The process remains (more or less) the same, but the result is changing.
The way the result is presented is changing.
I will start with sound:
- NMWE (No Matter What Eventuality) becomes Sound Environments.
- I have decided that each sound, each texture is like a color (maybe that is oversimplified, but it serves to guide the sound process), the sonic colors will be pre-recorded, then performed with random algorithms, like cassette players being operated by children in different corners of the room – running, falling, laughing, reverse, fast forward, play, stop, jamming fingers in the mechanism, fun, spirit…
- Graphic scores elevate these Sound Environments to the realm of immersive experience, art. They will be displayed and offered as such. Anyone can have these immersive experiences. Digital assets, or NFT, do present a level of ownership and flexibility for these works that fiat systems do not; a reluctant bridge between traditional and digital art worlds.
- Sound Environments have multiple variations are are shorter as a result. Partially inspired by the thermodynamic systems of Bitcoin, 10 minute looping blocks of sound are desirable. These 10 minute blocks can phase with other compositions to create harmonious, immersive environments of sound, fields of sound, spaces of sound…
Sound Environment I (001)
Now, for Palimpsest:
“The “Palimpsest” series takes the viewer on a digital journey, minting digital assets (NFT) that document the temporal phases of the burlap’s evolution from a tool to a medium. These digital artworks preserve the ephemeral nature of the creative process, inviting the viewer to engage with the work’s transformation over time.”
- Each transitional work on burlap will be minted as one artwork under an ERC-7160 contract, meaning one asset, or token, can contain multiple phases of the artwork in process. This means collectors acquiring one work will essentially be acquiring the entire lifecycle of that transitional artwork, with all of its phases, until it matures to physicality and ceases to be digital.
- I am considering some kind of discount or credit towards the physical work for collectors of the evolving, transitional digital asset.
What a grotesque and beautiful time to be alive and working.
Thank you for your support.
