Date Paintings (Twitter) AI-researched

Michael Demers, 2009

Conceptual web art

https://artbase.rhizome.org/wiki/Q4161

A rule-based artwork relying on tweet timestamps and platform time display behavior.

Date Paintings relies on tweet timestamps and platform time display behavior. When posting and retrieval are constrained, the work’s core rule-set collapses.

Extinction Events

API Shutdown Major impact Unknown
Free X/Twitter API access ends

X/Twitter API

Relies on tweet timestamps and platform time display. If posting/retrieval constrained, the work's core rule-set collapses.