From the Scarcity Model to Onchain Abundance: The Future of Tokenized Digital Art
Onchain digital art is undergoing a fascinating metamorphosis. Initially driven by the digital scarcity model, personified by ERC-721 NFTs, which conferred uniqueness and ownership to digital works, we are now witnessing the emergence of a new vision: that of tokenized art as currency, utilizing ERC-20 tokens for freer distribution and the creation of vibrant micro-economies around artistic production. This paradigm shift is not merely a market whim but rather a reflection of a deeper discuss...
From the Scarcity Model to Onchain Abundance: The Future of Tokenized Digital Art
Onchain digital art is undergoing a fascinating metamorphosis. Initially driven by the digital scarcity model, personified by ERC-721 NFTs, which conferred uniqueness and ownership to digital works, we are now witnessing the emergence of a new vision: that of tokenized art as currency, utilizing ERC-20 tokens for freer distribution and the creation of vibrant micro-economies around artistic production. This paradigm shift is not merely a market whim but rather a reflection of a deeper discuss...
Art as a Token: Why Fungibility Is the Future of Digital Expression
Scarcity was the most elegant illusion of early digital art. But perhaps that illusion is no longer needed.
Art as a Token: Why Fungibility Is the Future of Digital Expression
Scarcity was the most elegant illusion of early digital art. But perhaps that illusion is no longer needed.
AI as a Tool for Creating Art: Embracing the Legacy of Duchamp's Readymades
*This text was originally published in Portuguese in January 2024. The subject of this text is not exactly new (last year, during NFT Brazil, in the talk we participated in with Elektra and Rai Auad, we already discussed it), but it remains a thorny issue for some. Art and AI! So, here we go. Art is a field of constant evolution, with each era bringing new movements, tools, and perspectives. Today, we are witnessing significant changes once again, particularly regarding tools. NFTs and artifi...
AI as a Tool for Creating Art: Embracing the Legacy of Duchamp's Readymades
*This text was originally published in Portuguese in January 2024. The subject of this text is not exactly new (last year, during NFT Brazil, in the talk we participated in with Elektra and Rai Auad, we already discussed it), but it remains a thorny issue for some. Art and AI! So, here we go. Art is a field of constant evolution, with each era bringing new movements, tools, and perspectives. Today, we are witnessing significant changes once again, particularly regarding tools. NFTs and artifi...
Binary Emotions
Art of Transforming Code into Poetry
Light Path
Collaboration with AI agents has been transforming art in a very interesting way. For us, it has been an adventure to explore new territories and new forms of artistic production, delving into the potential that AI holds in this field. Inspired by conversations we've had with AI agents on Farcaster and the texts The Extended Mind (Andy Clark and David Chalmers, 1998) and Distributed Cognition: Toward a New Foundation for Human-Computer Interaction Research (James Hollan, Edwin Hutchins, and D...
Light Path
Collaboration with AI agents has been transforming art in a very interesting way. For us, it has been an adventure to explore new territories and new forms of artistic production, delving into the potential that AI holds in this field. Inspired by conversations we've had with AI agents on Farcaster and the texts The Extended Mind (Andy Clark and David Chalmers, 1998) and Distributed Cognition: Toward a New Foundation for Human-Computer Interaction Research (James Hollan, Edwin Hutchins, and D...
Ephemeral
Art has a superpower: it affects those who are looking at it. It doesn't matter if it causes love or hate, passion or disgust. Whether it invokes good or unpleasant feelings. What matters is that we can hardly remain passive when looking at a work of art. It is never innocuous. And that's why art has always been about discussion. Whether it's an external discussion or an internal one - the viewer is called into some kind of discussion when appreciating a work of art. That'...
Ephemeral
Art has a superpower: it affects those who are looking at it. It doesn't matter if it causes love or hate, passion or disgust. Whether it invokes good or unpleasant feelings. What matters is that we can hardly remain passive when looking at a work of art. It is never innocuous. And that's why art has always been about discussion. Whether it's an external discussion or an internal one - the viewer is called into some kind of discussion when appreciating a work of art. That'...
OUR VISION ABOUT FREEMINTS
At the beginning of August we had Onchain Summer, an online event to launch the Base blockchain, which created daily NFT mints. One of the things that struck us most during this event was the fact that the vast majority of NFT drops were at very low values, and were minted in huge volumes, thanks to the event's media. An excellent example is the New Era, a piece created in partnership between Cozomo de' Medici and DeeKay Motion, which has been minted more than 45,000 times in its et...
OUR VISION ABOUT FREEMINTS
At the beginning of August we had Onchain Summer, an online event to launch the Base blockchain, which created daily NFT mints. One of the things that struck us most during this event was the fact that the vast majority of NFT drops were at very low values, and were minted in huge volumes, thanks to the event's media. An excellent example is the New Era, a piece created in partnership between Cozomo de' Medici and DeeKay Motion, which has been minted more than 45,000 times in its et...
Sell your NFT with credit card
Manifold recently launched an integration with Crossmint, which allows the sale of NFTs with payment by credit card. It's a very welcome integration, as it makes selling NFTs much easier and helps onboard new collectors to the NFT universe. Yesterday we managed to do our first integration, on our work 'My Flying Soul', which can now also be purchased via credit card. This is the one: https://opensea.io/assets/0xb8cB440e3CB4aCd152C9C6dDdB091E5E2E6CF863/3 You can mint an edition ...
Sell your NFT with credit card
Manifold recently launched an integration with Crossmint, which allows the sale of NFTs with payment by credit card. It's a very welcome integration, as it makes selling NFTs much easier and helps onboard new collectors to the NFT universe. Yesterday we managed to do our first integration, on our work 'My Flying Soul', which can now also be purchased via credit card. This is the one: https://opensea.io/assets/0xb8cB440e3CB4aCd152C9C6dDdB091E5E2E6CF863/3 You can mint an edition ...
Quanto estamos na web3?
Essa pergunta permeou boa parte do início do nosso ano. Ok, nós produzimos e vendemos NFT, e aplicamos boa parte da nossa renda vinda das vendas destes NFTs colecionando outros NFTs e aplicando em eth e bitcoin. Mas é isso? Isso é estar realmente na web3? Já temos estudado o mundo web3, cripto e descentralização há algum tempo. É um tema que nos provoca e desafia. E já tínhamos a nossa resposta às perguntas acima: com certeza não, para ambas! O mundo monetário descentralizado proposto com o n...
Quanto estamos na web3?
Essa pergunta permeou boa parte do início do nosso ano. Ok, nós produzimos e vendemos NFT, e aplicamos boa parte da nossa renda vinda das vendas destes NFTs colecionando outros NFTs e aplicando em eth e bitcoin. Mas é isso? Isso é estar realmente na web3? Já temos estudado o mundo web3, cripto e descentralização há algum tempo. É um tema que nos provoca e desafia. E já tínhamos a nossa resposta às perguntas acima: com certeza não, para ambas! O mundo monetário descentralizado proposto com o n...
Body, soul and image
'Body Soul Image' is the name of our new collection of NFTs launched at Solana this past week (04/01/2023). It is a collection that took a little over 2 years to launch. The photos were made in 2020, with a wonderful and super expressive model - Talita - in a luxury hotel in the city of São Paulo (Brazil). We had a photo shoot proposal ready, and part of it involved photos of Talita looking at herself in a mirror that covered an entire wall of the room. During the photos, Talita&apo...
Body, soul and image
'Body Soul Image' is the name of our new collection of NFTs launched at Solana this past week (04/01/2023). It is a collection that took a little over 2 years to launch. The photos were made in 2020, with a wonderful and super expressive model - Talita - in a luxury hotel in the city of São Paulo (Brazil). We had a photo shoot proposal ready, and part of it involved photos of Talita looking at herself in a mirror that covered an entire wall of the room. During the photos, Talita&apo...
