Today, February 12, all Gazers with the "First Stolen Paintings" origin moon trait celebrate 20 years and 246 New Moons passing since the moon under which I had 3 paintings stolen from my studio shortly before what was to be my first solo show. #cryptoart 🧵...
It was a most sickening, heart sinking feeling to step into the studio & discover these centerpiece works to my show, each 36" x 48", were missing. I made a police report and hung up fliers but the paintings would remain stolen. Check out my DANK poster and $100 reward! I was 21.
I only had a short time before my one person show was to happen. Without these works, I couldn't proceed. I put on my curator's hat and changed my solo show into a group show, inviting 12 other student artists to show a work. I learned how much joy that elevating others could be.
What strikes me, looking at these moons today is that at center is the moon under which this event is crystalized. Wrapping this memory are all the moons that have come since. All 246; 20 years of choices and experiences that have been shaped since the "First Stolen Paintings."
Though I met an early obstacle, it did not stop me. 20 years later, I am who I am. I still elevate others. Within these layers of time, I've learned ones more dear & valuable than paintings and solo shows can be stolen & lost. For me, today's transformation is priceless.
To learn when your #Gazers1000 moon might celebrate, check your Origin Moon trait and your Celebration Window. And keep gazing! 🪡
Let's talk about the absurdist performance art of David Henry Nobody Jr. And why I've collected both these pieces by the same artist, created nearly 25 years apart. It's about art. It's about absurdity. It's about time. 🧵👇
We know Nobody's work best by his absurdist Resemblagè performances. Mirroring the unification of humans & technology, sculptures grow out from the artist's body like mutated appendages. In these pieces, the artist endures the mindless automation of his own creations, suffering with a wink and a grin.
In Nobody's work, we see our own struggle to live through the challenge of each day in modern life. Survive long enough to escape one predicament... then, on to the next torture. 🍳➡️🔥
NOTKAMOTO: A tribute to a masterpiece and symbol for decentralization, patronage, and belief in creating healthier systems for living artists to thrive in. #cryptoart
Please watch this introduction to my artwork and reflect:
69 patronage editions will shortly become available on a dispenser for 1 BTC each. These will not be reduced unless to 🎁. #uponlyxchain.io/asset/NOTKAMOTO
I know this is FAKERARES. But I'm doing something special for the REAL ones. To become eligible for a NOTKAMOTO:
Hi video content creators in #cryptoart and #nfts. In this global movement, adding accessibility is very important & also often easily accomplished, but requires a couple extra steps from us. Here's a quick how-to 🧵 for adding subtitles and translated captions to @YouTube...1/12
GM! Please let me introduce you to my latest coding achievement and on-chain #cryptoart work. "Gazers" will begin its reveal on Monday, December 6th at 12pm CT on @ArtBlocks. (1/8)
🌑🌒🌓🌖🌕🌔🌗🌘🌑#gazers
Gazers is a collection of generative moon phase calendar NFTs seeking to create community around our love of color theory, generative art, astronomy, and crypto.(2/8)
Every lunar cycle lasts ~29.53 days. Each New Moon, a new moon design is generated from your NFT. Your transaction hash creates color theory and design rules that set forth every moon that will be created into infinity. (3/8)
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)
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)