SZNS the true record
a collaboration between jak × hiroji kotegawa. 888 hand-crafted works inspired by a long study of japanese suibokuga, ukiyo-e prints and chinese shanshui hua. made through a layered analogue process that took over half a year. originally meant to bring something calm and meditative into a web3 space that often felt fragmented and chaotic. szns traded actively through 2023, including a 5.5 eth sale of one of its hidden 1/1s, until a security vulnerability was discovered in thirdweb's contracts (used by many artists at the time) that put collectors at risk, forcing a migration. almost every trace of that history disappeared from the marketplaces in the process. this page is the part that can still be recovered from the chain.
- original
- 0x6ad19bc0ddd48387edcdc67cea929b6fed2ba5fa· thirdweb · frozen
- current
- 0x38fe82cbc1e79da430283f0f86e645c244b03b0d· manifold · live
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szns is a collaboration with hiroji kotegawa, made in 2023. 888 artworks inspired by a long study of japanese suibokuga ink paintings, japanese ukiyo-e prints and chinese shanshui hua.
the process took over half a year. first jak drew each of the 45 character and animal types. hiroji then generated unique landscapes in those styles. the hand-drawn characters were layered over the landscapes one at a time. 8 glitch styles were applied across the collection. finally, each piece was finished with its own sound effects and original music. over 8,000 works were produced through this analogue process and curated down to 888.
every work was made one at a time and every piece is unique. there are also a handful of true 1/1s in the collection with characters that appear only once.
szns first minted in may 2023 on thirdweb contracts. the collection traded actively through that year, including notable sales.
later in 2023, a vulnerability was discovered in thirdweb's contracts that put many artists and collections at risk. to protect collectors, jak and hiroji froze the original szns contract, re-minted the full collection on manifold, and airdropped replacements to every holder.
opensea preserved the aggregate collection volume after the migration, even though every individual sale was wiped. then the os2 update wiped that too.
the art was preserved. the record was not.
what looks like no history on opensea today is misleading.
szns was originally created to bring something calm and meditative into a space that often feels fragmented and chaotic. that intention hasn't changed, but the provenance of how the work moved between collectors has been mostly erased.
this page surfaces what can still be recovered from the chain. every event, both contracts, side by side, so the record isn't quietly lost to indexer migrations and marketplace updates. maybe one day it can be restored properly. until then, this is what remains.