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AKA -> ak.mono. Artist working in print, basement dweller living it up on the second floor. Does weird shit with ink sometimes.
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Updated Feb 28, 2024
Red
Graphite
Red/Graphite was originally a monotype series completed in 2014 and minted on Rarible October through November 2020.
The physical works are rendered in two inks, as the name suggests, applied, treated, layered, and printed in various ways.
This set was minted before the NFT ethos as I understand it now was established: public art monetized through enthusiasts. I spent quite a bit of effort taking very high resolution scans of the originals, hosting them with IPFS, and minting the token with a lower res watermarked version that unlocks the download. This was a compromise for what I had actually wanted to do: a token which could be "spent" to receive the physical piece and thereafter would serve as a digital certificate of authenticity. As much as I try, I'm no programmer and I don't have the ability to write such a smart contract myself, so I rely on the various NFT platforms for functionality. As of yet, I haven't found a platform that can mint a token with exactly the features I'm looking for, but I'm optimistic.
Red/Graphite 12
The last original to be produced, the first NFT minted.
An old friend of mine (who actually owns a physical piece) asked me to mint a version for PoolTogether v3's week 1 prize pool. I sort of rushed through the steps, trying to get all the material together before the start date. As a result, this token is ERC-721 and not connected to the larger ERC-1155 collection.
Updated Oct 22, 2023
ya get it?
Updated Oct 10, 2023
Updated Nov 16, 2023
scroll back to your roots
I put this gallery together right at the infancy of Deca. It was composed for Tyler Hobbs' deca.nyc gallery competition. It didn't win, but I spent quite a lot of time thinking about the concept and lining things up, so here it is in perpetuity:
Updated Jul 4, 2023
Q W E R T Y
Tara Donovan
Tara Donovan is perhaps the most important and emblematic living process artist.
Her works bend ordinary objects and ideas into profound structures.
In collaboration with Digital Practice, Artblocks, and Pace Verso, QWERTY is her first NFT project
QWERTY #54 is a personal favorite and I think an excellent example of the series.
The underlying character is easily discernable, it even asks a question. The horizontal phase is so subtle one can only see it while squinting or from far away.
Staring into 54 is a meditation.
Updated Sep 17, 2023
