Created, written, directed, performed, produced, filmed, and edited by Edgar Fabián Frías. 

This video was originally a part of Season 2, Episode 4: Conjunction of The Commons, a public access-style morning show for witches, by witches! Please visit https://vimeo.com/thecommons to watch the entire first and second season for free! 

Single edition video art NFT by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1280 x 720 | .mp4 | 2019

Smuggled Interdimensional Transmission (Part 2)

The Decagon is the infinitely evolving, always unique, and eternally open membership token of the Decaverse. Designed by Kjetil Golid.

Decagon #36150

Always trust an interdimensional smuggler | @edgarfabianfrias | 720 x 720 | .mp4 | 2019

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In the creation of "Selfie Inversion," I find inspiration in the profound symbolism of the Nierika, a sacred technology embraced by the Wixárika community. As a descendant of this rich cultural heritage, I explore the concept of self-portraiture through the lens of the Nierika, viewing it as an internal map that reveals the intricate landscapes within myself.

The Nierika, revered as maps of the universe, serve as portals for ancestral communion, and as divining tools within the Wixárika tradition. These sacred technologies not only assist us in wayfinding within the physical world but also play a pivotal role in facilitating multidimensional and transtemporal communion. Maps move from being tools used by colonial powers for surveillance, land theft, and borders, and become tools for contemplation, imagination, and world building. 

"Selfie Inversion" is a self-portrait crafted in the spirit of the Nierika. Through intricate symbolism and visual storytelling, the artwork functions as a gateway to my internal universe—a reflection of the interconnected threads that weave through my identity. Much like the Wixárika use Nierika to create cosmologies and ontologies, I employ this sacred technology to navigate the intricate tapestry of my own reality.

In this piece, the act of taking a selfie is transformed into a ritual, a form of introspective divination. The inversion of the selfie format becomes a metaphorical mirror, reflecting not just physical features but the hidden dimensions of my thoughts, emotions, and experiences. The Nierika serves as a guiding principle, inviting viewers to explore the layers beneath the surface and discover the intricate interplay between the personal and the cosmic. As within so without. As above so below. As the Universe the soul. 

"Selfie Inversion" is an invitation to engage with the profound significance of self-exploration and the intricate maps that guide our understanding of the universe within. In paying homage to the Wixárika tradition, I seek to bridge cultural narratives, inviting viewers to contemplate the universality of mapping one's internal landscape and the transformative power of sacred technologies in shaping our perception of reality.

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Edition of 10 + 1 AP by Edgar Fabián Frías

Selfie Inversion #9/11

Do you see it too? 

Created by Edgar Fabián Frías in 2021 using archival material originally created in 2019 for two of Edgar's last public in-person projects before the COVID 19 Pandemic: Nierika: Santuario Somático, 2020, their solo exhibition at Disjecta Contemporary Art Center in Portland, Oregon and as the main image for the flyer for Queer Art, Magic & Witchcraft, an artist panel which took place at Selina Downtown Mexico City on February 8, 2020.

MP4 | 1080 x 1080 



Intersubjective Clarity

The energizing and alchemizing element of fire helps us clear pathways and focus our directions. Sacred serpents of the south, ancient visions, divine desires, and unfettered flames flow freely from this digital painting. Part of a series of all five sacred elements. Created in November 2021. Limited edition of 10 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias.

Protective Fire

Beloved Bubblegum Bimbos Bless Us On Our Journeys. 

Created with @noisedeck. A part of the Visionary Veils Collection. Single edition by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1080 x 1080 | .mp4 | 2021

Visionary Veils 001 (Beloved Bubblegum Bimbos Bless Us)

Limited edition of 11 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1080 x 1080 | .JPG | 2023

QUERIDE ARTISTA TOMA UN  RESPIRO PROFUNDO RECUPERA TU PODER

This token is a spell. In this animated collage you see a divine liminal alien being relishing as the delicious smell of the dying toxic masculine wafts by and graces their sacred nostrils. Won't you take a sniff? 

Purchase unlocks 1080 mp4 file.  

Edition of 3 by Edgar Fabián Frías. 

March 2021

My Favorite Smell 

Selfie Inversion #11/11

Edgar Fabián Frías works in installation, photography, video art, sound, sculpture, printed textiles, GIFs, performance, social practice, and community organizing, among other forms. Frías is Wixárika and their family is from Mexico, though they have lived in the United States for most of their life. 

Born in East Los Angeles in 1983, Frías received dual BA degrees in Psychology and Studio Art from the UC, Riverside. In 2013, they received an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, with an emphasis on Interpersonal Neurobiology and Somatic Psychotherapy. Frías received their MFA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley in 2022. 

Their work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Vincent Price Art Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, Oregon Contemporary, MOCA Jacksonville, Performance is Alive, Project Space Festival Juárez, and ArtBo, among others.

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Expansive Euphoria

3 Slippery Sad Clowns

Foundation

RELEASE! Let Goddess lead the way! Originally uploaded onto Giphy on 02/27/2018 with 1,118,670 Views views at the time of minting on 12/18/2021. Limited edition of 10 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 480 x 480 | .mp4 | 2018

Let Go Let Goddess

Hic et Nunc

Oracular inhalation is a must. 

Created with @noisedeck. A part of the Visionary Veils Collection. Single edition by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1080 x 1080 | .mp4 | 2021

Visionary Veils 002 (Soft Manic Vapors)

A collection of veils and portals into other dimensions.

Visionary Veils

Limited edition of 10 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1080 x 1080 | .JPG | 2022

THE WAY MY LIFE UNFOLDS IS MAGIC

Affirmations. Prayers. Intentions. Portals. Mutant Spells.

Mutant Spells

An homage to mindfulness and magic. This is the third token released by Edgar Fabián Frías.  Frías often incorporates themselves into their art practice and this is their first-ever NFT that features them in it. 

Created as an animated digital collage featuring a psychedelic shimmering energy ball moving in front of the artist.

Purchase unlocks a high-resolution 1080 mp4 file.  

Edition of 3 by Edgar Fabián Frías. December, 2020.

Peace is Power

Rarible

F@LL 1NT0 TH3 V01D L1M1N@L W1TCH! 

This work of art is part of “AND”, an exhibition on performance art and blockchain curated by OONA in partnership with the Museum of Cyrpto Art and Zora. Participating artists include: SamJ, Violet Bond, Edgar Fabián Frías, David Henry Nobody Jr, DADAGAN, and OONA.

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L1M1N@L W1TCH

Taken on February 9, 2024 at Museo Nacional de Antropología in la Ciudad de México. 

Limited edition of 5 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias | 1440 x 2560 | .JPG | 2024

Piedra del Sol (Mutant Glitches Portrait)

Created with #letsglitchitcam by Dawnia Darkstone @letsglitchit

Inspired by Legacy Russell's Glitch Feminism: A Manifesto published by Verso Books in September 2020.
https://www.legacyrussell.com/GLITCHFEMINISM

With further inspiration from the work of Lineadeluz @cyborg_brujx from The Selfie Institute and their idea of the #transglitchselfie. 

From @cyborg_brujx on X: #Transglitchselfie es un concepto que desarrollo a partir del #glitchfeminism en donde el #glitch es una posibilidad transgresora de existir en lo digital. El transglitchselfie o selfie intervenido genera oportunidades autonomas en la expresión propia de cuerpxs disidentes.

Taken on February 7, 2024 at el Museo Jumex in la Ciudad de México.

Edition of 5 by Edgar Fabián Frías / @edgarfabianfrias |  2560 x 1440 | .JPG | 2024

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