UAP-LA
AI animation + 1980s hardware decay · 960×1706 animated GIF (portrait)
- Year
- 2025
- Medium
- AI animation + 1980s hardware decay · 960×1706 animated GIF (portrait)
- Blockchain
- Tezos
- Status
- minted
AI animation filtered through decaying 1980s hardware, evoking the 1942 "Battle of Los Angeles." 9 editions at 44 ꜩ (still for sale). Tezos/Objkt, September 5, 2025. Token /78. Portrait orientation (960×1706). Introduces "Compressionism" — compression artifacts as primary expressive element.
UAP-LA
September 5, 2025 · AI + 1980s hardware decay · 960×1706 animated GIF · Tezos
Description
A digital ghost of a forgotten war. UAP-LA is a fever dream of the 1942 “Battle of Los Angeles,” an event where the city declared war on a phantom in its skies. The artwork channels the chaos and signal failure of that night by taking a modern AI animation and filtering it through the decaying memory of 1980s hardware. The result is a work of Compressionism where the glitch itself becomes the narrative: a visual representation of a historical record breaking down, leaving only a vibrant, artifact-heavy echo.
Details
- Medium: AI animation + 1980s hardware decay filtering · 960×1706 animated GIF (portrait)
- Date: 2025-09-05
- Blockchain: Tezos
- Platform: Objkt.com
- Contract:
KT1RGCS6NUiJWRa1f13p1xg7ivrwthMihm51 - Token ID: /78
- Editions: 9 · 44 ꜩ (still for sale from artist)
- Royalties: 10%
- Collection: MAX CAPACITY
Technique
Compressionism — Max Capacity’s term for a method where compression artifacts become the primary expressive element of the work. Introduced in the UAP-LA description.
Sales History
- MAX CAPACITY → SOAPBOX1965 — x2 at 10 ꜩ (~September 2025)
- RuschMeyer listed x1 at 44 ꜩ (~November 2025)
Links
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