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Caption : “ Earth Phase .” PC : Kiki Wu
“ I [ too ] minted one of my brainwave generative arts “ Wave of Love .” Ms Wu ’ s signature artwork ‘ Wave of Love ’ featured in this article is also available on the online platform Hic et Nunc , along with more of her works .
We also spoke to Andru Kiamanc , an artist and member of a recently launched NFT hub in Cologne , Germany . He believes that speaking out about NFTs and promoting an NFT platform like Hic et Nunc via social media , can bring more artists together in a shorter period of time .
He explained , “ Hashtags , for instance , or social media , to participate in COVID times [ has been impactful ]. NFT can be a new kind of gallery / showroom for the artists — some art only achieves its full potential , [ when ] tokenised ”.
The World Art Day 2021 concept gallery was a unique experience in which artists learned about maintaining their rights as digital artists providing eminent avenues to share their work with others — helping them come together and build an online community of creatives .
Mr Kiamanc , unlike Ms Wu , did not get the opportunity to mint his work but chose to support the event ’ s initiative via social media . For him , opportunities like the concept gallery “ represent a lot of artists [ giving ] them an event and or space to connect with each other and showcase a variety of pieces ”.
When speaking about her experience of learning more about how applicable NFT blockchains are to her artwork , Ms Wu described the founders of the event to have immensely enlightened her on the topic .
In Ms Wu ’ s words : “ They provide a very useful guideline that helps artists who are NFT beginners to mint their art , and they promote artwork on Twitter . NFT [ is ] more accessible ; they encourage [ an ] artist to sell their work at $ 1 XTZ to reach out to even more buyers ”.
Artists are generally more preoccupied with how to create a sound or a look . But it ’ s clear that they can also benefit from focusing on cutting edge technology , particularly for creative protection . Artists depend on the internet to increase their exposure . But that brings with it risks of online plagiarism and theft .
“ NFT can be a new kind of gallery / showroom for the artists —
some art only achieves its full potential , [ when ] tokenised .
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