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An NFT for those who never log off

Context

Little Darlings is an upcoming collection from artists Ann Hirsch, Maya Man, and Golira. 

• Mint date: March 29 

• Supply: TBD

• Price: TBD

• Chain: Ethereum

Our take 

If you come across Little Darlings in the wild it means you made a wrong turn somewhere. 

Or maybe this is exactly where you intended to be, browsing AI action figures drenched in meta-irony. Take a look and decide for yourself: 

This is hustle culture as imagined by someone who’s had one too many 4lokos. It’s G.I. Joe if he spent most of his time selling online courses. And it’s probably indecipherable to anyone who regularly touches grass.

Yet, it’s not excessively heavy-handed in its terminally online hieroglyphics either. You could say it falls into that Goldilocks porridge zone of schizo humor, although I do feel that they held their punches back a little bit on the captions and wish they had gone somewhat harder.

The team behind Little Darlings is seasoned in memecrafting and previously launched several other collections including:  

• Fake it till you make it (an Art Blocks favorite)

• Sacra Famiglia (which we covered here)

• Ugly Bitches (the prequel to Little Darlings) 

• ALLSTARZ (a personal favorite) 

Institutions have noticed, and the team is giving a presentation on Little Darlings and Ugly Bitches at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in LA on Thursday. 

You’ll also be able to buy this cursed plushie, if you want: 

NOTE: These drops are lightly curated. Our only requirement is that they have recognizable founders. As usual, DYOR. To learn more go here.

A Day In The Life by Guido Di Salle

Photographer Guido Di Salle has reimagined past works by feeding them into his custom-trained AI and then curating the results to create A Day In The Life.

This is Di Salle’s first AI-assisted release but not his first NFT rodeo – the photographer’s risqué creations have found homes in the wallets of many of the most notable collectors.

As post-photography as it gets.

NonceStratum by Zeblocks

Another Ordinals debut is on the horizon as generative art duo Zeblocks prepare to drop NonceStratum.

Each piece depicts lights at the end of geometric lightspeed tunnels, appealing to the more cosmically inclined collector.

NonceStratum also serves as a proof of concept for the artists’ new backend system for generative art on Bitcoin. Details on this are limited, but it sounds compelling enough for me to have…

✨ Added to Top 25 ✨

Artifakt by medusa

The Vivid art platform seeks to continue its string of sellouts on Bitcoin as it gears up for Artifakt, its next release by Spanish creative coder medusa.

It’s the artist’s second drop on the platform following last August’s Rising Echoes. And he’s bringing it back to generative art fundamentals, showcasing abstract geometric pieces.

One for the old-school type of collector.