The Robert Mallary Art Residency · Inaugural Resident
CyberSeaCode Is Art
Michał Szafarski — generative artist working at the intersection of code, systems, and blockchain infrastructure.
Treating software not as a tool, but as artistic material capable of behavior, evolution, and interaction.
Biography
Software as artistic material.
CyberSea's practice treats software not as a tool, but as artistic material capable of behavior, evolution, and interaction. Built natively on Bitcoin, his work focuses on artworks as living systemsrather than static images — running, responding, and changing in dialogue with the network they live on.
He created the first Bitcoin-native generative collection to use live on-chain data through recursive architecture — demonstrating that code inscribed on Bitcoin is not a frozen artifact, but a substrate for compositions that continue to unfold long after they're minted.
Featured Project
Code Is Art
A new model of permanence — artworks that can evolve while preserving provenance.
The project code is inscribed on a dedicated Satoshi, creating a versioned software layer recorded directly on Bitcoin. Through Ordinals' recursive architecture, all pieces inherit updates while maintaining their original identity and randomness seed.
Evolution is not limited to technical improvements. As the artistic practice develops, new structures, forms, and behaviors emerge within the system. Milestones, exhibitions, collaborations, and conceptual shifts may become encoded into the artwork itself — allowing the collection to grow alongside the artist.
Mirrors how real systems mature — through versioning, not replacement.
Transforms the artwork from a static image into a continuous performance unfolding over time.
Immutable history guarantees every version remains permanently recorded — making evolution itself part of the provenance.
Augmented Reality and Holographic display support extend coded artworks beyond traditional screens, projecting generative structures into spatial, immersive environments. Code Is Art reveals code as a spatial and temporal medium that can exist and evolve in real space — aligning with the project's thesis that the artwork is defined by behavior, interaction, and system dynamics rather than fixed visual output.
“The artwork is not finished. It evolves.”
— CyberSea
Selected Works
From the catalog
A glimpse at recent on-chain pieces — explore the full catalog on Osura and cybersea.art.
In the World
Recent Exhibitions
Code Is Art extends beyond the screen — presented at museums, galleries, and immersive environments worldwide.
