I'm SO grateful to have worked with @SuperRare in launching the new #Series feature. The Door couldn't have found a more appropriate beginning! A great way to learn more about #TheDoor is with this video: vimeo.com/632154118 (1/7)
For an artist, a series is often about the evolution of ideas - the discovery and experimentation that takes place while investigating conceptual or visual curiosities. Since June, The Door marked my return to an almost undivided focus on my daily artistic practice.(2/7)
FACTS
These are the first NFTs on @SuperRare with attributes/traits. 🙏 Click "View Details."
There are 56 Doors to date.
I will mint more Doors.
I will create more Doors.
Not all Doors I create will be minted.
I've never minted an edition.
I've only ever minted the best.
(3/7)
An artist's series is concerned with creative abundance. It's necessary in order to advance an idea and discover where they're heading next. The Door is an on-going investigation that's already evolved and spawned into other works and ideas. It has legs and is running! (4/7)
I worked full-time, daily for 7 years on my custom software. This upfront investment of time allows me to now rapidly investigate conceptual and design oriented curiosities on the daily. As time & other pursuits allow, The Door is presently part of my daily practice. (5/7)
For me, it's essential that The Door has had 4 months to grow and mature - safe proofing it's early evolution and paths from becoming effected by a market more than the artist's creative direction. (6/7) superrare.com/mattkane/creat…
HODLing #1! I've set low reserves on rest to respect the market. I'll likely be minting more often than you've observed from me in the past. DYOR, you'll grin. I look forward to welcoming old & new collectors into what's been my daily practice and all it will evolve into!🙏(7/7)
As an artist who works with code, it's important to reference at least some software and libraries that I use. Personally, I don't want to get carried away into processor speeds, but some high level context of my development environment is in order. Let's use metadata! (2/9)
@intellijidea is my preferred IDE for @Java development. I utilize an older version of @ProcessingOrg with the help of @lager_p's G4P GUI tools. Acknowledgement in the metadata of an #NFT feels appropriate for a whole host of circumstances any artist runs into. (3/9)
(1/10) "Meules after Claude Monet" is a multitude of expanding experiences.♾ Let's break down what is actually archived as part of the #NFT being auctioned as part of #NativelyDigital at @Sothebys. My NFT Portal website is where to 👀 for supreme quality: collect.mattkane.com/minted-works/m…
(2/10) @nameless_nft created a custom contract solution for me. I explained that I don't tokenize a singular JPEG or GIF. I tokenize artwork. A singular artwork might require an archive of files that aids a viewer's experience, help provide context, include a press kit, etc.
(3/10) @nameless_nft provided the solution of creating archives for relevant files on both Arweave & IPFS. These are referenced in the metadata. While the Arweave link is a JSON format, IPFS also has a human readable.
IPFS: ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVnu7JQV…
Arweave:arweave.net/tx/I3xtFX1hMe3…
I'll be breaking down the NFT #cryptoart being auctioned on @Sothebys this next week. @nameless_nft helped me with a custom contract solution for my specific needs. This detail of the closest haystack is archived as part of the NFT on both IPFS & Arweave. #NativelyDigital (1/3)
And this detail of the previous detail is also archived on both IPFS and Arweave. It just hits different...👀 #cryptoart#nativelydigital (2/3)
And why don't we get a little closer? It's important that all these experiences are archived in order for the future to understand my NFTs are not singular JPEGs or GIFs. The artwork I tokenize is a multitude of expanding experiences. ♾ (3/3) #cryptoart#nativelydigital
Begin on the ground floor: the exterior walls are lined by the master copy #digitalart I created after studying #Monet in early 2019. Across the hallway, they gaze into their inspirational counterparts, the original Monet paintings housed at @artinstitutechi.
Then, we travel up the staircase & enter into The Great Hall of Layers. Step inside the #dimensionalpainting of "Meules after Claude #Monet" for a truly unique experience. Imagine with me how this VR experience will scale seamlessly into the future along with the growth of tech.
1.After gifting some @VolatilityArt NFTs, I began selling VLY tokens last week, starting at 0.21 ETH. Why so low? This project is an artwork centered on value and volatility. The artist applies their own values as a measure of value. Price becomes a medium of artistic expression.
2. Bitcoin required a market to be built from zero. So did #cryptoart and #nfts. I began with gifts, then asked some collectors who already participated in building my NFT market to come join this project & do the same. This mirrors #BTC & cryptoart market building.🧡📈
3. I value my early collectors who also reached out with relational human interactions. I value art collectors who care to learn about an artist, their work, and collect because Art. I value #connection, not just transaction. So let's apply #values to an artwork about value.🤝