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Maxim Zhestkov: Exploring complexity within simplicity

April 20, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

As released on Superrare Editorial

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UPD: Due to some misunderstandings, misuse and cross-connection of high bidding Ethereum address with artist’s address the token has been burned by owner himself.

With hypnotic visuals and futuristic concepts, Maxim Zhestkov, for almost two decades, has posed questions about the nature of the physical and digital worlds. His works are virtual sculptures based on computer simulations and algorithms that exist in bespoke digital galleries, challenging the traditional importance of museums as places for the perception of art. At the core of Maxim’s artworks lies realism, as every project is based on algorithms that accurately capture the laws of nature.

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One of the pioneering artists in the realm of digital imagery, Zhestkov has been creating his computer worlds for over two decades. As the artist describes, his fascination with computer graphics began with the first computer that he got at the age of six, the moment when he found out that he can create multiple worlds with the help of new technologies.

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Experimenting with digital illustration as a teen, Maxim decided to study architecture and graphic design at university to learn more about visual arts and to integrate this knowledge into his practice. From 2D worlds, Maxim became interested in three-dimensional artificial universes, and, since then, 3D graphics and motion continue to be his main media for self-expression.

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For Zhestkov, his work was always about decoding the real world with the help of digital tools. Having started his practice in the 2000s, the artist did not have access to 3D tools that were developed later and that have laws of physics incorporated into their algorithms. To get closer to reality, Zhestkov conducted experiments with real-world objects, examined their motion, and, using this information, animated digital objects manually. This hacking approach was defining for digital artists of that era, such as demo-scene artists, who were pushing forward the possibilities of their computer, modifying the software to create unusual visual and sound effects.

Another characterising trait of Zhestkov’s pieces is their totality. The artist is responsible for every aspect of the work — abstract computer simulations that serve as his main characters, architecture, and sound. Compounding different media, Zhestkov constructs experiences with close attention to every detail and makes every seemingly insignificant thing an important part of his vision and story.

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Published on SuperRare is Zhestkov’s project Layers, was released in 2018. It is a two-minute film, which explores the theme of differences between our perception of things and their true nature. Layers features monolithic digital sculptures that get dissected by invisible forces, transforming from brutalist black blocks to complex shapes that are full of color and movement on the inside.

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The artist uses the simplest three-dimensional forms — spheres, pyramids, and prisms — to cut through them and reveal their inner colourful layers, juxtaposing silent and almost featureless exteriors of sculptures with their vibrant and vivid interiors. With slow and hypnotising movement and elaborate camera motion, Zhestkov creates a universal depiction of uncovering the truth, hidden beneath the surface and requiring a closer look.

For the artist, his work is an exploration of the laws of nature that rule every system in our universe, elementary or sophisticated, predictable or chaotic. His abstract approach and attention to detail result in artworks that can be interpreted in various ways and are aesthetically flawless. Each aspect of each work is controlled by the artist, including sound and environments for his digital sculptures, so every Zhestkov’s project is an immersive experience that erases the boundaries between architecture, 3D design, music, and cinematography.

April 20, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin /Source
NFT, Maxim Zhestkov
2021

III by Nikita Popkov

April 14, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021
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experimental short III

DP/ art director: Nikita Popkov
cg supervisor/ art director: Andrew Dree @dree85

production: Panorama @panorama.prod
production/ post production: BrothersLab @brotherslab

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producer: Michael Nadalyak
music/ sound design/ sfx: TVCULTURE
agency: The Bro Models
makeup: Luize Stare
stylist: Anatoly Ksenofontov
assistant: Dan Kochkin
1AC: Marts Indriķis Zunde
loader: Denis Sorogin
gaffer: Mark Kadek
laboratory: Studio-Equipe
edit: Nikita Popkov

April 14, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
2021
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Designcollector - 18!

April 13, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

“Remember why you started”

In 2002, after few successful graphic design students exhibitions I curated during my study, and several commercial websites, I decide to move on and fulfil my dream to run personal website.

2003 - 2005 look

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During next few years I’ve run Designcollector on a pioneer CMS Drupal being the first Drupaler in Russia and monitoring the official forum for developers together with their founders.

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I have dedicated myself to review Russian creative scene in all its finest and had a several publications including the break-through article made for Smashing Magazine about Russian Web Design that has changed a lot of careers and even helped to established few leading agencies

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It was 2008 and 2009 a breaking point in my dedication to Designcollector when I first visited OFFF Festival and became an official media partner of it. In 2009 I decided to run “Designcollector 6” - a first collaboration with artists dedicated to our 6th anniversary with guerrilla-drop of stickers and pins during OFFF 2009.

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It was 2010 when I released the first ever catalogues of Russian illustrators featuring 100+ artists in two big books that are still available via Amazon and Blurb. Then I released the fist Designcollector printed Magazine having a lot of interviews and collaborations with selected artist including Sara Blake doing a cover on Oleg Dou.

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Between 2010 and 2012 I was the first Behance Ambassador in Russia promoting the platform and organising first offline meetups with creative people in Saint Petersburg and Moscow with the help of a lot partners and friends

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That was 2011 a turning point in my speaker career when OFFF Festival invited me, Vladimir Tomin and Evgeny Kiselev to showcase Top Russian Motion and Graphic design. Later same year we received our first ever FWA Award for the iPad version of Designcollector Magazine created with Fiodor Sumkin. The FWA is celebrating 21 years this May!

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In 2013, to celebrate 10 years of Designcollector I decided to run a dedicated platform for digital art collaborations and exhibitions. With the help of Hector Ayuso, OFFF festival founder, and support from Depositphotos I curated competition and then exhibition during OFFF 2013 festival.

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During the same year I was invited to judge European Design Awards that I am still doing with a great pleasure. At the end of the year I was invited by them to speak about Russian Motion Designers during Filmteractive Festival 2013 with the showcase compiled by Alex Frukta

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In 2014 the team behind IKRA Education Center managed to hold first ever Russian OFFF on Tour Festival in Saint Petersburg. Following up their message “Give me a Future” we ran a competition on Digital Decade supported by Depositphotos and best work joined OFFF SPB in July. This was a first time also we did a digital version of the gallery in VR.
At the end of the year I was invited to Digitized 2014 Conference in Athens to represent Russian Creative Startups including Glitche App and Readymag

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In 2015 I was invited by OFFF Russia to make an art direction of festival identity we created with Nord Collective (Vladimir Tomin and Alex Frukta). OFFF Russia festival took place at Mail.ru workspace 10-11 of October 2015 in Moscow.

Same year in Barcelona I curated a massive collaboration for Digital Decade “His Majesty the Glitch” calling up amazing artists and showcasing best works during OFFF 2015.

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In 2015 my speaker experience paid off and I was invited to travel to magic Argentina to represent Russian Creative community during Trimarchi Festival in southern city of Mar del Plata. This was the most impressive experience I’ve ever had, speaking in-front of 8K stadium with 10 minutes ovation and after party with design legends like Lance Wyman and Carl Sprague. The showcase video was again compiled by Alex Frukta.

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Digital Decade Exhibitions

In 2016 I partnered with Sedition Art Platform and The FWA to become guest curator on both platforms.
In summer I was brave enough to curate and coordinate first standalone exhibition of Digital Decade in London in a gallery we hired with the help of Depositphotos. Digital Decade 4 “There is No Planet B” was a great challenge for selected artist and competition winners. The whole show won’t happen without a team of LUWA, Youth World Wide, and of course Underdog Gallery London

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Starting in January 2017 till the release date in August I did the biggest ever show in my life featuring 50 artists with 10 partners and a huge win of Ugly Duck Gallery London grant win. That was Digital Decade Cyberia - I teamed up with the leading creative platforms Ello Network and Curioos to bring 35 digital artists together engaged in creating print artworks to take a part in a London exhibition. One third of these artists made a cut from a huge shortlist selected by the prominent Jury during “Ello x Digital Decade” Open Call. Another addition to upcoming event is a new challenge made together with Sedition Art Platform that will feature the work of selected video artists. Also a number of interactive and phygital artists to join the exhibition to create an immersive atmosphere.

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In 2018 I have teamed up with FutureFest in London organised by NESTA to be a part of their conference during the hot July days in Tobacco Docks, London opened for two days of discussions, debates, performances and immersive experiences exploring alternative futures and innovative solutions to the challenges that lay ahead.
With the help of Ello Network and Curioos we managed to setup a pop-up gallery of Digital Decade Future Selves artworks and provide a strong competition with the winner you are all already know - Maalavida

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During 2019 I travelled a lot (like I did we knew what 2020 can bring us) and due to my work schedule had not produced any activity but instead was a part of Elements Talk conference and European Design Awards in Warsaw, meeting people in London within my side activities as art mediator on my self-initiated Instagram @artfrontrow

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Digital Decade 2020 Special Edition

Digital Decade SE (Special Edition) 2020 was our first virtual show happening entirely online. In 2020, digital media have become a significant part of our lives, bringing everyday challenges and new opportunities in all layers of our global society. Nobody’s left behind by this whirlpool of change. There is no doubt that the influence of digital media has provided much food for thought for artists. Together with Sedition Art London we ran a virtual group show inside online gallery through the whole lockdown summer

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2021

We survived 2020 and went into our full blossom 18 years of online existence! Should I mention NFT is a biggest surprise of the recent era? Yes, and we are all in, helping our artists (can you imagine we collaborated with 150+ since then?) to find their voice inside a cacophony of Crypto Renaissance. Recently we teamed up with the leading platform Superrare and helping them with curation and edtiorial

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It won’t be complete without sharing our funny NFT work that you may purchase to support our further journey and dedication to art, and help us to promote new artists

And “remember why you started”!

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Yours truly,

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April 13, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
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2021
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Top 10 Picks

Designcollector x Superrare

Superrare: Top 10 Picks by Designcollector, April

April 08, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

Designcollector (Arseny Vesnin) is a guest contributor on Superrare Editorial, leading NFT Art Platform on the crypto art scene. Here is my selection of Top 10 artist trading on the platform this week (April 2021)

Original Article on Superrare

 

Flora Borsi - Sneaky

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DC: You’re already a successful and well established artist, what made you pursue NFT art as a medium?
FB: NFT is the most exciting thing I’ve ever seen! I’m so happy to see artists who made art just for fun and for their followers are selling for thousands of dollars! Somehow with my moving imagery I couldn’t fit into Photography nor Digital Art, so NFT was the perfect solution for me to monetize my Animations

 

David Åberg, Ultra – Fusion version one

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DC: Tell us a little about your work 

DA: Back in 2015, I created “Ultra – Fusion”, a seven minutes long animated loop. It was my follow-up project to Zombierina and my second sculpture after I’ve decided to focus more on the aspect of sculpting and sculpture in virtual space, rather than doing character animation. Being able to delve into form, light, texture, and materiality with all its artificial intensity was a very appealing experience for me. Now six years later Ultra – Fusion making Its way onto the blockchain through a non-fungible token, or NFT.

 

Dimitri Daniloff - Daft Punk Series

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DC: What inspired the work in your first NFT drop? 

DD: The first NFT drop will be the series I shot with Daft Punk for Lemon Magazine. 6 images in single edition, no other copies have been sold until now and no other copies will be sold. These images will only remain in the blockchain. When thinking about Daft Punk I had this coming to mind: Does the intervention of machines / masks on our bodies enable us to get closer to whom we truly are? So I proposed the magazine to shoot them integrating a 3D cyborg woman into the existing pictures, thus proposing my own vision of an augmented human being. For the little story the cover was a Daft Punk tribute to David Bowie “Heroes” album cover. But I recently discovered on the net that a few years later, in 2014, David Bowie shared the photo on his FaceBook account during the London Music Week Award. And magazines published the image the next day saying that he was wearing Daft Punk’s helmet. But I can confirm it wasn’t him but the Daft Punk. 

 

Symbiosis by Thisset and Nikita Replyanski

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DC: Is it important to you to be a part of a creative community of people?

ST: The audience feedback is very important for me as an artist. And not only from like-minded people and other artists but from strangers and admirers. As I dedicated the main part of my life to photography art it is important for me to be a part of the community and find new sources of inspiration, and to be the same for others, and to earn for living. That’s why I follow trends, communicate with followers and clients and run collaborations. 

Personal Informational Organism by Aristarkh Chernyshev

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DC: Tell as a little about PiO? 

AC: PiO – Your personal informational organism, inseparable friend and adviser. It is your personal trainer, doctor or even a guardian angel. A team of dozens of bioengineers, neuroprogrammers, biochemists, pharmacists, immunologists, biochip and cutting-edge software developers worked in laboratories to build an organism capable of providing all your needs for information, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, security, and even needs that you don’t know you have yet. Forget about the constant search for a charger, you no longer need wires! This new, unusual device is a hybrid of a leech and a smartphone; it feeds on the blood of the owner, thereby maintaining its working capability: simultaneously it collects medical data (e.g.,monitoring heart rate and blood pressure, carrying out blood tests) and if necessary, it can synthesize various substances, such as insulin, and introduce them into the blood of the owner. Dare to wear it? 

 

The Blooming Piece by Dmitry Melnukoff

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DC: What is the idea behind this work? 

DM: This animation is influenced by the events in May, 2020. We live in a great time where people have all the means to live a full and safe life, so we must not let our basic instincts take over. I’m against any violence, both by the police and by the demonstrators. Only love and kindness can make the world better and the people stronger. 

 

The Awakening by Saad Moosajee

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DC: What inspired the work in your first NFT drop? 

SM: My genesis piece for SuperRare is my first ever NFT, it’s also the first instalment in my new series ‘Verses’. It explores the afterlife, reimagining classical paintings with an emphasis towards South Asian futurism and the surreal. 
I am interested in the potential of 3D animation, digital representation, and the Metaverse to create diverse futures that act as modern historical reenactments and rewritings. ‘Verses’ questions the European view of classical painting through highly dimensional, futuristic tableaus focused towards digital humans of color. 

 

Gaderel by Pokras Lampas with Dmitry Melnukoff

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DC: Tell us more about the concept behind this great work 

PL: {Guild of the Fallen} is the upcoming NFT project dedicated to the artistic view on myths and legends of fallen angels. The first angel is Gaderel and all other angels to be released later this year. Gaderel is cast down from heaven to earth by higher powers, and is frozen in the atmosphere in a dramatic moment of triumph when some Gods win over others. Between heaven and hell, an angel reaches its genesis. The Awakening is the first chapter in the ‘Verses’ collection, a digital mythology born out of moving chiaroscuro paintings. Each piece is realised through bespoke motion capture, animation and 3D lighting techniques. This work is a part of collaboration with Dmitri Melnukoff.

 

Love Spell by Sasha Katz

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DC: Speechless.. 

SK: Indeed, because it was inspired by the Aphrodite ritual performed on a full moon. The purpose of the ritual is awakening of self love and acceptance and celebrating feminine sensuality and beauty. Note it! 🙂 

 

Great Basin Skate Heaven by Grif

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DC: This is a great piece from your Equinox collection. Tell us about it 

SG: We follow a skater as they perform tricks and stunts in a skaters paradise, located in the Utah Great Basin. The idyllic sunset scene bears witness to the transfer of energy between this floral figure and the contrasting graffiti-soaked concrete environment beneath. The figure, acting as a catalyst, pollinates the park causing nature to reclaim the concrete.

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Interview with Flora Borsi

March 31, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

Arseny Vesnin (Twitter: @designercollector), founder of Designcollector Network (2003) and curator of the Digital Decade initiatives, exhibitions and online collaborations. Interdisciplinary mediator guiding artists and communicating the future of art. Based in St.Petersburg, Russia.

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Flora is a young fine art photographer from Hungary. She uses exquisite photo manipulation to create surreal images that are thematically focused on identity, relationships, emotions and dreams. Her immaculate technique and subtle conceptual ideas create beautiful evocations of universal emotions, from lust and desire to despair and loss. Flora at once captures the complex strength and fragility of the human psyche. She expertly visualises dark fantasies and atmospheric dreams, utilising the uncanny and clever metaphor, while unlocking what it means to think, feel, dream and express in the urban world.

Her work often features the female body and she plays with hiding and revealing the eyes or face to leave only the feminine form, exploring questions of female representation and the relationship between body and self. We speak to her during her first drop on Superrare

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Flora Borsi

Self-taught multimedia addict, doing self-portraits for more than a decade

What was your path to doing what you’re doing now?

Everything led to what I’m doing right now, I tried to do UI design and coding when I was younger, but that didn’t make me happy. Since a very young age I've been interested in Photoshop and photo-manipulations, I won my first camera at 15 and since then I’m doing self-portraits. I wanted to create something immortal, which is Art. I’ve had many obstacles, since digital art and photoshop-portraits are still new and weren't accepted in art communities in Hungary. Years later with the help of the Internet I made projects where I gained a lot of international attention and turned my passion into the main source of my income.

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When you were growing up, was creativity part of your life, and how did you decide to focus on photo-manipulation?

Since I was a little kid I’ve been creating drawings or something creative with every tool I had. I tried to go to a “normal” high-school with a drawing faculty, but skipped many classes and stayed home doing self-portraits with my camera and Photoshop. For me it was obvious that I want to do this on a professional level, so I went to a University where I got my Bachelor of Arts in Photography. 

        

Did you feel different at the time you realised yourself as an artist?

In Hungary people don’t like to call themselves “Artist” it’s like being very arrogant, so I haven’t had the opportunity to consider myself as being one. I’m just doing what I like and if others think it’s art, then I’m happy about that.

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Did you have an “Aha!” moment when you knew that photography was what you wanted to do?

Honestly I couldn’t think about doing anything else, it was like predestined for me. 

 

You created an outstanding series of work “Animeyed” that had a lot of response, reaction and even copycats. Was it a breaking point in your career? How does it influence your way of doing work now?

That was absolutely a big milestone for me! Before that I had some popular projects, but Animeyed was the big break-through for me, I got a lot of invitations to exhibit world-wide, which helped me to be financially free.

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Do you collaborate with other artists?

Usually I don’t, whenever I tried it wasn’t successful, haha. In my opinion it’s very hard for two strong-willed artists to agree and collaborate. 

 

As a creative person, do you ever have those moments where you feel like everything you create is just shit?

All the time. Sometimes I think that all I do is just meaningless and couldn’t be as good as other artists’ work. Then a few days later some good news comes in and then I’m fine, like even if I don’t like what I did - others do. 

 

Have you taken any big risks to move forward?

I did! I was invited to be a teacher in the US many times, but I stayed and rather created new pieces. Somehow I’m freaking out of the thought that I’m chained to something, for years, every day.

Are your family and friends supportive of what you do? Who has encouraged you the most?

They are. My Dad did teach the basics of photography and encouraged and supported me when I needed him. I have a lot of haters in my country and before I got popular they made mean comments almost every time I released something. I still remember having almost the worst grade in Photoshop Class at the University and a few months later being invited to do the Splash Screen for Photoshop. That teacher later came to me and while he was congratulating - he said that he always knew I’m good in Photoshop, lol! At my University I did quit for like 3 times because of that mindset, but my family and friends helped me to overcome the haters or emotional issues I was having.

Did you have a mentor? Who was it and how did they inspire you?

Like I mentioned before, it was my Dad who taught many things in Photography and showed other artists’ work when I was at the very beginning of my career. When I was around 12-13, we usually sat in the front of Youtube and he explained later how that studio/camera setup was made. We used a lot of papers and I shed a lot of tears haha (I didn’t understand the math stuff for months). 

 

Is it important to you to be a part of a creative community of people?

Indeed! I love to see others making amazing stuff, it’s so inspiring! It’s also amazing to see that people I know creating artworks which will be on display 100 years from now as something famous and ground-breaking from this era.

 

You’re already a successful and well established artist, what made you pursue NFT art as a medium?

NFT is the most exciting thing I’ve ever seen! I’m so happy to see artists who made art just for fun and for their followers are selling for thousands of dollars! Somehow with my moving imagery I couldn’t fit into Photography nor Digital Art, so NFT was the perfect solution for me to monetize my Animations.

 

What inspired the work in your first NFT drop? 

Seeing other artists on twitter winning. 

 

What are your short plans for the next NFT drop?

I want to work on some old PSDs and animate them. Before NFT animating my works was just for fun, but now I see why I should do it. I’m very excited how the NFT world would take it.

 

What advice would you give to someone starting out?

Be okay with yourself enough to fail and then start again.

 

If you could go back and do one thing differently, what would it be?

I would go back and laugh on people who told me to stop what I’m doing. :D I still remember that one time I went to a portfolio review, printing all my work for a lot of money and showing it to a “famous” curator. She said I should stop doing Photoshop and do only Photography, because what I do cannot be taken seriously. I remember crying and being very insecure and hurt. I felt something inside me which was all against her opinion and I continued with what I felt like was my path and my true authentic self through creating those self-portraits. Many times I thought about creating less colorful, more minimal artworks but that would be forcing a style which I’m not - just to be accepted and fit into the current trends, so I said F it, I will do what my “sixth sense” is telling me to do.

 

Do you have any unrealised or unfinished projects?

I have many. I’m frustrated many times for not having more hands or sleeping less so I could create day and night for months to realize what I have in mind. 

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March 31, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
Flora Borsi, NFT
2021
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Personal Information Organism by Aristarkh Chernyshev

March 29, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021
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Russian artist Aristarkh Chernyshev joined the recent crypto revolution and released his unique video work on Superrare

Personal Information Organism

We are waiting for @Aristarkh1 drop on @SuperRare , and you?#superrare #designcollector #artistarkhchernyshev pic.twitter.com/e9EZvccaHy

— Designcollector Network 💎 (@designcollector) March 28, 2021
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PiO - Your personal informational organism. PiO - Your inseparable friend and adviser. PiO - Your personal trainer. PiO - Your personal doctor. PiO - Your guardian angel A team of dozens of bioengineers, neuroprogrammers, biochemists, pharmacists, immunologists, biochip and cutting-edge software developers worked in laboratories to build an organism capable of providing all your needs for information, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, security, and even needs that you don’t know you have yet. Forget about the constant search for a charger, you no longer need wires!

This new, unusual device is a hybrid of a leech and a smartphone; it feeds on the blood of the owner, thereby maintaining its working capability: simultaneously it collects medical data (e.g.,monitoring heart rate and blood pressure, carrying out blood tests); if necessary, it can synthesize various substances, such as insulin, and introduce them into the blood of the owner. All the data collected is integrated into a single cloud-based data system about your health. It includes data obtained in other institutions, private clinics, dentists’ offices and other specialists. The data is analyzed by the latest self-learning software based on artificial intelligence.

The result of this analysis is a regular Update, which is sent to PiO, and it, in turn, produces the necessary substances in its body and injects them into your bloodstream. We have added two eye-cameras in the updated version so that you can make video calls and participate in video chats and conferences. Thus, your body is under constant unobtrusive observation and gentle care, and your mind is always in touch with the information universe!

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March 29, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
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2021
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Symbiosis by Thisset

March 26, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021
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Russian artist and resident of our Digital Decade - Slava Thisset, has been a recent addition to Superrare platform. For his debut drop Slava collaborates with another phygital artist Nikita Replyanski who was featured by us on Superrare Editorial earlier this month. We are happy to see more Russian NFT artists joining top platforms and bring a new sense of digital art worldwide. Interview with artist is coming next week!

Making of

Making-of featuring the real printed mask by @n_replyanski @thissset @SuperRare https://t.co/KtCOFUAAHj pic.twitter.com/rzD4uOHI7h

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Heart Murmurs by Sasha Katz

March 23, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021
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Talented artist Sasha Katz released her new drop on Superrare and shared some thoughts with us:

DC: What inspired the work in your current NFT drop? 

SK: I once read that heart murmurs sound like a pleased cat resting on your chest. It seemed so poetic to me and I interpreted it in the shades of a nacre.

DC: What are your short plans for the next NFT drop?

SK: This is going to be an Ode to Aphrodite. Dropping on March 30

DC: If you could go back and do one thing differently, what would it be?

SK: I would not smoke that cigarette

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March 23, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
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2021
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Record NFT Gurl sold by artful Womxn duo

March 22, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

The #boiz and #gurlz collections are a series of unique sculpted collectible avatars. The original #boi was dreamed in VR by mother and artist LIŔONA while the original #gurlz are mostly given into the collaborations with other womxn artists. Each represents a different archetype of a genderless creature in the Metaverse

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Little did LIŔONA and Lisa Odette expected their collaborative work became a first womxn art beating the record sales (150ETH) on Rarible NFT Platform. We spoke to Lisa and asked to share her thoughts on everything around the new movement, the new era.

Lisa Odette

DC: What was your path to doing what you’re doing now?

LO: I always liked to draw, that made my path pretty straight in terms of what I want to do for a living. Studied graphic design, the specialised in motion graphics, worked for a few agencies and decided to take a leap and learn 3D, it felt right from the start. Always thought that the projects I created for my 3D portfolio were too personal in style, and now that is what helps me to bee seen in the NFT art movement. I discovered about NFTs about a month ago and I felt so inspired that I wanted to take part right away, not only because of the financial aspect, but because of the possibility of being free to create without having in mind that maybe my style won't fit design studios.

DC: Is it important to you to be a part of a creative community of people?

LO: Being part of this community is very important for me, it brings me back memories from when I was a teenager uploading drawing to Deviant Art, the spirit is full of joy and optimist, also it give me the opportunity to interact and collaborate with so many artist, and also to discover new ones.

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DC: What inspired the work in your current NFT collaboration?

LO: I feel very honoured to have collaborated with Liron, she invited me to participate in the first #gurl of her series, by bringing some more feminine shapes to the #boi, was a very fun experience and I can't wait to collaborate in more projects with her and other incredible artists and designers.

DC: What are your short plans for the next NFT drop?

LO: I have been busy finishing some freelance works but now I'm ready to create new Pieces, some of them are going to be new collabs that  I'm very excited about and I also want to make my ladies animated, and level up in terms of my art.

DC: What advice would you give to someone starting out especially from gurls community?

LO: My advice if you are just starting with NFT is to get into the Twitter community and take part of it. Also show genuine interest in others and show your art to the world in order to be seen.

DC: If you could go back and do one thing differently, what would it be?

LO: I will not chance any part of my path in order to get where I am now. I have struggled with work, financially, I have doubted my abilities and stopped creating for a while, but in the end every step, even the sloppy ones got me here.

DC: Do you have any unrealised or unfinished projects?

LO: I have a bunch of unfinished projects, that normally I do in my free time between freelance works. Now I can focus on them and maybe they will be suitable as NFTs.

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March 22, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
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2021
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Mars House

by Krista Kim

Krista Kim on NFT 2.0, future and Mars House

March 19, 2021 by Arseny Vesnin in 2021

In a wake of recent mega drop and successful sale of Krista’s Mars House we asked her to share the thoughts on NFT 2.0, the future of art and the development of new initiatives with her current collector and partner Art On Internet

 
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NFT 2.0

The current NFT marketing is very early and limited in its capability and parameters.  The NFT can go beyond a work on your computer screen.  The next generation will be programmable, 3D digital assets that you can mint and buy in real time AR.  The world will be interfaced in AR, through an app called Superworld, which allows us to purchase virtual real estate based on actual real estate, so we are all experiencing same AR phenomena in real time.  Art will be displayed as virtual 3D pieces, sold for homes, outdoor spaces, but they can also float in the sky or be placed in our heads.  We will adorn our bodies, our personal space, with digital accessories and fashion that reacts to our moods, our words... the future will be very creative and self expressive. 

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Mars House

Mars House is a sneak peak to the future, as the first 3D digital home that can be experienced as an immersive experience in AR.  Currently, it can be uploaded to Decentraland, but within one year, it can be an AR skin for your real house and you can invite your friends to enjoy it too.  The possibilities are endless for creatives.  

NFTart for Social Good

I believe the NFT art market has a unique opportunity to become a vehicle for social good.  We made a record sale for Mars House for over $500,000, and Jeff Schroeder and I agreed that the majority of funds would go to the Continuum Foundation, which will support our world tour of sound and light healing installations for mental health and well being.  Our collector, @artoninternet, wanted a collaborative relationship with us to make a contribution to society by creating positive change in the world through his purchase of Mars House, and we are making it happen. 

This new model of social capital investment through the purchase of NFT art as is one that I hope, will become a model for others to follow. It could only exist in the NFT art market because the traditional art market intermediaries take 50% profits from an art sale and that limits the artist’s ability to create projects for the community.  

Everybody wins: the collector has a beautiful new artwork that appreciates in value,  the artist is empowered to create meaningful projects for the community, and the community experiences greater wellbeing and unity.  With greater adoption, which movement has the potential to create a new cultural renaissance.

March 19, 2021 /Arseny Vesnin
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