- QQL.art is a participatory generative-art machine by Dandelion Mané and Tyler Hobbs.
- Connect a wallet, hit "Create", and co-create with the system — flow that can't go wrong.
- Official QQL NFTs need a mint pass, auctioned in a Dutch auction from 50 ETH.
- High-five for the machine and its builders.
Don't tell. If this were music, I would turn up the volume and wish the beat would never stop. That's what QQL.art is doing to me.
QQL.art is a magical experiment of Dandelion Mané, creator engineer, and Tyler Hobbs, generative artist of the 'Fidenza' series on ArtBlocks.io. The result is very much a LegoWorld for generative visual arts.
How it works
If you don't have a crypto wallet, get one. Connecting your wallet will get you access to the virtual machine. There are only three buttons in the menu: choose "Create" and the dashboard with the virtual building blocks pops up. It's self-explanatory and irresistible.
Co-creation at the core
What is so great about this generative project is that it is participatory. The co-creation process is at the core of this project. The engineer and the artist produce the tools and provide direction, and you pick and click. It's an input-output experience that cannot go wrong. At the same time, the output is so surprising and unexpected that the user gets a sense of 'flow' that the act of creating generates. I create, thus I am. BTW, you can download what you created and save it for your great-grandchildren. To collect an official QQL NFT you need a mint pass. Those will be auctioned on September 28 in a Dutch auction starting at 50 ETH.
Out of your league? If you like what you created and want the world to see it, there is a contest. Nine lucky creators will get a mint pass.
So, high-five for the machine and its builders. Time to reread Ray Kurzweil, 'The Age of Spiritual Machines' and 'The Singularity is Near'.