The cult-favorite art-meets-commerce critique collective makes a comeback to report on the state of cultural crypto.

K-HOLE gets sucked into NFTs.

Digital culture evolves quickly; so does its commercialization. The visionary artist has always managed to stay ahead of the curve.

M.I.A. is extremely online. 

Visionary collectors are scooping up digital art and other early collectibles of the metaverse. Here’s why you should, too.

Why collect digital art NFTs?

nicole

Inspired by Handshake, Uniswap, Ethereum, and p2p sailing through cyberspace. The computer is a UNIVAC 1110 from 1972, Uniswap V3 felt a little more timely.

I made this collage in photoshop using images found on the web and in an old Arizona Highways magazine I bought at a thrift store in Flagstaff.

The owner of this NFT will receive a single edition signed print.

Aaron Ricketts

Goldfish was a photograph turned animation made with real fish that were then animated to simulate swimming. A wave-like motion and bubbles were also added to create an underwater effect. 

Goldfish

Khyati Trehan

"I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it." - Angelou

1/1

Talent is like electricity

Noah Kalina

Grid of 7263 self-portraits from Noah Kalina's ongoing Everyday project. 

Twenty years in total, from the project's inception on January 11, 2000 to January 11, 2020.

'Everyday' (January 11, 2000 - January 11, 2020)

Uğur Gallenkuş

This is my genesis in NFT. Originally created in 2018 with photos, I reproduced this piece with 3D in 2021.

My artworks are a division between comfort and privilege of consumerist society and the consequences of inequality felt by millions of disenfranchised people.

4320 x 4320 px

1 of 1




Bullets'N Lips

FlucT

Are we predestined to flounder and freak or is it god?

Fluct’s performance videos explore explicit and implicit control. The origins of their choreography were influenced by the glitch found in technologies like imovie, social order & support. 

Originally spun on a roving motor in a dark room, casting a projection of nothing and flesh around the room - as part of a larger installation examining performance in ‘is it god or am i dog’ at SIGNAL, NY in 2018.

00:40 mp4 + original audio


Is it god or am i dog  OBJECTS 

kaio

Finding moonlight on the streets of Old Town, Prague
St. Vitus Cathedral, Czechia

Old Town 1/1
by Robert Ruggiero
6000x4000

Old Town

Tommy Kwak

This photograph of a tree in Hoge Veluwe National Park in the Netherlands is part of my "Chroma" series, where analog processes are used to introduce various materials in front of the lens to add color gradients, reflections, flares, and distortions.

3000 x 2250 px

Tree (Hoge Veluwe, Netherlands)

Jesse Pimenta

2:39 total runtime.
Live code session
Original generative music composed for the piece, which is mapped to the frame playback.

Veillance_01

Raven B Varona

6pm in Palm Springs

ismail zaidy

This photograph is number two from my ongoing project "3aila"
( عائلة-family in English). 

I tried trough it to reflect on the distance between siblings and the lack of communication in the modern day family.

From the proceeds of this sale, I will donate a portion to starting a shelter for abondoned animals, cats and dogs especially.

2988 x 3984

In Touch

Reuben Wu

This original 1/1 video artwork is the first motion piece from my ongoing personal project, using a modified drone to trace light above a tiny wooded island in Sweden. Working alone on an overnight wilderness hike under a midnight sun in 2017, I was able to capture a vision of supernatural dimensions. This work has never been made available for sale until now.

I will be donating a portion of the profits to the National Parks Conservation Association.

2160 x 2160

Sound and visuals by Reuben Wu

Out Of The Earth Came Light 

Paloma Rincon

From my series Acapulco, this is one of my favorite all time images exploring my childhood memories. Updated animated version where you can get hypnotized by the sun and the water.

2304 x 2304 px “18 Looping .mp4 Video
1/1 Edition by Paloma Rincón
A  19.68 in x 19.68 in (50 cm x 50 cm) signed print will be sent to the collector once the auction has finished. Fine-Art Giclée Print  Hahnemühle Fineart Pearl 285 grs. 
I will reward every bidding support with a small format (23x23cm) image. 

Flamingo Dreaming

Aloe Blacc x Danny_P3D

This collaborative piece is inspired by Avicii's song "SOS". 
The art that we have created here is a representation of morse code for this distress signal. Mental health is an issue that we often don't address and it is difficult for those who suffer to be recognized or to share their struggles. With this audio visual work, we wish to bring awareness to mental health and destigmatize those with different experiences.
Proceeds from this sale will go to help to promote mental health awareness.

. . . _ _ _ . . . (SOS)

Jan Erik Waider

63°46'47.9852" N 20°46'15.2669" W
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Abstract aerial video of the glacier river Þjórsá in South Iceland taken in November 2020 by fine art photographer and visual artist Jan Erik Waider. Þjórsá is the longest river of the island with 143 miles (230 kilometers) and has its source at the glacier Hofsjökull which is also the largest active volcano in the country.
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Video resolution: 1080 x 1350px

Ice Flow.

Maria Constanza Ferreira

Dunes I {Rise}

Bronson Farr

This photograph is part of my project "Peaceful but Grand", which is a series that I started in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter protests across America. 

It reflects my aim to allow the viewer permission to see Black people, especially men, the way I do — wrapped in warmth, love, light, and deserving of your protection.

6720 × 4480

Black Mirror

SLATT 

blacksneakers

the strength of our love resides on a higher consciousness 

'we make love through telepathy' is inspired by kali uchis's 'telepatía'.

(highest bidder will receive a physical copy, make sure to email or dm me through the listed channels on my profile)

we make love through telepathy

Ash Koosha

Ash Koosha’s first NFT is the cover art (front) by Negar Shaghaghi from the critically acclaimed electronic album GUUD which was released in 2015 via NY label Olde English Spelling Bee and published by Warp.

GUUD, Ash Koosha’s first full length solo album, received acclaim from music review sites such as The Needle Drop and Pitchfork, who described it as “Conducting Destruction”.
GUUD was the first instrumental album with songs designed as spatial experiences performed in Virtual Reality. 


GUUD

Ilina

Convergence

Yael Kanarek

My Dearest,

My memory was sold. Ah ... I sold it. If I remember correctly. Slightly undermining my commitment to systematically collect and catalog evidence. I think.

Tragic, but then I’m always up for the challenge: how to keep intact a credible search for a lost treasure, despite the constant erasure of data. Possibly maybe.

The merchandise reaped a significant reward. YES. What was it? 

Great freshness in constant erasure. 
Forever fresh—forever young.

Yours. I think.

(1999-2021)

Love Letter: 678/6.77 Sunset/Sunrise

Itzel Yard

studying the movement of isolated elements swimming in the same direction

1080*1080
made w/touch designer

Caribbean Glitch I

Adam Ferriss

Psycho Lichen III (Gold Flake)
Custom Code
30 seconds
2000x2000 px

A digital organism feeding upon itself in an infinite growth pattern mirroring the natural. This work was originally conceived for the Electric Objects platform, but has been resuscitated and remastered for this release. This is the third work in a series of three.

The winning bidder will also receive a link to the source shading code where it can be viewed in realtime.

Psycho Lichen III

Shantell Martin

NM0909 The Future from Here is an original work by Shantell Martin drawn in her signature black and white style. Ever wonder what the future holds, wish you could see over the many mountains of Time. In this drawing, the stick figure at the top of it all has hacked the code and can see above and beyond it all. 

ARE YOU YOU

NM0909 The Future from Here

Alejandro Cartagena-Assembly

Carpoolers #29

Nick Campbell

Greyscalegorilla's First Cinema 4D Tutorial in its entirety. 

Own the tutorial that helped thousands of artists start their path to becoming 3D artists. 

The owner of this piece will be added to the original Vimeo video description. https://vimeo.com/3680194

March 16th, 2009
22 Minutes
1280x778

First Greyscalegorilla C4D Tutorial (2009)

Bruce LaBruce

The first clip in a series from my 1988 experimental Super 8 film "I Know What It's Like To Be Dead"

I Know What It's Like To Be Dead #1

K-HOLE

The semiotic square that encodes K-HOLE's concept of Normcore, minted as an NFT.

The diagram was originally created for K-HOLE's 2013 trend report "YOUTH MODE: A Report on Freedom". K-HOLE retains all commercial rights to the work.


Normcore (2013)

Rodney Alan Greenblat

"Lemon Eye Pilgrimage Triangular” Is the second stop on the pilgrimage route of Lemon Eye, a Buddha manifestation whose purpose is to radiate awareness, inspire happiness and to promote a compassionate community. Standing on three legs the shrine has three arms. Handing out carrot cake the world is actually peaceful and there is no worry.

Lemon Eye Pilgrimage Triangular

Nomadic Frame

The Merced River (/mɜːrˈsɛd/), in the central part of the U.S. state of California, is a 145-mile (233 km)-long[1] tributary of the San Joaquin River flowing from the Sierra Nevada into the San Joaquin Valley. It is most well known for its swift and steep course through the southern part of Yosemite National Park, where it is the primary watercourse flowing through Yosemite Valley.

"Valley View" at Merced River in Yosemite

Kate Woodman

1/1 
4480 x 6720
2019

A modern homage to the bejeweled skeletons discovered in the catacombs of Rome in the 16th century. Wardrobe and props created by artist.

Bejeweled

Joseph Haxan

Humid air rises upward through the tree-lined slope. A group huddle together against wind and rain. 

One of One
5000X5000px
2020

Sheltering on the Mountainside During a Storm

Rae Lam

"Tangerine Dreamin" is a series about the dreamy nostalgic world of Hong Kong through the lens.
We all have our fantasies, desires and needs. "Urban Fantasy" portrays the dreamy side of Hong Kong with colourful neon glows. 
I captured the lights of modern skyscrapers that contrast its surrounded Chinese mansions. The scenery gives the impression of a dreamy, rustic, surreal world. While a lot of scenes are happening inside the concrete jungle, from international cooperates to subdivided flats. 

Tangerine Dreamin #2 - Urban Fantasy

Richard Bernabe

Deadvlei, Namibia
Digital Photograph, Canon DSLR
The surreal landscape of Namibia, dead camel thorn trees and glow from sun on the dunes.

Essential

ArinaBBart

Safe space

Tom Keelan

~glug glug glug glug~

"Where They Make The Bathtub Water" 
Photo Illustration by Tom Keelan
5404 × 5062 px



Where They Make The Bathtub Water

Jimmy Edgar

All kinds of stuff happening

#iridescent-egg & #horned-pyramid
featuring a digitized version of 🗣  𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 (12"x18" marble sculpture) 😛

1/1
2496 × 1920

HEAD IN THOUGHTS ☁️

keyon christ

the world’s first ai-based rap song as an NFT, brought to you by the sound architect behind Kanye West and Rihanna. "black skin machine", which debuted at NVIDIA’s GTC21, was created using AI trained by Dadabots on 8,000 discographies, with Keyon Christ manipulating the sounds under his futuristic gaze. 

visuals by Zouassi

own the historical 1 of 1 audiovisual:

10% of master song royalties 

1/1 audiovisual

full res 1920x1080 .mp4 will be sent to auction winner

World's First AI-Based Rap Song

Virgen Maria

me covered in Swarovski cristals being a living sculpture in Filip Custic´ s exhibition "mueble $exual" in Soho House Barcelona.
Filip Custic recorded the video.

15 hours to put the Swarovski cristals one by one on my skin.

720 × 1280

1,23min video file


BLEX
<3

ME COVERED IN SWAROVSKI CRISTALS

Rally Studios

"Right Up Our Alley,” an 87-second, viral video of a one shot FPV drone swooping through Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis that has captivated millions of people worldwide.

Rally Studios - Right Up Our Alley

Katie Torn

"An Ocean Without Water" is a series of videos that use an imagined ocean floor where the water has dried up as their setting.  

1152x1152

14 second loop





An Ocean Without Water (Self-Reflection) 

Market Blooms

Market Blooms (MRKT BLMS) is an independent flower market. 

A bouquet of fresh-cut flowers brings life into otherwise artificial interiors. And here, Market Blooms inserts grounding into a cryptoland full of fantasy; into an existence hurling faster and faster toward almost-certain destruction, haunted by both literal and metaphoric mining. Market Blooms is inspired by flowers’ ability to exist in the harshest realities—showcasing delicacy and beauty as inherent to resilience.

Bouquet with Jan van Nes Parrot Tulips

Psycho Lichen II (Calypso Orchid)
Custom Code 
30 seconds
2000x2000 px

A digital organism feeding upon itself in an infinite growth pattern mirroring the natural. This work was originally conceived for the Electric Objects platform, but has been resuscitated and remastered for this release. This is the second work in a series of three.

The winning bidder will also receive a link to the source shading code where it can be viewed in realtime.



Psycho Lichen II

Martin Tadashi

As a gay man who spent my young adult life in the proverbial closet, it has put me in a place in which I could not see clearly — from sharp objects I touched in complete darkness, my wounds seeped through my body without realization. for decades, I tried to find the cold metal door handle that would be locked from the outside.

This piece will include a handwritten poem mailed to the collector.

NOTE TO SELF is a visual love letter to the conscious and subconscious.

NOTE TO SELF: SPECTRUM

Viktoria Modesta

Image commissioned for the special issue of WIRED magazine, guest-edited by Barack Obama during the last months of his presidency. 

The issue titled 'FRONTIERS' features   Viktoria Modesta as one of five profiles, representing ‘Personal Frontiers’ with the headline 'Bionic Artist Transcends the Human Body'

Photo by James Day 2016

HD image 2500 × 3327 + magazine copy signed by VM

The Bionic Artist

Andrew Benson

1000 x 1000 px
5 second video

Have we been inside too long, when a beam of light hits the dust that has collected. A dynamic drawing of looped gestures, distortions, and pixel crust. Created with an unfinished, always-in-progress drawing, painting, and animation program built alongside the work.

Dragging Into Light -> (inside)

Katherine Frazer

u approach & wonder what's next . . .

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made in k e y n. o t e.
original file included. z..z...... 〰 [dm4url]

reliefportal 🪞 badlands ?o u. t.  e.r l a n d s ‼

Nic Hamilton

Cloud Exchange is one work from the nine piece video series 'Moments in a drought'

It depicts moments in a drought. Twisting landscapes reduce to carbonised particles as water washes endlessly over digital granite and pixelated fires burn in a infinite loops powered by a facsimile of landscape.

Title: Cloud Exchange
Duration - 20s
Format - 1920x1080, 25fps
Year - 2018



P2P

K-HOLE gets sucked into NFTs.

M.I.A. is extremely online.

Why collect digital art NFTs?