IX Shells

Quoting one of my favorite chapters in the “Original Dune” series: "A no-ship was a starship, and type of no-chamber, that was invisible to prescience. This meant that its movements or occupants could not be seen by many of those who possessed prescient powers, such as Guild Navigators."

In this case, we are going to call them “Shell Navigators.” Every collector of the fragments of these “Ixian No-ships” will have a part in this generative-sci-fi inspired worlds I've been inspired by from the very start of my journey. This is not a roadmap but as the story says “it's all part of the path triggered by a perceived need to diversify the human race and allow it to evolve.”

Ixian No-Ships

Gary Vaynerchuk

Art is in the eye of the beholder, I am dying to know what you see in this piece that I worked so hard on.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Gary Vaynerchuk titled What do you “B”.

What do you “B”

Lucréce

Des Lucréce, Self-portrait, digital, 2018

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Lucréce titled MIRROR, MIRROR..

MIRROR, MIRROR.

black and white photograph of Alexis in the woods

Alexis Ohanian

I’m Alexis Ohanian, I’m best known as a founder/CEO/investor, but this is my first piece of art (not withstanding creating logos like Reddit’s Snoo and hundreds of variations) and my first NFT. I made it to celebrate the best thing I've ever created. My wife took this photo on a family trip to Mougins, France. I’ve never made low poly artwork before, but I’ve long been obsessed with the style. I’ve always found the process of creating art to be very therapeutic and now that I’ve made this, I think I’ll be doing it more often. Thanks, Kevin & the entire PROOF community.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Alexis Ohanian titled ON THE SHOULDERS OF.

ON THE SHOULDERS OF

Kiszkiloszki

Digital, collage cut-out animation. (2022)
gif; 128 colors; 900x900px; 3s; 24fps;

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Kiszkiloszki titled I've got your cat, please follow me..

I've got your cat, please follow me.

Nicolas Sassoon

Second Moon is an animation created in 2022 using a digital moiré patterning technique, consisting in the overlap of two images to generate the illusion of a third image. In my practice, this process is often used to created abstract textural works inspired by atmospheric and natural forces. In Second Moon, the animation oscillates between abstraction and figuration: it can be read as an abstract composition or as a figurative landscape representing the reflection of a celestial object over a liquid surface. At large, Second Moon relates to many histories of abstraction and figuration in painting, optical art, moving image, computer graphics and screen savers. The notion of surface is important in this work, as it constantly plays with the perception of depth and flatness within the space of the screen.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Nicolas Sassoon titled Second Moon.

Second Moon

Yosnier

“my heart continues to lose the battle every time though my love for you remains the same”

how many times can a heart be broken?

What is Real?

Knowns and unknowns\n\nCapturing the moment of the feeling we have when choosing. Thinking about knowns and unknowns. From all the artworks you've chosen one, you've made the choice. Inspired by the Grails concept.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by What Is Real? titled Choices.

Choices

Marlo

euphoria

Rachel Ryle

The beauty of the eternal & internal harmony within. During every day, at any moment, within every mind we’re given opportunities to rethink & renew. Turning our inner webs & weeds into greatness & growth, bursting with blooms of beauty. It’s up to you to choose to renew, so choose wisely! Genesis Piece; hand illustrated digital cel animation using stop motion techniques by Rachel Ryle; 2022; silent; 47-second looping film; mp4; 1080px1080px.

Renewal

grelysian

grelysian, 2022. Google Sheets, animated in Adobe Photoshop.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by grelysian titled Iteration 0.

Iteration 0

Larva Labs

This Protoglyph is the output from an early algorithm exploration for the Autoglyphs, but operates at much higher resolution and detail. These initial explorations were done before we realized just how limiting executing everything on-chain was going to be. Once we incorporated those limitations the resolution and output format changed somewhat, but you can still see some of the original DNA present from this early prototype.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Larva Labs titled Protoglyph.

Protoglyph

Sarah Zucker

Dreaming my queen through the machine in my Hollywood studio.\n\nOriginal VideoDream by Sarah Zucker / @thesarahshow. Created in studio in 2021 by feeding an original digital photo collage through VQGAN + Clip using the phrase “Siamese Cat on top of the Capitol Records building with sunset | iridescence | unreal engine”\n\nOpen Edition released as part of Grails for Proof Collective.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Sarah Zucker titled Dream Loaf.

Dream Loaf

Hackatao

WAGMI

Mike Shinoda

A spontaneous vision, born out of personal and public social cycles.

In My Head

Claire Silver

Ink sketch, digitally manipulated.\nUnyielding. Achromic. Looking right at you.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Claire Silver titled c.u.l.t..

c.u.l.t.

Tim Ferriss

“How to Start a War” is the first published fiction piece by bestselling author Tim Ferriss (The 4-Hour Workweek, Tools of Titans, etc.), available only in NFT form. This short story is about mercenaries, modern life, mental gymnastics, and the games we play. The prose, handwriting, and concept is by Tim Ferriss (tim.blog). The design is by Lisa Quine (lisaquine.com).

How to Start a War

Dmitri Cherniak

An intersection in the 강남 style - it's nice to see some art applied to the real world.

횡단보도

Tyler Hobbs

“Wall” is an algorithmic appreciation of a brick wall - everything that it is made of, everything that has been added to it or removed from it, and everything that it interacts with.

Presented by PROOF in Grails I, a work of art created by Tyler Hobbs titled Wall.

Wall

Gremplin

Catchem

Once live, PROOF Collective NFT holders will have the ability to mint one Grail per PROOF Collective membership NFT held. During the open minting window, the artist identities are hidden for all. Once the minting window closes, PROOF will host a live streaming event to reveal the artists.

Type	Edition
Mint date	Feb 25, 2022

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