Larva Labs Closes Art Blocks Curated with Final Quine Auction
Larva Labs Closes Art Blocks Curated with Final Quine Auction
🔄 Final Curated Drop
Larva Labs launches Quine, the final collection in Art Blocks Curated series, marking a full-circle moment in generative art history.
The auction begins October 9 at 12pm ET with a 24-hour English auction format. The collection features 497 total pieces, with 477 available for bidding at a 0.25 ETH reserve price.
Key auction details:
- Settlement auction: highest 477 bids mint at lowest clearing price
- Extra ETH automatically returned
- Larva Labs reserves token #0 plus 19 pieces
Historical significance: This release completes an 8-year journey that began when Snowfro claimed Zombie CryptoPunks in 2017, using proceeds to fund Art Blocks' creation.
Technical innovation: Quine represents self-referential generative art where the artwork contains the code that generates itself - a "strange loop" concept executed through code golf techniques.
Bidding opens at artblocks.io
Quine by @larvalabs will be released as the final collection in the Art Blocks Curated series on October 9 at 12pm ET via a 24 hour English Auction. There will be 497 Quines in the collection, which coincides with the project's ID in the Art Blocks 500. A few more details ↓
Quine by @larvalabs The final entry in the Art Blocks Curated series Auction opens tomorrow, October 9 at 12pm ET artblocks.io/collection/qui…
Strange loops where the artwork contains instructions for its own existence. Quine by @larvalabs. The final Art Blocks Curated release. October 9.
.@larvalabs, @ArtOnBlockchain & @NaughtalieStone talk self-referential programs, strange loops & code golf with @RogerDickerman on The DAM Show, tomorrow at 12pm ET. Tune in to hear about the final chapter of Art Blocks Curated, including a live reveal of Quine #0! ↓
But wait there's more... ✨ @matthall2000 ✨ @pents90 ✨ @ArtOnBlockchain ✨ @NaughtalieStone The DAM Show. Monday. X.
In June of 2017 @ArtOnBlockchain claimed 34 Zombie CryptoPunks, created by Matt & John of @larvalabs. This event helped seed the idea & funding for Art Blocks. On October 9 of 2025, we come full circle with Quine closing out Art Blocks Curated. This is the story ↓
Quine #0 minted and vaulted by @larvalabs. Auction opens Thursday, October 9 at 12pm ET
From CryptoPunks to Autoglyphs to Meebits, @larvalabs has a fascinating history of working within strict technical limitations as a creative framework These constraints led to the projects we know and love today, and continues in Matt & John's upcoming release: Quine ↓
"We wondered if we could extend the quine concept just a bit to generate an artwork that contained some text, and that text could be the code that generated the artwork." Matt & John discuss their approach to the self-referential generative art in Quine ↓
Matt & John of @larvalabs are live with @ArtOnBlockchain, @NaughtalieStone & @RogerDickerman on the DAM Show talking all things Quine, including a live reveal of Token #0! Quine opens for bidding Thursday October 9 ↓
THE DAM SHOW: MATT & JOHN OF LARVA LABS + SNOWFRO AND STONE! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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