A dive into the meaning behind my new collection, dropping at 6:30pm ET today (1/19) on @niftygateway.
This is a musing on the mystical power technology has to lift us beyond the realm of the flesh and into the divine.
2) The series – a triptych of VideoPaintings and a title card – is inspired by the myth of Prometheus. Regarded as the father of technology, his name means "foresight."
I love the old stories, because they remain accessible cultural touchstones. They allow much room for play.
Jun 29, 2021 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
1) LET'S TALK ABOUT SPACE LOAF (baby)
I chose this piece quite intentionally for the CryptOGs sale at @SuperRare & @bonhams1793.
She represents transition – both personal and societal. The confusion and excitment of inhabiting liminal space. 2) I conceived "Space Loaf" on 4/8/18 – almost 1 year to the day before I minted my 1st token on @SuperRare.
She's an iconic video from my practice at that time, which was centered on Instagram. Her 5:4 ratio reflects the many ways social media optimization crept into my work.
Jun 17, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
1) Why do I use VHS in my Art?
It's not to just look "retro."
Combining obsolete and cutting edge technology is an aesthetic intervention that lets me transport the viewer outside of their present reality. It's not Here, and it's not Then, so it makes you ask... When?
2) I evoke these mediums of the past in my unique way to serve as a method of conveyance, so you receive my transmissions differently from the multitude of images beaming into your brain at any given moment.
I want to transport you to a dimension of my own definition.
Jun 9, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
"Der Mensch in Der Mitte" from 1919:
"We do not want to work because work is too slow. We are intractable about progress; progress does not exist for us. We believe in miracle. We believe in the expulsion of all flux in us...
We believe in fiery spirit suddenly consuming us. We believe in a single moment's eternal fulfillment. For our whole life long, we search for the glow from conflagrations on the horizons of our memory, we rush after every hue...
Jun 8, 2021 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
1) A look at SELF TRANSCENDING, my signature VideoPainting now on auction as part of @Sothebys "Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale"
This is a vision of the Self as a Strange Loop – a narrative that reiterates itself into infinity.
2) Every new Self informs the next, and it’s up to us to establish harmony within the chaos.
I see this as an evolution of the themes and motifs I have been working with for the past decade. It conveys broad techno-mystical experience as well as personal ascension.
Jan 14, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
1) Why do I use VHS in my Art?
It's not to just look "retro."
Combining obsolete and cutting edge technology is an aesthetic intervention that lets me transport the viewer outside of their present reality. It's not Here, and it's not Then, so it makes you ask... When?
2) I evoke these mediums of the past in my unique way to serve as a method of conveyance, so you receive my transmissions differently from the multitude of images beaming into your brain at any given moment.
I want to transport you to a dimension of my own definition.
