Jennifer & Kevin McCoy - Ex-Machina: A History of Generative Art London Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | Phillips
  • The Quantum Leap series consists of eight unique tokens, the Primordial Stars. Quantum Leap (Primordial Star 3) is the third. For this project, several levels of code-based systems interact. Visually, each token from Quantum Leap produces a mandala that changes and evolves, inspired by the life cycle of the stars, which shift colors as they age. These stars also change form as they become more circular as the code-generated images mature, evolving from three to twenty sides over the span of their lifetimes. The code-execution environment that drives the animation exists both on a dedicated website, and eventually, as a downloadable standalone application. This website allows collectors who have Quantum Leap tokens to visit the site quantumleap.mccoyspace.com, connect their wallets (or download the .exe) and see the artwork that corresponds to their token. The software will read the specific tokens and derive operational parameters from on-chain data belonging to each token.

     

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    • Provenance

      Acquired directly from the artists by the present owner

THIS LOT IS A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN (NFT)

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Quantum Leap (Primordial Star 3)

Token ID3
Contract Address0x8425...9F31
Non-Fungible TokenERC-721
MP4: 19.3 MB (20,252,869 bytes), 1072x1916px, 00:00:31
Minted on 4 March 2022, this work is a unique variant from a series of 8.

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Estimate
£90,000 - 110,000 

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Ex-Machina: A History of Generative Art

Online Auction 13-20 July 2022