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being and nothingnesshttps://whitelights.co/b-a-n/91IstS80vKkMC44dMVf9xAY7nFFVrYchttps://arweave.net/y6lqWWHVdnpU or 16:9\n\ninfinite resolutionas the artwork unfolds its subje) brings computational life to F/√2|0> + 1/√2|1\n↕\n\nImme` _ tell me... do i exist?\n|Ψ> = 1rsing itself in the metaphysical`, the simulated, and the tangibl`e, *being and nothingness* (2024`rench philosopher Jean-Paul Sart`re's existential classic *Being `and Nothingness* (1943) using bl`ockchain as the inextricable med` ium (commonly referred to as 'on`
chain').\n\n*being and nothingne`ss* hinges upon a single ERC721 `token that unpredictably swaps b`
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