2019
“Permanent Art”
Artworks permanently embedded on the blockchain using Smart Contracts. The series include “Permanent Phallus”, “Permanent Meme” and “Permanent Tag”. Click names to exhibit. Featured in, among others, Vice, It’s nice that, Futurism, The next web
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“Permanent Phallus” 2019
Notes
Setting out to explore the new behavior patterns created as new technologies emerge, “Permanent Art” aims to reduce the dissonance between art and innovation. The project exposes the contrast between traditional art subjects and emerging digital solutions, opening up for new digital movements to become topics of discussion in public forums. Particular interest was given to art that overlap time, culture and forms a universal language, giving these practices a contemporary context. The underlying attributes of blockchain, such as being immutable and permanent, were further used as a vehicle to signify the gravity of current actions.
Techniques used include ASCII and Smart Contracts
Artworks permanently embedded on the blockchain using Smart Contracts. The series include “Permanent Phallus”, “Permanent Meme” and “Permanent Tag”. Click names to exhibit. Featured in, among others, Vice, It’s nice that, Futurism, The next web
“Permanent Phallus” 2019
Notes
Setting out to explore the new behavior patterns created as new technologies emerge, “Permanent Art” aims to reduce the dissonance between art and innovation. The project exposes the contrast between traditional art subjects and emerging digital solutions, opening up for new digital movements to become topics of discussion in public forums. Particular interest was given to art that overlap time, culture and forms a universal language, giving these practices a contemporary context. The underlying attributes of blockchain, such as being immutable and permanent, were further used as a vehicle to signify the gravity of current actions.
Techniques used include ASCII and Smart Contracts
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