This month I’ve been checking in on my flower at Absence, a project by @material_work, and it has me thinking about how attention is shaped by digital media, and about artworks that use software to encode forms of attention.

An important kind of social network will be one where no bots whatsoever are allowed.

Every night @laurenleemack texts a greeting to the holder of her Good Night NFT. In this case the token represents an obligation that is enacted off-chain, rather than using code to manage the relationship.

So what happens when heavy weight irl artists arrive with their art NFTs?.

I met with a powerful European museum director for coffee. It was raining hard and the café was very crowded, with a long line. When we eventually found a table, I asked what he would like. “You don’t really want a coffee, do you?” he said. “Coffee is just a metaphor.”.