Unchained How OG Crypto Artist Rhea Myers Sold a Never-Seen Artwork at Sotheby's - Ep.274
Sep 21, 2021
Rhea Myers, an OG crypto artist and senior smart contract developer at Dapper Labs, shares her pioneering journey in blockchain-based art. She discusses her creation of Bitcoin-based transaction art and the conceptual underpinnings of her Sotheby's auction piece, 'Secret Artwork.' Rhea believes concerns over NFT energy consumption are exaggerated and highlights how NFTs revolutionize the art world. She addresses the relationship between art and cryptography, explores the NFT DAO movement, and reflects on the evolution of artists' roles in the digital landscape.
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Accidental Bitcoin Art
- Rhea Myers transitioned from digital art to software development to fund her art, following a "Californian Ideology"-like path.
- Her first Bitcoin transaction as art failed when she lost funds due to a forgotten change address, becoming an accidental performance piece.
Conceptual Art Parallels
- Conceptual art's reaction against commercialization in the 60s and 70s mirrors blockchain art’s potential.
- Blockchain art allows artists to explore technology's possibilities and limitations, similar to how conceptual artists used then-new technologies.
My Soul
- Rhea Myers's "My Soul" artwork, tokenized on Dogecoin, is a cryptographic proof-of-existence of her genome.
- She's not allowed to sell the tokens after her wife objected to the idea of others owning a piece of Rhea's soul.
