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Bård Ionson

@bardionson.bsky.social

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Early crypto and AI artist working with custom developed GANs since 2018. Exhibited at @superrare, @expandedart, @sovrn curated, @artblocks_io Art Blocks Bardionson.com

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 5d

Ghost Ranch NM

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 10d

A multi-creation on @TransientLabs

Vanishing Of The Genuine: Holy Skull Of God by @bardionson | Transient Labs

"Holy Skull of God" is a symbolic representation of a model of deer, springbok, blesbok, pig and cow bones. It was t...

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 10d

Bones In The Sky
Vanishing of the Genuine
Holy Skull Of God
see more in Marfa at @artblocks_io but get yours today

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 11d

Flim always takes longer but here is Lisbon in June
where @arabbankCH honored my work

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 12d

Vanishing Of The Genuine
Bones In The Sky Italy
thank you @artcrush.bsky.social and @juliavalle.bsky.social for the photos
more to come

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 13d

Netherlands
Bones In The Sky - Vanishing Of The Genuine
@artcrush.bsky.social
Thank you #Anonyra photographer

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · 14d

Two art experiences
Meat and Bones
interactive performances in Marfa Texas and Paris France with @artblocks.bsky.social and L'Avant Galerie Vossen
From SPAM to Slop October 9 - November 16 and
Bones In The Sky October 19

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Jul 1

Cybernetic Cross

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Jun 18

I attended the event in Lisbon and talked about my work in creating Vanishing of the Genuine

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · May 26

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ABS Digital Art Prize 2025 | Artist of the Year & Emerging Artist

Arab Bank Switzerland is the proud sponsor of the 2025 ABS Digital Art Prize. Find out about the entry criteria format and jury.

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · May 26

Honored to be one of 10 finalists for the 2025 ABS Digital Art Prize!
This year saw 118 entries from 38 countries. I'm proud to be amongst the amazing nominees.
All of our artworks will be displayed at The Artists’ Villa on June 3rd and 4th - on invitation only
@arabbank.bsky.social

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · May 17

Fast Ai

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Shurastei @shurastei.bsky.social · Apr 30

Artistic works that seek to express the aesthetics of contemporary society

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · May 3

okay

this is an emergency assistance thread for anyone who got this National Endowment for the Arts email today

some of you can still get your money and I’m going to tell you how

article to come later this weekend but here is the Cliffs Notes version:

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · May 3

oh boy I hate being right

This is to inform you that the above referenced National Endowment for the Arts award has been terminated, effective May 31, 2025.

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 27

What is Real?
Whole / Reality
part of Bones: Vanishing Of The Genuine

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 24

Thank you - It is very unpredictable. This is actually trained from two different videos and then I layered them together. One is Iran launching drones and the other is the famous Tank Man

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Rod Duncan @rodduncan.bsky.social · Apr 17

It's a sign.

A fallen signboard reads: Boat Park Only. No Cars.

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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · Apr 17

Musk and Trump aren't stealing comprehensive data about all Americans for no reason. They are doing it to threaten people.

Screenshot of a reddit post

Whistleblower at NLRB was threatened with sensitive information from his SF86!!!

The Whistleblower from the NPR article this morning was just on Rachel Maddow and had this interesting component to the larger story.

The Whistleblower had a threatening letter taped to his front door (had only been living there for 2 months) which included a picture of him walking his dog from a drone, a long with incredibly sensitive information that the Whistleblower had only reported on his SF86, and wasn't every posted online.

They were vague about what information that was related to for obvious reasons and there is apparently an active police investigation into who did this.

But still... this means that essentially the most sensitive information for all federal workers and contractors who have security clearances (who all have to file an SF86) are now compromised. Any scandalous information or possibly blackmailable information in your SF86 could be used by the Executive branch (or a DOGE staffer with access?) against you.

This one admission to me is actually on par or larger of a story than the initial NPR article about the DOGE access to the NLRB databases.

This is massive.

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 13

War By Another Name
GAN - Pix2Pix - no prompts - extensive post processing editing

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 6

Love Is A Pink Cake -Warhol on Ai by Bård

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 6

Sometimes it looks like too much oversight of social welfare programs and and not enough regulation over large corporate and political corruption
And this combined with uneven regulation (corrupt?) of alternative money systems.

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 6

StyleGAN 2

Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 2

So much for community and public good
Our leaders are Lords of the Flies

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Apr 2

chef’s kiss

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Bård Ionson @bardionson.bsky.social · Apr 2

Anything to get his hands of all the levers of power he keeps yanking around all at the same time.