases/iteration-02", "sourceType": "official-doc", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "mechanics", "technical-context" ], "whyLinked": "Official documentation for 9dcc ITERATION-02 mechanics and technical context." }, { "label": "Art Blocks Engine case study", "url": "https://engine.artblocks.io/case-studies/9dcc", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official 9dcc ITERATION-02 reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "Art Blocks partner page", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/partners/9dcc", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official 9dcc ITERATION-02 reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "Art Blocks collection", "url": "https://www.artblocks.io/marketplace/collections/9dcc-iteration-02", "sourceType": "official-project", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "project-facts", "official-links" ], "whyLinked": "The official 9dcc ITERATION-02 reference for project facts and public links." }, { "label": "Art Blocks public API docs", "url": "https://docs.artblocks.io/public-api-docs/", "sourceType": "official-doc", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "mechanics", "technical-context" ], "whyLinked": "Official documentation for 9dcc ITERATION-02 mechanics and technical context." } ] }, { "label": "Product context / provenance", "sources": [ { "label": "9dcc chip docs", "url": "https://docs.9dcc.xyz/the-tech/the-chip", "sourceType": "official-doc", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "mechanics", "technical-context" ], "whyLinked": "Official documentation for 9dcc ITERATION-02 mechanics and technical context." }, { "label": "9dcc NINES docs", "url": "https://docs.9dcc.xyz/the-tech/nines", "sourceType": "official-doc", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "primary", "bestFor": [ "mechanics", "technical-context" ], "whyLinked": "Official documentation for 9dcc ITERATION-02 mechanics and technical context." }, { "label": "Etherscan contract", "url": "https://etherscan.io/address/0x54a6356244059d5a50b97200a928f19a3682b669", "sourceType": "provenance", "accessStatus": "full-text", "claimStrength": "supporting", "bestFor": [ "provenance", "contract-or-token-reference" ], "whyLinked": "Contract, token, and provenance reference details." } ] } ], "representativeExample": { "label": "9dcc ITERATION-02 #0", "alt": "9dcc ITERATION-02 #0: generative Squiggle-language artwork designed for a one-of-one physical tee.", "imageUrl": "https://media-proxy.artblocks.io/1/0x54a6356244059d5a50b97200a928f19a3682b669/0.png", "liveUrl": "https://generator.artblocks.io/1/0x54a6356244059d5a50b97200a928f19a3682b669/0", "credit": "Image and live view served by the official Art Blocks media and generator services." }, "provenance": { "displayDate": "Nov 29, 2022", "categoryLabel": "collaboration / networked product", "edition": { "label": "1,183 minted", "status": "confirmed" } } }, { "order": 8, "slug": "heart-craft", "category": "artistic-collaborations", "title": "Heart + Craft", "route": "/projects/heart-craft", "dateEvents": [ { "date": "2023-08-24", "label": "Release / first mint", "status": "source-backed" } ], "sourceConfidence": "high", "summary": "A generated block-heart, made with Jordan Lyall and his team, that also acts as a blueprint for making a physical object.", "deeperTeaser": "The image is the start. 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