.@cexagon postponed my launch because he thinks his generative art is prettier than me Meh!

Evolving alone doesn’t make something beautiful. But using the chain as a living medium instead of hosting a static JPEG on it is simply a more honest use of the technology. It doesn’t automatically make Argonauts art, and it doesn’t need to. “Is it art?” is the wrong question here. It was meaningless for Punks too, and for most collections that ended up mattering. What matters is whether there’s a real point of view behind the work. In Argonauts there is: an artist who treats the collection as something to be played with rather than flipped, ack’s signature in every detail, and a project that’s genuinely fun and built with obvious obsession. That’s become rare. And pixel art isn’t low resolution. In a time when AI can render anything in infinite detail in seconds, choosing every pixel by hand is a deliberate act. Collecting tasty pixel art today feels like collecting the traditional art of the digital age. Genuinely curious too: when you look at your Punk, do you see 576 pixels or 2017? 💀