NFTs: A digital land grab?

I think we should write about non-fungible tokens (NFTs). everyone is. Creative New Zealand announced this week a pilot NFT program for artists in Moana (Pacific Islands). They are enriching Snoop Dogg. But the proof of authenticity of the digital objects that this Blockchain ignited isn’t at least yet about catching up with our artists’ own move into digital space.

It’s a more digital land grab. Investment play for those who are already making money with physical characteristics, and opportunities for auction houses and entrepreneurs. That can change, but so far no smoke has been animated from the pipe of a pee gentleman sitting by the railroad shed in Rita Angus. Cass.. This was recently offered as an NFT, with a flat-screen television and an embedded soundtrack composed by Angus’ nephew Dr. Quentin Angus, decorated in an art class.

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So, this shiny thing caught your attention, so I’ll also introduce you to your favorite new artwork, including a small utilitarian building in a magnificent landscape. Cass The exact opposite of a digital poster.

At the end of my street in Paekākāriki, there is a small building on spare land, which became a weaving Wharenui after years of serving bowling and kennel clubs. This year, it became Waita, a community art center in Langatahi. The murals of Anthony Parka and Ryan Daly Paranig have been completed on the three outsides and commissioned by Mana Honua Ngati Haumea Ki Pekakariki with the support of the Kapiti Coastal District Council.

The work is a powerful visual recognition of the acquisition of physical land. Sitting next to Awawai Nui under their Maunga Pufa, this land was Maori land until it was acquired under the Public Works Act in the middle of the last century. Urpa is a 3-minute walk away. “This land we stand on is central to who we are and what our Tipna has given us,” said the new sign. Mana Honua’s such physical and creative reminders are rare, but more common. This is what the local government has a clear role to play.

The graphic work runs down the building like the waves of the coast and the curves of the hills behind. A band with a Taniko-like pattern strips the building with blue lines like the tail of Taniwha, Papatuanuk (Mother Earth) is represented as a huge mountain of dreams, and her Karl is licking the waves. To the west is a large portrait of the late Queer Milliona Mutu Mira (badge), an important leader in the community. It hangs on the building, as if it were the wall behind Wharenui, which is no longer here. The critical distance for this artwork is zero. It is very beautifully connected to your favorite land.

I can dream of this as an NFT. Financing opportunities. Waiata’s Langatahi creates his own digital artwork. In the animation, Papa Tuanuk looks around with a smile. Her green-painted Wailua curls swirl in the air, covering the local Maunga like a cloud and dancing like a mist on the surface of the water. Once the funding is complete, will it be released from the blockchain and made available to everyone, like the public land on which Wyata sits?

Creative NZ is right: NFT offers artists a clear opportunity. Currently, the flow of funds from limited edition digital items associated with public or temporary artwork makes perfect sense. Let’s support these. And there’s an example of a powerful Wellington worthy of a column inch where auction houses are currently overcoming NFTs. Ben Pierce’s sculpture outside Tepapa, #PaperPalsAotearoa It has become a series of digital animations by designer Rupert Enberg (the first project of NFT Inc.). You can check it online. Your money goes to the artist.

Mark Amery is an art critic and Dominion Post.. Email him at mark@amery.net