However, the collapse in interest in NFTs along with a wider plunge in the value of cryptocurrencies allowed the Pompidou to bag many of the works for just a handful of dollars, according to records on the OpenSea platform. About half of the works were donated by their creators. Among those who happily handed over their work was Californian artist Robness, who came to see the show and said it was a “humbling experience” to be included. He too was keen to shift the focus from the slump in prices. “If you start worrying about the market dynamics, you’re taking your energy out, putting it into other places,” he told AFP.
“That’s not conducive to actually creating.” Robness compared NFTs to email, an elemental technology that he reckons will continue to find uses. Born at the crossroads of technology and artistic provocation, NFT art quickly created its own emblems and myths — and the Pompidou exhibition is steeped in its iconography. Robness donated a 3D “portrait” of Satoshi Nakamoto, the possibly fictional creator of bitcoin. Another of the works on display is “Bitchcoin”, a representation of a bitcoin created by Sarah Meyohas in 2015, making it one of the first NFT artworks. While one of the most famous emblems of the scene, a “cryptopunk”, also gets an airing. Visitors get the experience of a traditional art gallery — whitewashed walls, hanging images accompanied with small explanation cards — but instead of canvas and paper, the digital works are rendered on screens.
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