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  "generatedAt": "2026-06-11T17:52:27.551Z",
  "order": 2,
  "slug": "chromie-cube",
  "title": "Chromie Cube",
  "route": "/projects/chromie-cube",
  "dateEvents": [
    {
      "date": "2022-03-02T18:30:00-05:00",
      "label": "Nifty Gateway auction opens",
      "status": "confirmed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2022-03-03T18:00:00-05:00",
      "label": "Auction closes",
      "status": "confirmed"
    }
  ],
  "sourceConfidence": "high",
  "summary": "A reinterpretation of HanRGB's CryptoCube #13 in real light. 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.",
  "deeperTeaser": "A return to analog: real light cast onto a real printed object, color-mapped face by face and captured as a loop.",
  "primaryAction": {
    "label": "Explore",
    "href": "/projects/chromie-cube"
  },
  "homepage": {
    "dateLabel": "Mar 2, 2022",
    "categoryLabel": "color-mapped 1 of 1",
    "showEdition": false,
    "status": "source-backed"
  },
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "View on OpenSea",
      "url": "https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375/105001600001"
    },
    {
      "label": "CryptoCubes Creators on Nifty Gateway",
      "url": "https://www.niftygateway.com/collections/cryptocubescreators/"
    },
    {
      "label": "HanRGB — CryptoCubes",
      "url": "https://hanrgb.com/cryptocubes"
    }
  ],
  "pageSections": {
    "overview": "A reinterpretation of [HanRGB](https://hanrgb.com/cryptocubes)'s CryptoCube #13 in real light. 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](https://www.niftygateway.com/collections/cryptocubescreators/), auctioned March 2 to 3, 2022, as part of HanRGB's CryptoCubes Creators. The [token](https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375/105001600001), my own description, and the contract are linked below."
  },
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      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "OpenSea — Chromie Cube (CryptoCube #13)",
          "url": "https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375/105001600001",
          "sourceType": "provenance",
          "accessStatus": "full-text",
          "claimStrength": "primary",
          "bestFor": [
            "provenance",
            "artist-description",
            "contract-or-token-reference"
          ],
          "whyLinked": "The token record, carrying my own description of the work, the 1/1 edition, and the contract."
        },
        {
          "label": "CryptoCubes Creators (Nifty Gateway)",
          "url": "https://www.niftygateway.com/collections/cryptocubescreators/",
          "sourceType": "official-project",
          "accessStatus": "full-text",
          "claimStrength": "primary",
          "bestFor": [
            "project-facts",
            "official-links"
          ],
          "whyLinked": "The Nifty Gateway CryptoCubes Creators collection where the piece was auctioned."
        },
        {
          "label": "HanRGB — CryptoCubes",
          "url": "https://hanrgb.com/cryptocubes",
          "sourceType": "official-project",
          "accessStatus": "full-text",
          "claimStrength": "supporting",
          "bestFor": [
            "collaborator-context",
            "project-context"
          ],
          "whyLinked": "HanRGB's CryptoCubes site, documenting the collaborator and the cube framework."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "Press / context",
      "sources": [
        {
          "label": "The Ultimate Guide to CryptoCubes (nft now)",
          "url": "https://nftnow.com/sponsored/the-ultimate-guide-to-cryptocubes-a-metaverse-native-collection/",
          "sourceType": "press-profile",
          "accessStatus": "full-text",
          "claimStrength": "supporting",
          "bestFor": [
            "press-context",
            "project-context"
          ],
          "whyLinked": "Background on CryptoCubes and the Creators initiative."
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "displayDate": "Mar 2, 2022",
    "categoryLabel": "artistic collaboration / color-mapped 1 of 1",
    "edition": {
      "label": "1 of 1",
      "status": "confirmed"
    }
  },
  "contracts": [
    {
      "label": "CryptoCubes Creators (Nifty Gateway)",
      "address": "0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375",
      "chain": "Ethereum"
    }
  ],
  "representativeExample": {
    "label": "Chromie Cube (CryptoCube #13, 1 of 1)",
    "alt": "Chromie Cube: a 3D printed white CryptoCube #13 with an animated chromatic gradient color-mapped onto its faces by projected light.",
    "imageUrl": "https://i2c.seadn.io/ethereum/0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375/be3ac839d8a0fcdead3fe4b4da98a3bd.png",
    "liveUrl": "https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x888f3f40e7f693167b705415dc3a564d29b39375/105001600001",
    "credit": "Token image via OpenSea; animation documentation by pixelpete."
  }
}