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My SuperRare piece “in·i·ti·a·tion” up on the big screen in NYC Times Square as the first stop of the Artcrush’s World Tour 🚀🌍🎨 Featured piece in the collection of my friend One Jpeg Man Thank you Arthemort,MathieuFrance and the whole team! • • • • • • • • #newyork #timessquare #nftnyc2023 #nft #ai #aiart #aiartcommunity #0009

◻️×9 Across nine screens, one artist at a time fills the whole room at Load Gallery, turning the work into a shared viewing space. On Sunday, Global Fusion Barcelona unfolds at Load Gallery as a sequence of screenings and conversations around AI, images and space. In this reel, and in Screening Session II, 3.30–4.00 pm, you can experience works by @eeezeen @0009.eth @benjaminbardou ◻️Date: Sun, 19 April 2026 · 2–8 pm ◻️Venue: @load.gallery ◻️Carrer Llull 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain ◻️Please register via Luma (free) ◻️Discover more at @the.ai.art.magazine We would love to share this day with you. ⟡

Our No. 3 Golden Ticket series began with a wonderful conversation between juror @saragiustoo and artist @0009.eth 0009 about *Turning and Tucked*, the work Sara selected as her Golden Ticket for this edition. In the conversation, Sara spoke about what first caught her eye: the composition, the use of negative space, the illusion of a water surface created by folded cloth: “I love the composition. I was like, wow, like the negative space and … the illusion of it being like a pond or like a surface of water when it really is like just cloth covering together,” she said. Chris described how the piece grew out of a longer process of building a personal visual language with AI, informed by memories of ’90s New York graffiti culture, streetwear, fabrics such as Steep Tech jackets. “I wanted to really use these tools in a unique way by deep diving over the years and understanding how can I implement these tools into my process to create a unique output,” he said. Another part of the talk focused on process and control. Chris outlined a workflow that runs from initial images through his fabric model, ControlNet, upscaling, and post-production. Sara spoke about “stubbornness” in image-making with AI: staying with a visual decision, going deep into the tools, not accepting the first result an AI system proposes. For her, this willingness to really learn the tool is a key part of what makes something art. For anyone in Lisbon, there is also a chance to encounter 0009’s work offline at his first solo exhibition at @eternogallery_ which runs until April 4. Thank you so much, Sara and 0009, for your time and openness. Anyone interested in the full conversation can head over to The AI Art Magazine’s YouTube channel. Edit by @decharess #goldenticket #number3 #spatialintelligence

AVAILABLE NOW: “Found At The Edge” by Chris Maestas @0009.eth → Collect this artwork: Link in bio 👉 @eternogallery_ “Found At The Edge” - NEW LIMITED EDITION Edition of /30 + 5 AP Giclée print and three-layer varnish screen printed on paper Somerset Satin 330 g/m2 paper 70 × 50 cm 2026 Signed and numbered by the artist Artist Proofs include a custom @0009.eth NFT 📸: © Bruno Lopes – #ChrisMaestas #EternoGallery #NewEdition

Discover "Found At The Edge" by Chris Maestas @0009.eth ! → Dropping TOMORROW 1 April at 6PM Chris Maestas grew up on what was often called the “wrong side of the tracks” – outside the version of Los Angeles usually seen in films and on TV. “Found At The Edge” emerges directly from this context: an edition reflecting on how memory is formed through lived environments, and how those traces remain. Elements drawn from everyday life – fabric, seams, hardware, surfaces shaped by use – become carriers of memory. From digital composition to tactile surface, the work brings texture, depth, and presence to a language rooted in contrast and transition. – 🎥: © Chris Costa & courtesy of @corianderstudio 🎞️: @mike.doorline – #ChrisMaestas #EternoGallery #NewEdition

Our jury member @saragiustoo has selected Turning and Tucked from the series Worn Currents by @0009.eth as her Golden Ticket. Congratulations, 0009. We’re very happy to share your work in print in the magazine. And as Sara writes in her essay, “I want to see it printed big on a gallery wall,” we can, for now, only do it justice at 19 × 26 cm—very much a size S in textile terms. We hope this is just the beginning of its life in print. In this image, folds, seams, and worn fabric surfaces become something else: bloom, reflection, atmosphere. The work moves between pond and textile pile, between pastoral space and urban residue. For Sara, the strength of the work lies in its precise composition, bold negative space, and restrained color palette, and in the sense that a visual language has been built over time. In Turning and Tucked, street culture, impressionism, and fabric logic meet, and what has been worn becomes a carrier of memory. 0009 builds these scenes from the visual memory of late-’90s and early-2000s street style, drawing on Steep Tech fabrics and paneled utility jackets, using a custom LoRA model, ControlNet, and post-production in Photoshop. We’re looking forward to our online award show with Sara and 0009, live on Instagram tomorrow: March 31, 11:00 pm Tokyo, 4:00 pm Berlin, 7:00 am Los Angeles. Come by, ask questions, and celebrate art and making with us. #no3 #goldenticket

"Found At The Edge" NEW EDITION by Chris Maestas @0009.eth → Dropping 1 April at 6PM Derived from one of the unique pieces from the “Wrong Side of the Fence” exhibition, this new edition extends the artist’s exploration of division, memory, and material presence – translating a digital composition into a physical format. Produced at @corianderstudio , it is an unique giclée print with successive layers of varnishes applied through screen printing. Together with the torn edges, the edition offers depth and texture. → Artist Proofs include a custom NFT – 📸: © Bruno Lopes | 🎥: Courtesy of @corianderstudio – #ChrisMaestas #EternoGallery #NewEdition

What happens when artists stop trying to control every outcome? In this episode of Unlocked, Chris Maestas @0009.eth talks about working with AI, letting go of authorship, and building a visual language where memory, material, and technology collide. This isn’t about tools — it’s about redefining how art is made and experienced today. 🎧 Full episode now live - link in bio

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Discover the "In Between" unique piece by Chris Maestas @0009.eth ⛓️🌹 An artwork that sits at the center of the "Wrong Side of The Fence" exhibition as a perfect representation of the fence as a condition to those who grew up on the wrong side of Los Angeles - rather than a physical object. The artist also reflects on his real relationship with fences as a skater and grafitti artist, and the impact it had in his formative years. → "In Between" and selected works available. Request catalogue: [email protected] → Exhibition on view until 4 April📍 ETERNO Gallery, Lisbon – 🎥: Courtesy of the artist – Main Sponsor: @prata.riverside.village (VIC Properties) Sponsors: @hisense_portugal @cervejasagres Official Mobility Partner: @smart_worldwide #ChrisMaestas #EternoGallery #DigitalArt

An invitation to take a closer look into the "It Was Not an Exception" unique piece by Chris Maestas @0009.eth ⛓️🌹 In this piece, the artist reflects on the obstacles many face growing up on "The Wrong Side of the Fence" and how space, memory and identity cannot exist individually. → "It Was Not an Exception" and selected works available. Request catalogue: [email protected] → Exhibition on view until 4 April📍 ETERNO Gallery, Lisbon – 🎥: Courtesy of the artist – Main Sponsor: @prata.riverside.village (VIC Properties) Sponsors: @hisense_portugal @cervejasagres Official Mobility Partner: @smart_worldwide #ChrisMaestas #EternoGallery #DigitalArt