Operator

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Operator
Repeat as Necessary, 2025
40 unique choreographic notation works from Turkey performance at $2,500 USDC each.

One 1/1 master work including complete performance infrastructure: all on-chain choreographic notation, re-staging rights, motion data, registry smart contract, and performance provenance.

Choreographic scores from Turkey performance - continuation of Operator's established 3-year blockchain choreography practice. Each of the 40 unique works captures different choreographic moments, with the 1/1 master work providing complete performance infrastructure ownership for collectors seeking comprehensive acquisition.

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Operator
Human Unreadable #208 Act 1
Human Unreadable is a three-act, embodied generative artwork hiding the human body in plain sight (on-chain). Bringing together choreography, code, blockchain, generative art, and cryptography, the work culminates in a live performance. Each output is driven by the motion data of its underlying unique, on-chain choreographic sequence. The sequences behind the first 100 minted works will be performed during the IRL premiere. Date and hosting institution to be announced.

Human Unreadable has roots in various histories such as computational choreography (Analivia Cordeiro, Jeanne Beaman), Merce Cunningham's Chance Dance, and the Experiments in Art and Technology movement. With Ti’s background as an HCI technologist and multimedia artist and Catherine’s background as a choreographer and performance artist, Operator architected a bespoke team, 25+ individuals ranging from specialized engineers to dancers, who embarked on a highly experimental process to realize the work. Operator's on-chain generative choreography method is the technical backbone of Human Unreadable—the process and open source tooling for which are being made available to other artists and institutions. Operator's method was utilized in 2024 by sculptor Hermine Bourdin for her collaboration with the Paris Opera.

Operator hints at a future where the economics of performing arts are transformed via technology, with new opportunities for artists who work in ephemeral mediums to develop sustainable practices.
150cm × 116.25cm

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Biography

Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti are an award-winning experiential artist duo whose collaborative art practice, known as Operator, was founded in 2016. Operator collides their talents into large-scale conceptual works with a signature, poetic approach to technology, earning them Lumen Prize twice, lectures at University of Cambridge, and main stage presentations at Art Basel. Referred to as “the two critical contemporary voices on digital art’s international stages” (Clot Magazine) the duo created a method for choreography to become collectable using blockchain and works at the forefront of global conversation around performance and technology.

For their most recent work Human Unreadable, they created an on-chain generative choreography method. Operator has been awarded The Lumen Prize (Generative Art in 2023, Immersive Environments in 2021) ADC Awards (Gold Cube), S+T+ARTS Prize (Honorary Mention), and MediaFutures. They have spoken at events and institutions including University of Cambridge, Christie's Art+Tech Summit, Art Basel, ZKM, Francisco Carolinum Museum, Bloomberg ART+TECHNOLOGY, and MIT Open Doc Lab. Originally from Los Angeles and currently based in Madrid, Spain.

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