Eric Nord
@dirtcastle.bsky.social
[ experimental artist ]
🦾 TOOLS {Midjourney, Ableton, TouchDesigner, synthesizers}
👉 https://eric-nord.com/ (bio+socials)
🦾 TOOLS {Midjourney, Ableton, TouchDesigner, synthesizers}
👉 https://eric-nord.com/ (bio+socials)
Attention #artists and #creatives! (Esp. those doing #electronicmusic, #aiart, and #touchdesigner.) Show me an undeniably badass #art account on #bluesky. (Because so far I'm not seeing any.) Until then I'm gonna step away. I want to put my energy into communities that inspire me/us to elevate.
March 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Attention #artists and #creatives! (Esp. those doing #electronicmusic, #aiart, and #touchdesigner.) Show me an undeniably badass #art account on #bluesky. (Because so far I'm not seeing any.) Until then I'm gonna step away. I want to put my energy into communities that inspire me/us to elevate.
What distinguishes humans from other animals is not that we are so smart or aware, but that we can convert our curiosity, playfulness, and sentimentality into cultural practices/concepts that pass from generation to generation, auxiliary to our biology processes.
March 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What distinguishes humans from other animals is not that we are so smart or aware, but that we can convert our curiosity, playfulness, and sentimentality into cultural practices/concepts that pass from generation to generation, auxiliary to our biology processes.
#patriarchy, #capitalism, and their buddy #individualism are at the absolute core of our civilizational rot. It is a culture of impunity and moral latitude that has become invisible to the masses. And there is no better example of its wholesale toxicity and peril than the coming ecological collapse.
February 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#patriarchy, #capitalism, and their buddy #individualism are at the absolute core of our civilizational rot. It is a culture of impunity and moral latitude that has become invisible to the masses. And there is no better example of its wholesale toxicity and peril than the coming ecological collapse.
It's sweet to see people want to defend America against fascists and grifters. But sometimes I wonder what specifically is worth saving. Of course we should be egalitarian and decent to each other. Of course we should support the vulnerable. But none of that is exclusive to America or civilization.
February 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's sweet to see people want to defend America against fascists and grifters. But sometimes I wonder what specifically is worth saving. Of course we should be egalitarian and decent to each other. Of course we should support the vulnerable. But none of that is exclusive to America or civilization.
Is there a difference between fans of traditional art and fans of a.i. art? Is it weird for someone to be a fan of a.i. art specifically?
I feel like most people who are following my work are also artists. But that blurring of fans/participants seems to be growing in much of the art world.
I feel like most people who are following my work are also artists. But that blurring of fans/participants seems to be growing in much of the art world.
February 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Is there a difference between fans of traditional art and fans of a.i. art? Is it weird for someone to be a fan of a.i. art specifically?
I feel like most people who are following my work are also artists. But that blurring of fans/participants seems to be growing in much of the art world.
I feel like most people who are following my work are also artists. But that blurring of fans/participants seems to be growing in much of the art world.
We live in a Dunning-Kruger world. It's like a battle royale of ignorance. The irony is that if people just fully and openly embraced their ignorance (and made a mantra of "I don't know"), we'd be a much wiser world.
February 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We live in a Dunning-Kruger world. It's like a battle royale of ignorance. The irony is that if people just fully and openly embraced their ignorance (and made a mantra of "I don't know"), we'd be a much wiser world.
How does one become a complete whole fulfilled person?
February 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
How does one become a complete whole fulfilled person?
Lots of people would rather scrounge acceptance for their less-than-appealing current selves than take a risk and put in the work to become the type of person to which good company naturally gravitates.
February 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Lots of people would rather scrounge acceptance for their less-than-appealing current selves than take a risk and put in the work to become the type of person to which good company naturally gravitates.
Even if a.i. art is mostly trash, by offering mass-scale conceptual tools, classic philosophical issues arise. What is "art" when certain obstacles are removed? Lowered barriers also raise issues of facilitating transgression. Contentious subjects can more readily be scaled up in their production.
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Even if a.i. art is mostly trash, by offering mass-scale conceptual tools, classic philosophical issues arise. What is "art" when certain obstacles are removed? Lowered barriers also raise issues of facilitating transgression. Contentious subjects can more readily be scaled up in their production.
The #midjourney automatic moderation filter is flagging this image. It's an input in dozens of my most popular pieces/prompts. #aiart #wtf And it's a minor-but-annoying downside of relying on a massive corporate platform for artistic creation.
January 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The #midjourney automatic moderation filter is flagging this image. It's an input in dozens of my most popular pieces/prompts. #aiart #wtf And it's a minor-but-annoying downside of relying on a massive corporate platform for artistic creation.
This TD-powered video by FTD grabbed me and pushed me into a TouchDesigner rabbit hole! #touchdesigner
Blob Track Displace Glitch Connect / TouchDesigner
YouTube video by FTD
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January 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This TD-powered video by FTD grabbed me and pushed me into a TouchDesigner rabbit hole! #touchdesigner
I'm not sure it's possible for me to find a *healthy* balance with social media. I do generally prefer offline activity (when I have a satisfying alternative). But it's also true: I would feel incomplete without being occasionally connected to this massive network.
How to find balance? 🤔🤷♂️
How to find balance? 🤔🤷♂️
January 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I'm not sure it's possible for me to find a *healthy* balance with social media. I do generally prefer offline activity (when I have a satisfying alternative). But it's also true: I would feel incomplete without being occasionally connected to this massive network.
How to find balance? 🤔🤷♂️
How to find balance? 🤔🤷♂️
Not sure I will ever normalize to the undotted acronym "AI", which, in most cases, is almost identical in appearance to the name "Al" (aka Albert).
AI ≠ Al
AI ≠ Al
January 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not sure I will ever normalize to the undotted acronym "AI", which, in most cases, is almost identical in appearance to the name "Al" (aka Albert).
AI ≠ Al
AI ≠ Al
UNT1TL€D HEAD 2 (2024) #aiart
👉 This piece is currently on display with five other pieces until February 28 at the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in Valparaíso, Chile, in a retrospective exhibition by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo @alvarotapia.bsky.social
👉 This piece is currently on display with five other pieces until February 28 at the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in Valparaíso, Chile, in a retrospective exhibition by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo @alvarotapia.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
UNT1TL€D HEAD 2 (2024) #aiart
👉 This piece is currently on display with five other pieces until February 28 at the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in Valparaíso, Chile, in a retrospective exhibition by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo @alvarotapia.bsky.social
👉 This piece is currently on display with five other pieces until February 28 at the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage in Valparaíso, Chile, in a retrospective exhibition by Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo @alvarotapia.bsky.social
