Kindness eases change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful positive obsession blunts pain, diverts rage, and engages each of us in the greatest, the most intense of our chosen struggles.
β Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
IX & Diana Sinclair's first collaboration
Celebrating freedom and love on-chain β
ASCII noise + Modular [Doepfer A-100] designed by IX
Performance: Diana
Artist Bio
Itzel Yard, known as IX Shells, creates generative art β an artform which uses algorithms to create itself. Yard writes code to determine characteristics like colour, shape or texture, then allows it to play out independently. The resulting images, videos and gifs are infinitely complex. From abstraction and fractal geometry to portraiture. A drummer herself, Yard invariably listens to music while working. Her favourites range from pianist Nils Frahm to producer Jon Hopkins. The rhythm and atmosphere is palpable. Repetitive lines resemble soundwaves and videos pulsate to hypnotic effect. Reflecting on her process, she posits, "I play drums with my mind."
Diana Sinclair is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher. Her practice examines Black identity, water, and memory through lens-based media, printmaking, and installation. Engaging both historical inquiry and material experimentation, she explores the spiritual and physical dimensions of water as a site of trauma, resistance, and transformation. Sinclair has completed a year-long residency in the World Trade Center with Silver Art Projects, and has exhibited with All Street Gallery (NYC), Residency Art Gallery (LA), Naranjo 141 (CDMX), Plato Gallery (NYC), among others. Her public installation, Reflections, was on view at Rockefeller Center (2023β2024). While grounded in physical materials and research, Sinclairβs early digital work laid the foundation for her engagement with storytelling and collective memory. Collaborations with the Whitney Houston Foundation and large-scale public installations, including her Rockefeller Center commission, reflect an ongoing interest in how technology and immersive environments bridge historical and contemporary narratives.
Provenance
UltraDAO
Acquired from above
NFT, minted 2021
MP4, 1920 x 1080 pixels
Token ID: 48720
Smart Contract: 0x3B3ee1931Dc30C1957379FAc9aba94D1C48a5405
Token Standard: ERC-721
Blockchain: Ethereum
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