robert ghrist
artwork
i have been doing mathematics-inspired art for some time, in large part to improve my research and teaching.
i've recently begun archiving my mathematical art work under the alias colimit...
neither this website nor youtube/insta/twitter is an ideal venue for archiving artwork, so...
i think that publishing tokens (which don't depend on permissions or maintenance to persist) is worth exploring.
after all, arxiv preprints are essentially tokenized papers (though on a centralized server)...
- all tokens on the ethereum chain under colimit.eth
- more fun/experimental work on tezos chain under colimit.tez
definitely check out oncyber for 3D/VR/AR galleries for posting art.
yes, it's a metaverse-thing, but it's like an art gallery video game. i totally love this!
you can navigate on your phone/pad/laptop with ease and check out some cool art... try it!
- my best gallery to date is on the Hopf Fibration of the 3-Sphere
- a gallery of the icons from Elementary Applied Topology (with explanatory notes!)
- a gallery of some quasiperiodic crystals (based on Penrose tilings)
- a gallery of graphics from Topological Data Analysis (in progress)
- a gallery of images of Spheres (the 3-sphere in particular)
if you are interested in tokenizing/archiving/displaying your work, i can recommend:
experimenting on the tezos chain at objkt: low-cost, energy-efficient, with a good tech/art community.
use the Temple wallet to manage your tokens.
tezos is a very friendly, low-stres, linux-like chain. no drama; no scams.
if you can ignore the NFT/monkeypic hype, the ethereum chain has a lot of benefits.
it is a little more costly and stressful to use, but it's the standard.
if you do mint on ethereum, i recommend manifold studios, which allows you to write/own your own smart contract
for example, here is the code for the COLIM EAT contract, for publishing artwork from the EAT text
if you are interested in tokenizing your work, i have a bit of advice:
- get a hardware wallet and connect your browser wallets (metamask, temple, etc) to it, please!
- be careful! mistakes are semi-permanent on a blockchain. think before minting...
- have an identity: use an ENS name (i am colimit.eth) and/or a tezos domain (i am colimit.tez)
- build cool stuff! who cares what others think... just build cool stuff...