The name itself seems to have emerged half jokingly.
“𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ‘𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡’ ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑔𝑙”
“𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑡 𝐺𝑎𝑦 𝑁𝐹𝑇”
“𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑...”
Meme quickly became shorthand. “Avant/Gay” seems to reframe what avant-garde means in a digital native art world. Where “avant-garde” once described the vanguard of modernism, the “gay” twist signals camp, chaos, excess, refusal to conform to any clean lineage..?
Nothing to do with sexual exclusivity... It’s a posture, an attitude, a way of being in art...
👉🏾 Excessive where others are restrained?...
👉🏾 Unserious where others chase seriousness?...
👉🏾 Resistant to tidy categories?...
Avant/Gay NFTs mark a fork from both the polished fine art lane of Ethereum and the finance heavy meme lanes of crypto culture.
The term itself is both joke and manifesto. Ridicule and call to action. Born out of banter, but crystallising a movement that thrives precisely in being hard to pin down.
The name itself seems to have emerged half jokingly.
“𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ‘𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡’ ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦 𝑔𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑔𝑙”
“𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑡 𝐺𝑎𝑦 𝑁𝐹𝑇”
“𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑...”
Meme quickly became shorthand. “Avant/Gay” seems to reframe what avant-garde means in a digital native art world. Where “avant-garde” once described the vanguard of modernism, the “gay” twist signals camp, chaos, excess, refusal to conform to any clean lineage..?
Nothing to do with sexual exclusivity... It’s a posture, an attitude, a way of being in art...
👉🏾 Excessive where others are restrained?...
👉🏾 Unserious where others chase seriousness?...
👉🏾 Resistant to tidy categories?...
Avant/Gay NFTs mark a fork from both the polished fine art lane of Ethereum and the finance heavy meme lanes of crypto culture.
The term itself is both joke and manifesto. Ridicule and call to action. Born out of banter, but crystallising a movement that thrives precisely in being hard to pin down.
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One of the quiet downsides of blockchains (especially in the context of art) is how good they are at making transactions easy. This sounds like praise, and often it is framed that way. Frictionless markets. Global access. Instant liquidity. No gatekeepers. All true... And also deeply consequential in ways the NFT space hasn’t fully reckoned with. Historically, art didn’t become valuable because it was easy to buy. 𝑰𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒍...
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𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇. A Dratini (a faithful companion, a symbol of gentleness) lies dead. The world it leaves behind is grey and empty. In that hollow moment a figure steps forward from the shadows: a Shinigami, a gatekeeper of the underworld. The bargain it offers is simple, brutal... irresistible. Your friend can return, but only if you bind it to another soul. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂. The sou...
Ramblings of a Degen by SonOfLasGRuntime Art on an Always On Computer
Ramblings of a Degen by SonOfLasGWe Don’t Need More Collectors. We Need Better Patrons.
One of the quiet downsides of blockchains (especially in the context of art) is how good they are at making transactions easy. This sounds like praise, and often it is framed that way. Frictionless markets. Global access. Instant liquidity. No gatekeepers. All true... And also deeply consequential in ways the NFT space hasn’t fully reckoned with. Historically, art didn’t become valuable because it was easy to buy. 𝑰𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒍...
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𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇. A Dratini (a faithful companion, a symbol of gentleness) lies dead. The world it leaves behind is grey and empty. In that hollow moment a figure steps forward from the shadows: a Shinigami, a gatekeeper of the underworld. The bargain it offers is simple, brutal... irresistible. Your friend can return, but only if you bind it to another soul. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝑭𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂. The sou...
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