Casey REAS is a generative software artist who co-founded Feral File, a blockchain-based digital-art platform, alongside technologist Sean Moss-Pultz. Casey REAS's Twitter Score is 95 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of October 2026, ranking #7,838 (top 5%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Casey REAS co-founded Processing, the open-source creative coding language and environment that became a foundational tool for software artists and educators worldwide, and remains affiliated with the Processing Foundation. In 2023, Casey REAS, along with Ben Fry and Dan Shiffman, stepped down from active project-lead roles, with the project continuing under the Processing Foundation's stewardship. Casey REAS also co-founded Feral File in 2020, which grew out of the a2p artist exchange and provenance experiment, initially registering works on the Bitmark blockchain before migrating to Ethereum after Bitmark retired that chain. Feral File currently supports Ethereum ERC-721 and ERC-1155 collections as well as Tezos FA2 collections, using on-chain ownership to govern artwork playback rights.
Casey REAS is a Professor at the UCLA Department of Design Media Arts and serves as Co-Director of UCLA Social Software. Casey REAS has accumulated 37,154 followers as of October 2026 across 4,360 posts on the platform. Casey REAS has been mentioned by 161 accounts, with 632 total mentions.
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