THE GREYMAN PROJECT:
THE PHYSICAL VERSUS THE DIGITAL
Dadara auctions artwork twice: as canvas and as NFT
Dadara will auction this new works of art both physically and digitally. His CryptoGreyman canvas goes under the hammer at BVA Auctions, his CryptoGreyman NFT via the platform Rarible. Both auctions will go online at exactly the same moment. On the 19th of November at 19.01 o'clock both online auctions will end.
And the big question is of course: Which has more value - the 'real' painting or the NFT?
A seemingly simple question that is not so easy to answer…
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Today, NFTs are buzzing, what is it, what to buy now, and why? It is partly in this light that Dadara has set up The Cryptogreyman Project. Through The Crytpogreyman Project, Dadara investigates the phenomenon of NFT, what is the value for art?
Earlier this year Dadara wrote a WTF NFT manifesto to shed some light into the NFT chaos. A chaos that also belongs to the emergence of something new that may have a major impact on our future and of which it is not yet clear what can happen. A lot of people will also think WTF at the many millions that are paid for Cryptopunks and other characters that consist of a number of pixels.
Greyman
Dadara has created CryptoGreyman, the 2021 version of Greyman, a character from Dadara's work from the 90’s. And while the CryptoGreyman resembles one of the many pixelated images created on the computer - such as the Cryptopunks - this work is hand-painted on linen. Greyman is a fictional character who reflects our 9-to-5 society in which people seem to follow rules rather than their hearts.
The CryptoGreyman painting, acrylic on linen, is offered through the online auction of BVA Art. At the same time, The CryptoGreyman NFT will be offered through Rarible.
On Friday 19 November we will watch the last hour of the biddings online from BVA Auctions and Rarible, on two large screens beamed in KochxBos Gallery. Dadara is present at the final sprint, to compare the progress of physical versus digital.
The CryptoGreyman Project: The Physical versus The Digital
Dadara, BVA Art Auctions and KochxBos Gallery
• Friday November 5, 19:00 > Auctions starts online at BVA Art and Rarible
• Wednesday November 17, 17:00 - 19:00 > Viewing day / information in the gallery, Dadara is present
• Friday November 19, 18:00 > Auctions ends online at 19:00 and afterwards an Q & A with Dadara in the gallery
Please keep an eye on our website for the last information, due to new Corona rules.
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Movie about The CryptoGreyman Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHc1gPqTCIg
Schilderij, bid via BVA
https://www.bva-auctions.com/nl/auction/index/60584?page=1&f=
NFT, bid via Rarible
https://rarible.com/token/0xf6793da657495ffeff9ee6350824910abc21356c:88042730179615784073195147331453828274261937564858686594321245185279996723203?tab=bids