05/02/2026
SYSTEMS // ABS Digital Art Prize 2026 // Coming Soon
SurR.Ai announces its entry into SYSTEMS - the 4th edition of the ABS Digital Art Prize, curated by Nina Roehrs at Unicorn Factory Lisboa, June 4–6, as part of NFC Summit.
62 = 3³ + 3³ + 2³
The submission: a 62-second audiovisual vessel. A synthesis of four years of AI art practice and thirty-two years of working with people and images. The work is not an image. It is an executable system — one that runs, sequences, and confirms.
Submission deadline: May 3. The chain will be revealed once the block is confirmed.
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About the system:
SurR.Ai is a New York art and technology practice at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and Total Art - extending the Gesamtkunstwerk lineage from ancient Greek theater through Wagner, Vrubel, and Diaghilev to digital authorship and blockchain-secured cultural memory. Founded in 2022 by Vladi Lepi, the practice treats the human artist as the directing intelligence, with the medium functioning as the generative substrate. With more than 1,500 on-chain works, participation in NFT.NYC as artist and speaker in 2024 and 2025, and a current submission to the ABS Digital Art Prize 2026, SurR.Ai occupies a distinct position within contemporary digital art - built on twenty-eight years of institutional practice through LV Agency, Inc.
The lineage is established. The system is live.
Follow the chain: https://lnkd.in/evD9fhsG