Even if you don’t much enjoy future-tripping, or you’re not into sci-fi movies or digital art, there’s no escaping the unfathomable poetry, visual mystification and dreaminess we found with curators and artists from the K21 Collection, conceived by Kanon. In their own words, the K21 Collection brings together renowned and emerging figures from the traditional art world and the digital and crypto art movements. Wait, what? Crypto-what? Let’s back up a moment. Turns out, Kanon doesn’t curate just any art but “art for the next 100 years” all in the form of so-called NFTs.
Not sure what those are? We’ve got you covered. Wikipedia defines them as a unit of data, stored on a ledger, in this case a digital one. It can be a photo, a video, whatever digital file format you can think of. It gets tracked on blockchains to provide the owner with a proof of ownership. Think of it this way: You own van Gogh’s Sunflowers. You are the only person with the original. NFTs are the digital equivalent of that exclusive ownership.
But enough about the technology. We stumbled upon K21 just a tiny while ago and were floored by the kind of liquid poetry and mindboggling a-synchronicities in the works of the artists featured here. Whether it is Raoul Marks’ “Void” or the lugubrious world of the “True Detective” we felt ourselves being pulled in the moment a sequence unfolded or an image evolved unexpectedly right in front of our eyes.
Unlike a traditional exhibition, the collection is best understood in process, viewed against the backdrop of continuous change and that’s exactly what happens as the viewer gets drawn into this parallel universe with every second that passes.
To find out more about Kanon, hop on over to the exhibit or check them out on Instagram. We promise it’s not like anything you’ve ever seen before. Who knows, we might have you reading sci-fi novels next.
Oh and not to forget: SLEEK just launched its very own NFT with the entire content from the print magazine inside. The auction runs through Sunday May 9th. The bidding starts here.
