Sasha Stiles
Sasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet, artist and AI researcher probing the intersection of text and technology. A pioneer of generative literature and blockchain poetics, she is the recipient of a Future Art Award and a nominee for the Forward Prize, Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and has spoken and exhibited at venues around the world and in the metaverse. She is also co-founder of theVERSEverse, an NFT poetry gallery, and a graduate of Harvard and Oxford. Stiles' first book, Technelegy (Black Spring Press Group, 2021/2022) has been hailed as an “instant techno-classic.” Her work is available in bookstores and as NFTs on SuperRare, Quantum, Objkt, Foundation, Versum and elsewhere.
Last update on 10-03-2023
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Featured Artworks
"Fusing binary code with scrawling handwritten script, Cursive Binary is a proposed language invented by poet and artist Sasha Stiles, offered as a mode of transhuman connection and communication here at the dawn of the Novacene era.
This piece was created for "MEMENTO MINTI - If you stop contributing, you will be forgotten," a 2022 group show at the Museum of Contemporary Digital Art. Curated by Filippo Lorenzin and Marie Chatel, this exhibition explores the thin line between self-promotion and survival strategy in the making and sharing of digital art." (Sasha Stiles)
Cursive Binary: Cogito ergo sumthing.
2021
Oil pastel on paper, rendered as hi-res jpeg
Sasha Stiles proposes a language for transhuman communication, merging the human and the machine through a seamless “transbinary” font. Cursive Binary is shorthand for the desire to transcend simplistic, reductive systems in favour of infinite possibility, and reflects a deep urge to connect. The 0s and 1s written by Stiles create elegant and complex patterns that require the viewer’s intellect to decipher; the artist’s handwriting explores the possibility of engaging an intimate relationship with technology, where numbers and the logic of the binary code are mediated by human sensitivity.
Cursive Binary: My brain has crawled halfway to my heart
2021
AI generative text in translation and colored pencil on paper, rendered as hi-res jpeg
Sasha Stiles proposes a language for transhuman communication, merging the human and the machine through a seamless “transbinary” font. Cursive Binary is shorthand for the desire to transcend simplistic, reductive systems in favour of infinite possibility, and reflects a deep urge to connect. The 0s and 1s written by Stiles create elegant and complex patterns that require the viewer’s intellect to decipher; the artist’s handwriting explores the possibility of engaging an intimate relationship with technology, where numbers and the logic of the binary code are mediated by human sensitivity.
Cursive Binary: This plastic on key will outlive us all.
2021
Original poetry in translation and colored pencil on paper, rendered as hi-res jpeg
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"Connectome" is a collection of artworks curated by Chanel Verdult for The Foundry, MoCDA's decentralized art residency. Artists featured: Arthur Baron, Connie Bakshi, Enes Güç, Evelyn Bencicova, Klahr, Sasha Stiles, Synthtati, Tabitha Swanson and ZEITWEITZ.
“Enter each artist's inner mechanism. Their current states of practice, process and output. Composed through multidisciplinary translations of identity, cerebral symbolism, dream states, subconscious and conscious world-building as each reflects one's own personal psyche. Connectome aims to explore intimate territories of physical and digital interconnectedness.”
(Chanel Verdult, curator)
Connectome
06/11/22
objkt.com
The Foundry
Artist Talk: Nicolas Sassoon and Sasha Stiles
14/03/22
Online
Special Artist Talk with Nicolas Sassoon and Sasha Stiles about “Memento Minti”, a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin and Marie Chatel.
Opening of the group show “Connectome”
15/11/22
Decentraland
Opening event of “Connectome”, a group show curated by Chanel Verdult for The Foundry featuring works created by Arthur Baron, Connie Bakshi, Enes Güç, Evelyn Bencicova, Klahr, Sasha Stiles, Synthtati, Tabitha Swanson and ZEITWEITZ.
Opening of the exhibition "Memento Minti"
08/01/22
Decentraland
Opening event of Memento Minti”, a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin and Marie Chatel featuring works created by Nicolas Sassoon, Sasha Stiles, Jisu Choe, Silvio Lorusso and Dancevatar.
Events
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MoCDA curates a selection of NFTs from The Edicurial Collection. Founded in March 2021 by traditional arts supporter and long-term NFT enthusiast Elsie, the Collection has grown steadily since its inception, showing its true long-term purpose and exhibiting an open minded approach to what Digital Artworks can be, from NFTs to more traditional Computer Art, Artificial Intelligence and beyond. The Edicurial Collection has quickly become an established name in the Crypto and Digital Art Patronage, and aims more than ever to support Crypto and Digital Art on the Blockchain as a significant artistic genre, reflecting a pivotal moment in art history.
Edicurial Collection
11/10/22
NFT Institute, The Sandbox
21/10/22
Connectome is a group show curated by Chanel Verdult for The Foundry, MoCDA's decentralized art residency.
Supported by Decentraland DAO, Connectome features works created by Arthur Baron, Connie Bakshi, Enes Güç, Evelyn Bencicova, Klahr, Sasha Stiles, Synthtati, Tabitha Swanson and ZEITWEITZ.
“Enter each artist's inner mechanism. Their current states of practice, process and output. Composed through multidisciplinary translations of identity, cerebral symbolism, dream states, subconscious and conscious world-building as each reflects one's own personal psyche. Connectome aims to explore intimate territories of physical and digital interconnectedness.”
(Chanel Verdult, curator)
The Foundry - Connectome
07/11/22
Decentraland
30/06/23
Memento Minti is a group show curated by Filippo Lorenzin featuring works by Nicolas Sassoon, Sasha Stiles, Jisu Choe, Silvio Lorusso and Dancevatar, artists who have been exploring the thin line between self-promotion and survival strategy concerning the online presence of artists and creatives making and releasing digital art.
Composed of five rooms and displayed in Decentraland, Memento Minti addresses the psychological and physical toll of narrating your life as if it were an online brand. The works propose an informed perspective on how marketing strategies have changed the way creatives promote and sell works online, inviting artists who have been active before and after the popularisation of NFTs.
“The works propose an informed perspective on how marketing strategies have changed the way creatives promote and sell works online, inviting artists who have been active before and after the popularisation of NFTs.“
(Filippo Lorenzin, curator)