✨ NEW LOOK ✨ Introducing Forma’s new brand and logomark. A single block, progressively halved, rounded, smoothed, and composed into a connected whole. A visual reflection of Forma’s modular foundation and creative mission.

The culture of fandom will continue to create cognitive dissonance in artists who mistake their own celebrity [among a cabal of thirty 40 year old men] for artistic success

Outside of Solana, my other favourite work of on-chain art this year is ‘Wanderer’, by Jan Robert Leegte (@JanRobertLeegte). As part of Photo Paris 2025, Jan made ‘an autonomous, digital flâneur, an internet-based entity that roams the map of our physical world through an endless sequence of directional choices, recorded immutably on the blockchain and visualized through web-based map services’. It started at the Grand Palais, in Paris, and has now made its way West, deep into the countryside. Walking pieces have been a staple of conceptual art, from Stanley Brouwn’s ‘This Way Brouwn’, where he asked strangers to draw him maps of directions he had asked for, to Vito Acconci and Sophie Calle’s following pieces, where they elected random strangers to trail until they lost them (either through entering a building or general disorientation). I love Jan’s work here, the mix of autonomy and monotony, a never-ending trek across the globe that is totally decided by randomised transaction hashes on the blockchain. It feels like a work that should’ve come out during the lockdowns, but still feels fitting with the rise of AI and the fears around the autonomy of such technology. An exciting addition to the canon of ‘walking as art’, updated for the 21st century.

A winter rose along the Seine. wanderer.leegte.org @Formachain @office_impart

Most NFTs exhibit a kind of Zombie Formalism, yes, but the form that preoccupies them is the fetishized object of Technology itself.

Enjoy the in depth conversation between Sam Spike and me about Wanderer for @Formachain

Migration is complete and block production has resumed

At approximately 12:00 PM ET/17:00 UTC today, Forma will halt block production at block 20,282,999 to perform a sequencer network migration. Blocks are expected to resume within 2-3 hours of the migration start time.

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Thank you @johnkarp and @NinaRoehrs for this extensive conversation about Wanderer. You can listen here: nftmorning.com/p/901-paris-p…

You mean the old masters like Leegte Friend and Mammoth Overlord? Ez thesis

Yoooooooooooooooooo *hands on head*

The entire world: NFTs are cringe, garish, intellectually impoverished playthings for tech bros Art Basel Digital: Hold my beer

Weekend at @ParisPhotoFair - and the last chance to experience @JanRobertLeegte’s Wanderer, a digital flâneur tracing its decisions on-chain, shown in dialogue with the generative Ornaments series. On view for two more days.

The myth, the man, the wanderer @JanRobertLeegte at Paris Photo

JOB VACANCY: We are hiring for a new Head of Art. Requirements: — 3 years product management experience in B2B SaaS — 8th grade literacy or equivalent (maximum) — Exhibits narcissistic sensitivity towards perceived cultural “gatekeepers” — Sleeps in a race car bed

The ‚Wanderer‘ loves parks - a real Flaneur 🩵 @JanRobertLeegte