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Daïm Al-Yad

@daimalyad.bsky.social
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Algorithmic Cryptoartist behind the Cryptoart Manifesto, exotic Pickover Biomorphs, Ancestral Memory (NFTAwards 2020 finalist), Art Blocks Curated #4, UltraDAO Curated #1, MoCA’s DaïmAlYad Collection, and more Portfolio: daim.art

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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Here's a look at "Cnidarian Vistas I - 5" from Daïm Al-Yad's Cnidarian Biomorphs series. This intricate piece uses spiraling, fractal-like forms to create an almost monochromatic landscape. Explore its mathematical beauty, minted in 2022.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"Façade" by Daïm. An AI-generated portrait from the "Artifice & Insight" series, exploring the human condition through surreal, hallucinated faces. Available for purchase. "Seeing me true is a privilege, not a right." opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders 171" by Daïm is a mesmerizing journey into the tranquil depths of abstract beauty. Its dreamlike textures and ethereal forms invite contemplation, as if gazing into a mystical river of serenity.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"Drifting Dührer" by Daïm and AI. A video artwork exploring race, gender, and history through Albrecht Dührer's evolving countenance. Gentle flow with Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"Spectral Snowdrop (Galanthus Nivalis Pak)" from the Mirages series by Daïm transforms with its background. On light, it's pure white—an invisible snowdrop. On dark, intricate fractal florals emerge, revealing delicate details and mathematical beauty.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
"Burning Shame" by Daïm Al-Yad is available for purchase. This portrait from the "Artifice & Insight" series was created by directing a face-generating AI to find human features in non-human imagery—resulting in a dreamlike, hallucinated face. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's Thereidoscope #509: a mesmerizing dance of warm hues and cool shadows, embodying the essence of a single living form. This experimental piece from the Art Blocks Playground series captivates with its symmetrical elegance and ever-evolving patterns.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's "Cryptoart Biomorph" is a living, breathing video piece—a dynamic Pickover biomorph. This milestone in a decade-long exploration liberates these 4D mathematical entities from static slices, with color symbology rooted in the cryptoartist experience.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Île d'Ivoire" from Daïm Al-Yad's Pixel Sorting series presents a phantasmagorical isle bathed in luminous gold. This generative artwork explores harmonic proportions through organic, flowing forms that seem to glow from within. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
What do you see in the neon green curves of Cryptoblot #438? Daïm's symmetrical, organic forms invite your imagination to wander. This early Art Blocks Curated series celebrates the beauty of pareidolia.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
"Emerald Sun" is the second work in Daïm Al-Yad's Ambivalent Stars series. This video piece explores the concept of ambivalence through its captivating motion and animation.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Planet 7: Saturn" from Daïm's 13 Planets series is a mesmerizing digital artwork with intricate details. The elliptical planet-like structure is densely packed with a chaotic cluster of dots and circles, creating a cosmic and mathematical theme. Minted in 2021.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Inconstant Sovereign" pulses with luminous constellations. A rare motion piece by Daïm, born from the union of three Anthropobrots.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Harvest Mother" from Daïm Al-Yad's "Artifice & Insight" series. Generated by an AI trained solely on faces, yet fed images devoid of humans—resulting in a surreal, dreamlike portrait. Available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
"Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders 203" by Daïm Al-Yad: A serene dreamscape where pixels rearrange into tranquil abstractions. Soft gradients and mirrored forms evoke the peace of riverside isles, inviting contemplation of nature's hidden wonders.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"Fleurs d'Ivoire (2019)" by Daïm Al-Yad is a captivating bisymmetrical floromorph fractal from the Biomorphs series. Its ivory petals, texturized with Public Domain Photography from The Met, create a mesmerizing interplay of organic and geometric forms.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"Amber evening (Dreams of X̂arané)" by Daïm Al-Yad is available for purchase. Experience the serene beauty of X̂arané's mountains, where amber evenings meet indigo skies, in this dreamlike landscape from the "Dreams of X̂arané" series. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Daïm's Thereidoscope #445 from the Art Blocks Playground series is a mesmerizing dive into the complex plane. A single biomorphic form, ever-shifting, invites contemplation. Vibrant blues, yellows, and black dance in symmetrical harmony, offering endless visual discovery.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Daïm's video "grandir vers les cieux" envisions a future Dakar through algorithmic distortion, blending a Baobab tree and floating pyramid with Wolof adages.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's "Medusa Flagellate (2015)" from the Biomorphs series is a dissonantly beautiful pareidolic horror. It combines intricate patterns and dissonant forms to evoke Medusa and Cthulhu in equal parts, despite being but an exotic Pickover biomorph.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's "Sacerdotal Cycles of Perpetual Motion" - a mesmerizing video of Anthropobrot Triunes in eternal flux.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's 'Fringe Mathematics' from the Biomorphs series reveals creatures discovered when abandoning the fractal zoom race. This generative artwork with earthy tones and organic forms is available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Cryptoblot #256 by Daïm for Art Blocks' Cryptoblots series. An early exploration of pareidolia in generative art, this symmetrical blot invites you to discover what emerges from its beige and black forms. What does your mind see within its elegant curves?
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Eyes of Eternity III" (2020) by Daïm Al-Yad. A striking generative art piece from the Luminous Strands series. An abstract eye with segmented, fractal-like interiors, rendered in stark black and white contrasts. Minted 2020-07-27.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Eyes of Eternity III" (2020) by Daïm Al-Yad. A striking generative art piece from the Luminous Strands series. An abstract eye with segmented, fractal-like interiors, rendered in stark black and white contrasts. Minted 2020-07-27.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's Art for Humanity 3 artwork 'Cry of the Earth' gives scriptural lyrics to angels in an audiovisual condemnation of the murder of innocents.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Ecce Terra Firma" from Daïm Al-Yad's Artifice & Insight series. A GAN designed to recreate faces was fed imagery devoid of humans, forcing it to hallucinate this unsettling portrait that explores machine pareidolia. Available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
A blade of golden light pierces the heart of a tranquil dreamscape, where soft horizons whisper of distant lands. Daïm Al-Yad's Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders 047 invites us to find serenity in the abstract, where pixels rearrange into mystical visions.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's 'Ancestral Memory' uses GAN animation to explore what our ancient African ancestors might think of modern humanity. A contemplative video with music by Kevin MacLeod and Rafael Krux.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"THIS ART IS ILLEGAL! #9" by Daïm Al-Yad boldly critiques intellectual property norms. Its evolving, algorithmic grid of shapes reflects an infinite series that encodes every finite sequence, challenging restrictions on creative expression.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Emerging from the earth, Daïm's "Golem rising (Dreams of X̂arané)" is a haunting vision of elemental power. Muted tones and intricate textures evoke ancient mysteries, available for purchase now. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Daïm's Thereidoscope #265: a single biomorphic form unfurls in ethereal blue, beige, and white. From Art Blocks Playground, this generative piece pulses with slow, evolving life—a glimpse into the inhabited depths of the mathematical realm.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad and PxlQ's "Conway's Singularity" shows a cellular automaton caught in mesmerizing equilibrium with a singularity's pull. From the Biomorphs series.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's "THIS ART IS ILLEGAL! #5" is a dynamic grid of colored dots, evolving over time to encode every finite sequence, challenging intellectual property norms. A bold critique of restrictive laws, it pulses with defiance, echoing Borges's Library of Babel.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"Petros" by Daïm, from the "Artifice & Insight" series, is now available for purchase. This adversarial portrait, generated by an AI forced to perceive faces in non-human imagery, embodies the uncanny with its dreamlike, geological features. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
What do you see in this Cryptoblot? Daïm Al-Yad's early Art Blocks series invites you to project your inner world onto its elegant curves. Deep brown forms dance on black, revealing organic shapes and symmetrical patterns. What emerges for you?
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's 'Linguère' is a generative art tribute to his wife's West African roots. This PortrAIt depicts her as a majestic ruler, blending traditional African regalia with futuristic elements in a serene, otherworldly setting.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Et tu, Brute?" from Daïm Al-Yad's Artifice & Insight series. A GAN forced to hallucinate faces from non-human imagery creates this unsettling portrait where trust's ashes fuel wildfires. Available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Daïm's "Unheard Rebuke" shows angels speaking for the innocents lost. A powerful video piece from the Art for Humanity collection.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Isles upon Deemed Rivers & Other Wonders 080" by Daïm: A mesmerizing dance of warm, earthy hues and fluid forms, inviting pareidolic reverie. Serenity whispers through every pixel, a tranquil ode to nature's hidden beauty. IDROW series.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Fringe Mathematics" (2020) by Daïm Al-Yad explores the fringes of fractal equations, revealing organic creatures. Earthy tones and intricate, symmetrical patterns blend fractal geometry with biological forms, creating a mesmerizing piece from the Biomorphs series.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Daïm's "Cri(pt)osphinx" video piece delves into the realm of the impossible, exploring the problem of Eternity. The artwork draws inspiration from the Sphinx and its enigmatic riddles.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Speechless" from Daïm's Artifice & Insight series: an adversarial portrait created by an AI forced to find faces in non-human imagery. A striking exploration of expectation vs. outcome, now available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Daïm's Thereidoscope #328: A mesmerizing dance of blue, gold, and white, as a single biomorphic form unfolds in kaleidoscopic splendor. Dive into this Art Blocks Playground gem, where mathematics meets art, inviting contemplation and wonder with each evolving glance.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"Plato's Gilded Sun" from Daïm Al-Yad's Biomorphs series is a captivating generative artwork. It features a warm, golden-yellow background with a geometric, star-like center surrounded by organic, flower-like petals. A symphony of geometric precision and organic fluidity.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Vaxx Populi by Daïm Al-Yad. From 'Artifice & Insight,' where a GAN trained only on faces hallucinates portraits from non-human imagery. 'In a boring peace, oppression is illusory and ignorance is angst.' Available for purchase. opensea.io/item/ethe...
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What does this vibrant red cryptoblot reveal to you? 🟥 #1253 invites you to project your inner world onto its symmetrical curves. Does it whisper of organic forms or abstract patterns? By Daïm, from the Cryptoblots series.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"Amber Sun" by Daïm Al-Yad. The first in the Ambivalent Stars series. A video piece exploring ambivalence.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Daïm Al-Yad's "Sapphire Sun" captures the essence of celestial ambivalence. The third in the Ambivalent Stars series, this video piece radiates with enigmatic allure.
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Daïm Al-Yad @daimalyad.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Behold "Hungarian Amoeba (2015)" from Daïm's Biomorphs series. A monochromatic microbial apeirograph born from mathematical research into Pickover biomorphs. Striking black and white contrast amplifies intricate, organic forms and patterns within. Minted 2020-07-25.
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