Schmaints are a generative series of ready-made symbols of resistance for the digital age. They were inspired by Christian Borys' Saint Javelin of Ukraine, which was itself inspired by Chris Shaw's Madonna Kalashnikov. Saint Javelin became a popular symbol of resistance to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which led me to think about what such a symbol might look like for other countries. With my background as a generative art archivist and collector, I was quickly down the rabbit hole, designing traits and laying out a potential collection that would render the symbol as a universalized ready-made for every independent country. With the help of Chris Rocca on vector graphics and design and OmbraRD on development and deployment, we pretty quickly had the initial version of the collection ready to drop in 2023. On the advice of one of my partners I delayed the launch at that time, and life intervened to insure we wouldn't be able to launch before mid-2025. In June I minted all of the Schmaints to myself, and then departed for Peru where I ventured to Lake 69 and made an offering of gold and cocaine to Viracocha to end the curse on web3. In the weeks that followed sentiment completely shifted, ETH rocketed up 120%, and many millions of dollars worth of Punk sweeps occurred, suggesting that Viracocha is indeed the tutelary deity of web3, per my analysis. Now filled to the brim with sami (a Quechuan concept conveying positive sacred energy) I returned to Texas and began to hand-distribute Schmaints to those who had made a meaningful contribution to web3 over the years. Most have been artists, but the community now also includes many prominent collectors, builders, journalists, and entertainers. The response has been electric! Never in my time in web3 have I seen such a positive and energetic response to a drop, especially one whose price has been fairly stable. Having worked on them for so long, it's all been one of the most gratifying experiences of my life, and I'm eternally grateful to the wider digital art community for making this possible. Distribution continues, my goal being to send out all but my pfp, Saint Pistol of the Alamo; we're on course to end up with a virtually Sybil-proof unique wallet ratio well north of 80%. I really can't wait to see where things go from here. This is the most exciting work I've been a part of, and I love everything I've seen so far! Here's wishing the Schmaints all the sami in the world.

Ironically, I never would have found the Mallary Hoard if not for the Cabal. It was their faking of the $8 million Fidenza sale that shocked my business partner into remembering the rumor he’d heard about thousands of pieces of generative art in a shipping container somewhere in New England. The only useful purpose they’ve ever served.

Eat the Cabal

Marfa local: I don’t know, I heard some of those web3 guys are criminals. Me: 😬

Physical set-up is finished! Time to projection map that monster in the corner!

Apparently there are still a lot of people who believe my whole campaign is actually a psyop, and that I’m gonna drop a coin or something together with Mr Gross or one of his accomplices. If I ever do a project with those malicious losers I would encourage anyone reading this to punch me in the face repeatedly.

A racket is an ongoing, coordinated illegal scheme or business operation run by an organized group or enterprise to consistently make a profit.

Swing by the old church at 110 West Dallas Street tonight at 8 for a partial preview of our new show, Supply & Demand! There will be art and beer, everything the body needs.

On my way to Marfa!

Good to see @toadswiback settling in well at his new role at Arby’s.

If we run into each other in Marfa, please bear in mind I’m a little bit face blind and I’m used to you being a cartoon animal pfp, so don’t take it personal if you have to help me a little on the introduction.