Yog-Sothoth

Yog-Sothoth series is an NFT artwork based on artificial intelligence technology created by the artist in 2023. The artist adds the vocabulary on the Bitcoin chain to the vocabulary defined by the artist to generate visual images. Imagine human beings 5,000 years later.

Yog-Sothoth is one of the most mysterious and powerful Outer Gods in the Cthulhu Mythos system. It is the embodiment of the ultimate knowledge of the universe, symbolizing the infinity of time and space, and is called “The Key and the Gate” or “The All-in-One”. Yog-Sothoth has no fixed form and is usually described as an aggregate of countless luminous spheres, or an abstract existence composed of twisted geometric shapes, tentacles, and eyes. It exists outside all dimensions of time and space, but can perceive and penetrate all realities at the same time. It controls the entrances to all dimensions, can freely travel through the past, present, and future, and knows all the secrets of the universe, including forbidden knowledge and the ultimate truth.

The artist reconstructed its image by using AI technology combined with the description of NFT and blockchain. Blockchain technology and even the Internet have a vague echo with Yog-Sothoth. The network based on consensus and sharing weaves the consciousness of human beings all over the world. The amount of information is infinite and huge, transcending the limitations of time and space, so it holds infinite power, just like its bright appearance. However, the outer gods and ancient gods have no consciousness and only act according to instinct, which implies that the fundamental attribute of network technology is just a tool, and whether it is good or evil is determined by human consensus.

犹格·索托斯系列是艺术家在2023年创作的基于人工智能技术的NFT艺术作品,艺术家将比特币链上的词汇加入到艺术家定义的词汇中生成视觉图像。对5000年以后的人类进行想象。

犹格·索托斯是克苏鲁神话体系中最为神秘且强大的外神之一,它是宇宙终极知识的化身,象征着时间和空间的无限性,被称为“门之钥”或“万物归一者”。犹格·索托斯没有固定形态,通常被描述为无数发光球体的聚合体,或由扭曲的几何形状、触手、眼睛组成的抽象存在。它存在于所有时空维度之外,却能同时感知和渗透一切现实。掌控所有维度的入口,能自由穿梭于过去、现在、未来,知晓宇宙的一切秘密,包括禁忌的知识与终极真理。

艺术家通过运用AI技术结合对NFT及区块链的描述将其形象进行重构,区块链技术乃至互联网与犹格索托斯有着隐约的呼应,以共识、共享为基础的网络编织着全世界人类的意识聚合,信息量无限庞大,跨越时间与空间的局限,因此掌握着无穷的力量,亦如其明亮的外表。但外神古神并无意识,只依据本能活动,寓言着网络技术的根本属性只是工具,为善为恶又人类的共识决定。