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CryptoPong Participate, 2022 by Kvetny&Velasco Match #1 [23]

Creator

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Description

CryptoPong Participate fuses the past and present of gaming, as part of the CryptoPong exhibition at Nikolaj Kunsthal (DK). The CryptoPong Participate installation is created as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of one of the first computer games, Pong, which symbolises the beginning of the digital age – and whose significance on several levels is reflected in the installation. Games like Pong’s highly pixelated aesthetics bear some resemblance to the contemporary, popular NFTs and the now cultic CryptoPunks, which have played a central role in the spread of NFT as a phenomenon – hence the name CryptoPong. During the exhibition period, 50 unique CryptoPong Participate NFTs from the match #1 installation will be minted using an energy-efficient blockchain and transferred to the person that physically finds the same artwork on a ping-pong ball at the installation venue. The participant can then choose to keep a physical or virtual version of the artwork. If the person chooses to receive an NFT they deliver the ping-pong ball to the exhibition venue and receives further instructions. If any secondary sale, the 10% royalties will be given to future CryptoPong Participate installations. After the exhibition period all remaining NFTs and ping-pong balls will be donated to the artist-driven Museum of Nordic Digital Art - MoNDA. The goal is to have multiple CryptoPong Participate matches and that the installation will be touring to new art venues in different countries. The CryptoPong Participate installation is part of a larger exhibition (also named CryptoPong) about art on blockchain curated by Radar Contemporary. The installation can be experienced in Nikolaj Kunsthal’s (DK) Upper Gallery from September 16, 2022 to January 22, 2023.

Token

Contract: KT1EAK...s5LW
Token ID: 23