Description
fx(elevate) is a cry for parity within our community for underrepresented groups. It is released in conjunction with fx(fam) 003, our third community town hall. Like all my 2023 releases, previous collectors of my work may collect it for free. In fact, anyone may collect it for free. But, there is a catch. This is not intended as a fleeting show of generic support. It’s a personal challenge.
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to elevate the artist named in your edition. Here is how it works. Collect an edition and watch your new piece of art build. Open it in live mode and press R. The name of an artist will appear. This the artist you are asked to elevate. The artist names are from the two lists found on fxfeed.xyz: “women in genart” & “lgbtqia2s+ in genart” (see full list below). The names themselves are fx(hash) user names, facilitating easy location of their work.
How do you elevate? Here are some ideas:
. Explore the artist’s work, commit their name to memory, and watch for opportunities to support them
. Follow the artist on fxfeed and social media
. Post about and engage in discussions about the artist’s work on social media
. Take every opportunity to ask that the artist be included in events, panel discussions, podcasts, curated exhibits, newsletters, etc.
. Collect the artist’s work if you have the means
. List the work you’ve collected and help build the secondary market for the artist
. Explore fx(elevate) editions collected by others, commit the names of those artists to memory, elevate them, repeat.
If we draw attention to, and train our influence on, these important members of the fx(family), we will be the change!
The other major feature of the work is the palette. There are twelve choices, exposed as a feature, and each one is associated with an aspirational characteristic of our community. You can take up the challenge of emphasizing this characteristic in yet another way of elevating our shared goal.
This work could not have been completed without the support of the fx team and two wonderful members of our fx(hash) community, cari ann shim sham* and louis. My undying love and respect always.
Created by Wanda Oliver (wandaoliver.tez) in April, 2023.
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Dimensionless design responds to window size.
Interactions:
Press [R] in live mode to reveal the name of an artist to elevate.
Press [D] in live mode to download.
Press [S] in live mode to download a high resolution file suitable for printing. It can take a bit - please be patient.
Artists:
0rfula, Ada Ada Ada, Aeon Bloom, Aleksandra, AliaK, Ally, Alyssa Joines, Amanda Homem, Amber Vittoria, Amelia, Amy Goodchild, Ana Maria Caballero, Anna Lucia, Anna Carreras, aster1ai, Atelie 407.genart, aether, auniseiva, AutoEclectus, AydaEtb, Babara Ramos, Bandana, candevicmo, cari ann shim sham*, Casekimba, Cathy Burghi, catnips, Ce Vignolo, ChistAi, Ciput_GENART, crystalspaceshp, danielleking.tez, daratan, DehiscenceArt, DesignwithSarah, Devi Parikh, Dora Vlady, drawsbymv, Eliza SJ, ella, Elout de Kok, elsif, Emily Xie, Empress Trash, Estelle Flores, ExperiMentalnoise, Fabi Yamada, Faze, flight404, goldcat, Gyo, Henames.art, INA VARE, innadakota, IskraVelitchkova, Iteration__, Ivona Tau, jeres, jesshewitt, Jimena Buena Vida, Jojo Sunshine, Jolie Michel, jsliang, Julia V, krolcm, Kunio Okuizumi, Kusamehewa, la.agust, LadyTezos, levoontin.tez, Liam Egan, liasomething, linxirwengi, Lisa Orth, Lisa Sekaida, m5alien, mandybrigwell, mare-mon, Mariana JU, Medusa Iro, Melissa Wiederrecht, Minever, MinooK, nx0, Nadieh, Natalie.J, Negarnaderifard, NftEconomist, Nicole Vella, orbitanaut, Pixantle, QianqianYe, RalenArc, reona396, Reva, Rezva, sapirco, Sarah Ridgley, Sasha Stiles, se.nao.maja, Selisse, senbaku, sharla, Sollevera, sonylemon.tez, speginel, Stefj, SuLuLab, TAN-TAN, thesarahshow, trp_chai, Tyche, UBERMORGEN, V5MT, Victoria Crux, VidaV, violetforest, vocesferales, Wanda Oliver, Willow Pines, WizArtOfTez, Yasmin Senzi, Ziggo511.