Chris Combs › Cryptid Currencies

Date: 07 July 2023
Status: Available
Materials: Aluminum
Dimensions: Each about 4.5x4.5x0.75” or 11.5x11.5x2cm HxWxD
My role: Artist

What is it?

These cast aluminum tokens read “Cryptid Currency” in various degrees of degradation: some well-formed, others like well-worn Roman coins. They depict Bigfoot.

Press

Washington Post: "In the galleries: Exhibit pinpoints toxic effects to our health" (July 21, 2023)

What, where, when

Appearance

Grey

Backdriven (Driven Back)

Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)

Bulkhead

Campfire

Cryptid Currencies

Demon Core

Enigma #QAL

F2G (Spoon Theory)

Gateway (Transmission III)

Genomic Signal Generator

Hammond GEODE

Honeypot

Loopback (Transmission I)

Morale is Mandatory

One-to-Many

Orbeez 'n' Coal

Orchestration (Beeswax)

POET.EXE

Point of Sale

Pollination

Publish/Perish

Road Ahead (Prototype Version)

Rootball INSPECTION

Rootball INTROSPECTION

Shy Light

Side Guide Control

Subset

Sync/Desync I

Sync/Desync MARL-3

Sync/Desync R/G/B Micro

Targeting

The 10x Engineer

Uncontrollable Light

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

Light tone

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-B

8 Bits (2:08) Micro-B

Alight

An Hour with ELIZA

Bayering

Clear-Cut

Cryptid Currencies

Data Chains

Digital Daguerreotype

Feedback Loop

Hammond BIVALVE

Hammond COCOON

Hand-Washing Timers

Hand-Washing Timers (BTPxMonochrome)

Honeypot

Illegal in Illinois

Iteration (Transmission IV)

Probing DALL-E Mini

Probing GauGAN2

Probing ImageNet

Road Ahead (Prototype Version)

Security Theater?

Snap Judgment

Sync/Desync MARL-3

Sync/Desync Micro

Targeting

The Heart Says...

Wave/Wave

Shiny

Bulkhead

Bureautron

Campfire

Cryptid Currencies

Daybreak

Demon Core

Digital Daguerreotype

Enigma #QAL

Extraction Potential

F2G (Spoon Theory)

Feeling Lucky

Hammond BIVALVE

Hammond COCOON

Hammond GEODE

One-to-Many

POET.EXE

Pollination

Rootball INSPECTION

Rootball INTROSPECTION

Rxsqtta-Stzne

S(p)lash

Subset

Thermoelectric Candle I

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

Care and Feeding

Unpowered

65 Failures

An Hour with ELIZA

Bulkhead

Cryptid Currencies

Data Chains

Lepidopterism

MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"

Naked Mueller

Probing DALL-E Mini

Probing GauGAN2

Probing ImageNet

Doesn't require any electricity.

Wall-mounted

16 Bits (9:06:08) I

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-A

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-B

65 Failures

8 Bits (2:08) Micro-B

Alight

An Hour with ELIZA

Backdriven (Driven Back)

Bayering

Beeswax/Bits

Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)

Black Box

Blurred Words

Booleans (Flanders Bay)

Bulkhead

Bureautron

Clear-Cut

Cluster

Cotyledon (Transmission VI)

Cryptid Currencies

Data Chains

Daybreak

Demon Core

Digital Daguerreotype

Elysium

Enigma #QAL

Extraction Potential

Eyes

F2G (Spoon Theory)

Feedback Loop

Feeling Lucky

Forces

Honeypot

I see you there.

Illegal in Illinois

Impressions

Insert 25 Cents to Feel Something

Iteration (Transmission IV)

Just Helping

Lepidopterism

Margins (JTNP)

Morale is Mandatory

Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)

One-to-Many

Our Time Together II

Passive Institutional Controls

Plans

POET.EXE

Probing DALL-E Mini

Probing GauGAN2

Probing ImageNet

Road Ahead

Road Ahead (Prototype Version)

Rxsqtta-Stzne

S(p)lash

Security Theater?

Shy Light

Side Guide Control

Snap Judgment

Subset

Sync/Desync MARL-3

Sync/Desync Micro

Sync/Desync R/G/B Micro

Takes

Targeting

The Next Big Thing

This Machine Hates Kids

Two Minutes Hate

Uncontrollable Light

Vaporware

Wave/Wave

Attaches to the wall, typically with screws.

Exhibitions

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DC Arts Center Jul 15th, 2024—Aug 11th, 2024

Cryptid Currencies

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Shy Light

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Honeypot

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Available

Backdriven (Driven Back)

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Available

Blurred Words

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Available

Clear-Cut

Art Machines | 20 Jan 2022

Available

65 Failures

Art Machines | 18 Nov 2021

Available

Outsized Effects SOLO
Gradient Projects Dec 16th, 2023—May 18th, 2024

Shut This Door (After Vance)

Art | 16 Dec 2023

Available

Flux (Deprecated)

Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023

Available

Cotyledon (Transmission VI)

Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023

Available

Beeswax/Bits

Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023

Available

Allegheny Data Company

Art Machines | 16 Dec 2023

MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"

Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023

Available

Cryptid Currencies

Art | 07 Jul 2023

Available

Uncontrollable Light

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

This Machine Hates Kids

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

Honeypot

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

Hammond GEODE

Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022

Available

Plans

Art Machines | 24 Aug 2022

Available

Rxsqtta-Stzne

Art Machines | 10 Oct 2019

Available

Markov Radio

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Sold

Supercycle SOLO
IA&A Hillyer Jul 7th, 2023—Jul 30th, 2023

Targeting

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Available

Pollination

Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023

On display Available

MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"

Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023

Available

Cryptid Currencies

Art | 07 Jul 2023

Available

An Hour with ELIZA

Art | 07 Jul 2023

Available

Vaporware

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

This Machine Hates Kids

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

Black Box

Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023

Available

Snap Judgment

Art Machines | 09 Jul 2022

Available

Probing ImageNet

Art | 09 Jul 2022

Available

Probing DALL-E Mini

Art | 09 Jul 2022

Available

Naked Mueller

Art Machines | 25 Jul 2019

Available

Interactivity

Static

65 Failures

An Hour with ELIZA

Bulkhead

Cryptid Currencies

Data Chains

Lepidopterism

MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"

Naked Mueller

Plans

Probing DALL-E Mini

Probing GauGAN2

Probing ImageNet

Shut This Door (After Vance)

It is not interactive.

Materials

Aluminum

Bulkhead

Bureautron

Campfire

Cryptid Currencies

Daybreak

Extraction Potential

Feedback Loop

Forces

Just Helping

One-to-Many

POET.EXE

Point of Sale

Pollination

S(p)lash

Stump/Sandia

Subset

Targeting

Thermoelectric Candle I

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

Metal

Backdriven (Driven Back)

Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)

Black Box

Booleans (Flanders Bay)

Bulkhead

Bureautron

Campfire

Cluster

Cotyledon (Transmission VI)

Cryptid Currencies

Daybreak

Demon Core

Enigma #QAL

Extraction Potential

F2G (Spoon Theory)

Hammond BIVALVE

Hammond COCOON

Hammond GEODE

Honeypot

Just Helping

Margins (JTNP)

Morale is Mandatory

Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)

One-to-Many

Orchestration (Beeswax)

Plans

POET.EXE

Point of Sale

Pollination

Road Ahead

Rootball INSPECTION

Rootball INTROSPECTION

Rxsqtta-Stzne

S(p)lash

Shy Light

Side Guide Control

Subset

Takes

Targeting

Thermoelectric Candle I

This Machine Hates Kids

Uncontrollable Light

Vaporware

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

Roles

Artist

16 Bits (9:06:08) I

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-A

16 Bits (9:06:08) Micro-B

65 Failures

8 Bits (2:08) Micro-B

Alight

Allegheny Data Company

An Hour with ELIZA

Backdriven (Driven Back)

Bayering

Beeswax/Bits

Birdsight (Develop/Validate/Acquire)

Black Box

Blurred Words

Booleans (Flanders Bay)

Bulkhead

Bureautron

Clear-Cut

Closely Held

Cluster

Cotyledon (Transmission VI)

Creature/Machine

Cryptid Currencies

Data Chains

DataWorld 2021: booth 313, Maelstrom Networks, Inc.

Daybreak

Demon Core

Digital Daguerreotype

Elysium

Enigma #QAL

Extraction Potential

Eyes

F2G (Spoon Theory)

Feedback Loop

Feeling Lucky

Fireflies

Flux (Deprecated)

Forces

Gateway (Transmission III)

Genomic Signal Generator

Hammond BIVALVE

Hammond COCOON

Hammond GEODE

Honeypot

I see you there.

Illegal in Illinois

Impressions

Insert 25 Cents to Feel Something

Iteration (Transmission IV)

Just Helping

Lepidopterism

Loopback (Transmission I)

MacAffy’s Anti-Viral "Revigorator"

Madness Method

Maelstrom

Margins (JTNP)

Markov Radio

Mirrortron

Morale is Mandatory

Morale is Mandatory (Algorithm Livery)

One-to-Many

Orbeez 'n' Coal

Orchestration (Beeswax)

Our Time Together

Our Time Together II

Passive Institutional Controls

Plans

POET.EXE

Point of Sale

Pollination

Print/Shred

Probing DALL-E Mini

Probing GauGAN2

Probing ImageNet

Publish/Perish

Refugium (Pahrump Poolfish)

Reinvention Garage

Resolution (Transmission II)

Road Ahead

Road Ahead (Prototype Version)

Rootball INSPECTION

Rootball INTROSPECTION

Rxsqtta-Stzne

S(p)lash

Security Theater?

Shut This Door (After Vance)

Shy Light

Side Guide Control

Snap Judgment

Stump/Sandia

Subset

Sync/Desync I

Sync/Desync MARL-3

Sync/Desync Micro

Sync/Desync R/G/B Micro

Takes

Targeting

The 10x Engineer

The Control of Nature I-III

The Heart Says...

The Next Big Thing

Thermoelectric Candle I

This Machine Hates Kids

Two Minutes Hate

Uncontrollable Light

Vaporware

Wave/Wave

ZIP/ZCTA Deaccessioning Console

Tags

Monochromatic

An Hour with ELIZA

Beeswax/Bits

Creature/Machine

Cryptid Currencies

Print/Shred

Shut This Door (After Vance)

Targeting

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