Beeple: The next era of NFT will focus on "emotional connection and utility"
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, the original author: Dorian Batycka, compiled by Odaily translator Katie Ku.
After becoming a pioneer in the NFT art movement, Beeple converted the cryptocurrency obtained from the sale of NFT works into fiat currency to achieve complete creative freedom.
Beeple's new project "HUMAN ONE", is the first combination of digital and physical sculpture. Last year, the auction house's Ryan Zurrer bought the work for $29.3 million in Christie's evening sale, and it's now in one of Italy's best-known museums, Turin's Castello di Rivo The Pantheon at the Leigh Museum of Contemporary Art, where it will be presented as part of a group exhibition.
Beeple and Decrypt had a conversation at the museum about the future of NFTs.
"It's a mix of the digital world and the real world," Beeple told Decrypt.
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The dynamic future of NFT art
Currently, "HUMAN ONE" uses the colors of the Ukrainian flag, but these colors can and will change. Beeple told Decrypt that he would like to see animated NFTs become popular in the art world. "I think you're going to see people take these immutable things less seriously and I think they're going to become a canvas, a living, breathing document that can change over time," he said.
"This artwork feels more like an ongoing conversation than a statement," he said. "A painting is a statement in time. It is possible if new meanings and understandings arise, but in essence it remains unchanged."
He explained: "HUMAN ONE" will continue to evolve. Our conversation now will influence this article. What people say is going to affect the work,” he said. “I think you’re going to see that change more and more in digital art. I think that speaks to its true potential. "Beeple added that he is less interested in DeFi-related concepts, such as fragmented NFTs. "For me these things are more about money and speculation which is really not that interesting to me,"He said."I'm more interested in innovation and possibility
, to be able to do something artistically that you couldn’t do before, instead of being totally obsessed with DeFi and stuff like that. "
He said the NFT space could “learn some lessons” from the museum world, which has been a carrier of art for much longer. “I think it’s something we don’t fit in the NFT space because people are too focused on current value and making money.”
He predicts that the NFT field will "split," less like a single field and more like a community group.Beeple told Decrypt: ". "The technology itself -- who cares? What can this technology enable us to do?"
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PFP and Time Capsule NFT
Beeple's first NFT sale sparked interest in NFT artwork. Since then, attention has turned to headshot (PFP) collections such as BAYC and CryptoPunks, to which the art world is divided.
“I think PFP is very interesting,” Beeple said. “I hear that there are a lot of people in the art world who really don’t like it. They think it hurts the art field and confuses people’s perception of art.”
That's a "short-sighted" view, he said. "I think we're at the beginning of the NFT use case, and anything that gets more people aware of the technology and normalizes it, I think is good."For Beeple, he is keen to explore more practical NFTs.
“What I do in the future, there will be some kind of utility to have these things, because these NFTs will be connected to real-world utility, and people will be able to use these things to achieve certain functions.”
He is keen to make a "time capsule" NFT inspired by Andy Warhol, which will only work after his death. "I want to make a series of time-based videos, release them 50 years from now, or 100 years from now, and keep those videos private so nobody knows what they are." He added that other NFTs may change depending on the situation. issued. "By posting videos based on what's going on in the world, I can do a lot of different things and still have a voice even after I'm dead."
In other words, he believes that whether NFT should have additional utility is not a "black and white" question. "I think there's going to be a wide range of use cases, and to me it's more about what is your personal preference for these things?"
