MoonCat #21

ponderware

10 Aug 2017

Non-fungible Token

12 KB; 240 x 180 pixels

30 ETH - 50 ETH

MoonCats are the oldest “On-Chain,” Generative Art NFT built on the Ethereum blockchain and were launched by ponderware, a software engineering company, on August 9th, 2017. MoonCat #21, is one of the first ever MoonCats to be minted on launch day of the project’s smart contract and, therefore, considered an “early rescue.”

Salvadorpepe - Series 13 - Rarepepe

Finestrares

February 27th, 2017

Non-fungible Token

651.1 KB; 400 x 560 pixels

12 ETH - 18 ETH

With incomparable foresight in 2017, Finestrares created 20 Rare Pepes, a transfigurative project that has generated some of the most in demand NFTs today. Nodding to art history and embracing meme culture, Salvadorpepe - Series 13 - Rarepepe parodies Salvador Dali’s 1931 The Persistence of Memory.

Deep ASCII

Vuk Ćosić

Not Yet Minted

Non-fungible Token

1.7 MB; 51 minutes

12 ETH - 15 ETH

Vuk Ćosić, a pioneer of net.art, works to combine early critical media art with media archeology. An approach that capitalized on the 1990’s internet craze drove Deep ASCII, which features various graphics including a full length video of Deep Throat (1972), a film considered to be the birthplace of the contemporary porn industry.

SuperMario Sleeping (with butterflies)

Miltos Manetas

Not Yet Minted

Non-fungible Token

361.3 MB; 8 minutes 26 seconds

12 ETH - 15 ETH

Miltos Manetas manipulates video game clips to create machinima, or narratives that are independent or contrary to the intended graphic. In SuperMario Sleeping (with butterflies), the artist directed the always active, task-oriented Super Mario character to do just the opposite, to sleep through the entire length of the cinematic production.