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Space Title

immaterial 非物質

Within the World Titled immaterial
Credited to Curated by UGLYKIKI
Opening date February 22nd, 2022
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Statement:

NFTs have been roaring over the world since 2021, and artists who work in NFT projects now are ambitious to demonstrate that digital existences gain values like physical goods. In the near future, the eternality of digital lives will be equal to the eternality of any human heritages. Unless being burnt, NFTs minted on blockchains will be alive forever.

While the real world is still ruled by the post-pandemic chaos, NFTs and the vision of metaverse light up the darkness and liberate creators. Projects aiming to support public interests and eliminate discrimination are gaining popularity. What mindsets and digital existences shape the metaverse is a critical question today, or, how do we build the metaverse? Based on what “materials”?

In the “immaterial 非物質” NFT exhibition, 10 artists propose a metaverse that is not constructed by physical objects. There are no clothes, avatars, lands, or houses in the metaverse, rather, the “immaterials” like memories, dreams, religions, human-earth relationships, cross-cultural experiences....

Although many projects in immaterial 非物質 are at a very early stage, by retrieving their spiritual experiences IRL and embodying critical thinking, artists in this exhibition seek to transcend NFTs to technological liberation. “immaterial 非物質” exhibition is curated by digital media artist UGLYKIKI, this NFT art exhibition will take place in New Art City and akaSwap throughout 2022/02/22 ~2022/03/22. akaSwap is the largest green NFT trading platform in Asia, by minting NFTs on eco-friendly blockchain like Tezos, “immaterial” and akaSwap hope to raise awareness about the ethical responsibilities of blockchain technology.

| Artist Lineup

Zhao, Tian-lin 趙天琳
Che-Kuang Chuang 莊澤光
frigg2222( Kuan Hui Chen)
YUN珮芸
Chi Wang
Zhouyu Design 曌宇私想
Jia Ma
Lu, Chieh Hua 呂玠樺
某某they/them
Artgis Tim

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www.akaswap.com/curation/immaterial2022

Artworks in this space:

Artwork title

Blocknews塊新聞 #01

Artist name Jia Ma
Artwork Description:

Simulation Sickness Mutual Support Association staged a protest rally at C128 Central Hall this morning (26), raising three major demands: Provide a 2D version of the universe, ensure the proportion of 2D Dapp, and eliminate the discrimination against pixel art. Up to now (10:35), this list has been expanded by the association members to a total of 64 terms.
Passersby raised concerns about the video being pre-recorded. Catslooover3355, a committee member of Jizheng Party, also published a post on his personal DP, ridiculing them as “genes that should be eliminated”
According to the president of the association, this protest will cause them to lose about 3 X coins of PAE income, which is approximately 34 hours of their operation cost.

3D暈互助協會的靜坐抗議,可是這樣算坐著嗎?

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Blocknews塊新聞 #01
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Blocknews塊新聞 #02

Artist name Jia Ma
Artwork Description:

"The ex-universe exploration, directed by EMK, has officially started the recruit today. The executive officer Quii Kuan Que skirted round the question about the connection security and the degeneration of the reality equipment. He left the conference room after 13 minutes since it started.
The ex-virtual athlete LiAR, who submitted the first application, said to the journalist: “Ah, I just think that the limited version team suit is cool!” 

要到前宇宙探險必須做好萬全的準備,隊服真的帥!

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Blocknews塊新聞 #02
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Blocknews塊新聞 #03

Artist name Jia Ma
Artwork Description:

"The well-known 3d artist @@# was discovered publishing discriminative comment against furry fandom (censored) 135 years ago on an ancient social media Twotter. This incident caused the crash of the price of the new case by 3.5 billion times. There even appeared negative price transaction on some platforms.
The person involved expressed his regret. “I’ve changed a lot”, “I am afraid of offending the furries”. This comment, however, induced another wave of flaming in the community"

網路上的活動務必謹言慎行,連轉托也要注意

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Blocknews塊新聞 #03
Artwork title

Will our dream city orbit with Thalassa?

Artist name frigg2222
Artwork Description:

This is one of the NFTs of IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS - If we move to another universe in the future, what will the future of human beings looks like? With Speculative design thinking, the purpose is not to solve the problem, but to discover the problem. This art makes people think together,  co-create future, as NFT are also products of the future, we are creating the future together.

這是 IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS 其中的一個作品- 如果未來我們真的搬到了另外一個宇宙,人類的未來會是如何? 藉由 Speculative design thinking 不以解決問題為目的,而是讓你發現問題的設計讓人一起思考, 藝術與NFT也是未來的產物,  我們正在一起創造未來

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Artwork title

Zeus in the war of Mercury

Artist name frigg2222
Artwork Description:

This is one of the NFTs of IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS- The epidemic has turned our generation into the worst and the best generation. The turbulent times unite people to create the future. Destruction brings rebirth. All the outdated mundane needs to disappear and replace by something truly beneficial human being. Our future is a cubic world created through nodes. The centralized world  in the past will be destroyed with the awakening of people's consciousness, this is the revolution through real freedom.

這是 IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS 其中的一個作品- 疫情讓我們的世代變成最壞也是最好的世代 ,在動盪不安的年代更能凝聚人們共創未來  ,毀滅帶來的是重生  ,過去老舊的一切需順流消失 ,我們的未來是透過節點創造的方形世界  ,以往以中心為原點的世界的中心化世界會隨著人們的覺醒而毀滅。

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Artwork title

Atlas in the war of Orcus

Artist name frigg2222
Artwork Description:

This is one of the NFTs of IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS - the ancient gods are not illusory, they exist in the omniverse, once people start to explore the universe and cause disputes, will we see the world was happened in the universe?  The technology we used nowadays may be the magic from ancient time, and when our civilization rises to another dimension, we will understand what it really means to be us as a human being. 

這是 IF WE ARE ON THE MARS PROJECTS 其中的一個作品- 遠古的神祉並不是虛幻的 , 它們存在在omniverse 中  ,一旦人們開始探索宇宙並造成紛爭  ,我們會看到那樣的世界發生嗎? 我們現在用的科技說不定就是古代的魔法 ,當我們的文明提升到另一個維度的時候我們就會了解身為人真正的意義。

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Artwork title

The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (I) 向望.世界.我 (之一)

Artist name YUN珮芸
Artwork Description:

The overall composition of the "Gaze" series seems unreasonable, such as the humongous sun and moon, and the fact that there is always a lonely little human being in the picture, overlooking from afar... He could be standing in the clouds, he could be standing on water, he could be on the moon... But wherever he is, he is pulled away... Perhaps, only when we can really have a look at the world, then we can feel the most authentic self and peace...

”向望”這個系列, 整體的畫面結構都是不合常理的,碩大的太陽,月亮……畫面中永遠會出現一個孤獨的小人,遠遠的眺望….可能是站在雲端,可能是站在水面,抑或可能是在月亮上…..但不管在哪裡,卻都是抽離的….或許,我們反而可以在看著這個世界的同時,感受到最真實的自我與平靜... 

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The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (I) 向望.世界.我 (之一)
Artwork title

The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (II) 向望.世界.我 (之二)

Artist name YUN珮芸
Artwork Description:

We all have a beautiful world in our dreams, no matter in reality or in fantasy.......The two versions of you in these two spaces exist in the face of each other and overlap each other at the same time. Maybe you're already wondering what to believe... But no matter what, the only thing constant is your inner voice...

我們有著夢想中的美好世界,不管是在現實中還是虛幻中.......兩個空間中的你面相卻又交疊,或許你已開始疑惑到底該相信什麼?...但不管如何,唯一不變的是你內心的聲音...

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The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (II) 向望.世界.我 (之二)
Artwork title

The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (III) 向望.世界.我 (之三)

Artist name YUN珮芸
Artwork Description:

The goal is obvious. But it should be your inner belief instead of being given from the outside! No matter how the world turns, the only thing you need to remember is to follow the brilliant light inside yourself...That's the real power!

這個目標顯而易見......但絕對不會是外在所賦予!!這是你內心的信念....盡管世界如何更迭變換,只要記得追尋內心的燦爛光芒.......那才是真正的力量!!

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The Gaze From Afar, The World & The Self (III) 向望.世界.我 (之三)
Artwork title

14:01 Glimpse, TimeBlock

Artist name Lu, Chieh-Hua 呂玠樺
Artwork Description:

"In a period of continuous time, I attempted to find an image I had never seen in the metaverse. Continuously pressing the Refresh button in a seemingly unconscious mode, I was hoping to see it at some point in time. At 14:01, an image appeared on the screen, bringing me out of apathy and into awareness. This, I think, is the authentic component of the interaction between the real and the virtual. At this moment, I entered a parallel world in time and space.

The first piece of the TimeBlock series is 14:01 Glimpse, which means that I recorded this piece at the moment of 14:01 on a certain day. The time parameters, visual imagination, and emotions recorded at this particular moment could not be re-generated or altered. These characteristics resemble those of the immaterial in my imagination, visible yet invisible; accessible yet unattainable. At this moment in time and space, I realized that I stepped into my own metaverse.

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TimeBlock NFT Series

TimeBlock series was the result of a creative experiment in one afternoon when I wandered through the world of blockchain.

TimeBlock transforms the concept of time and block generation into the concept of visual art that remains constant. Utilizing the technology of AI-generated art of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), developed rapidly in the field of machine learning in recent years, the creative process randomly generated algorithmic art that is conscious, immaterial, and virtual.

Medium: This Art Work Doesn't Exist (https://thisartworkdoesnotexist.com)

Demonstration video of the creative process: https://youtu.be/Hhhs9oO0MXQ"

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14:01 Glimpse, TimeBlock
Artwork title

14:23 Quest, TimeBlock

Artist name Lu, Chieh-Hua 呂玠樺
Artwork Description:

"For the next 20 minutes or so after 14:01, I began to explore and see if a similar, repetitive, and replicable encountering with a visual image would occur. If such a similar encounter did eventually occur, I think it was at 14:23. Every interaction is unique to a particular moment, after which it is no longer attainable. Was this my creative work? Was it someone else's work? Or was it created by us together? It feels both real and unreal, just like the digital world. The metaverse that we have been searching for may have existed a long time ago; it may have come into being at the moment when we first encountered the other person behind the screen, however unreal it may have felt.

The second piece of the TimeBlock series is 14:23 Quest, which means that I recorded this piece at the moment of 14:23 on a certain day. I tried to find something new in my own universe, I had seen many elements, components, and compositions in this interactive process but had not felt a sense of closeness or familiarity. Indeed, this immaterial universe existed as early as when I first used the Internet. I entered it when I hit the first key on the keyboard.

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TimeBlock NFT Series

TimeBlock series was the result of a creative experiment in one afternoon when I wandered through the world of blockchain.

TimeBlock transforms the concept of time and block generation into the concept of visual art that remains constant. Utilizing the technology of AI-generated art of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), developed rapidly in the field of machine learning in recent years, the creative process randomly generated algorithmic art that is conscious, immaterial, and virtual.

Medium: This Art Work Doesn't Exist (https://thisartworkdoesnotexist.com)

Demonstration video of the creative process: https://youtu.be/Hhhs9oO0MXQ

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14:23 Quest, TimeBlock
Artwork title

14:57 Anticipation, TimeBlock

Artist name Lu, Chieh-Hua 呂玠樺
Artwork Description:

"For a long while after 14:23, I did not find the portal through which a similar interaction could happen again. I anticipated its reappearance as I knew, based on the deconstruction, reorganization, and reconstruction of algorithmic generation, I would surely encounter it again when the time was right. Finally, at 14:57 when the conditions of algorithmic generation that I was searching for re-emerged, we were able to encounter each other again. 

The third piece of the TimeBlock series is 14:57 Anticipation, which means that I recorded this piece at the moment of 14:57 on a certain day. This creative piece, without a creator, did not exist before this moment. If it was now possible for it to come into being, then the creative process, the interaction between the creator and algorithm-generated art at this moment, could only be recorded through the immaterial metaverse. Come to my universe and let me tell you how this creation came to be. Just as I look forward to encountering the creative process again, I look forward to meeting you.

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TimeBlock NFT Series

TimeBlock series was the result of a creative experiment in one afternoon when I wandered through the world of blockchain.

TimeBlock transforms the concept of time and block generation into the concept of visual art that remains constant. Utilizing the technology of AI-generated art of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), developed rapidly in the field of machine learning in recent years, the creative process randomly generated algorithmic art that is conscious, immaterial, and virtual.

Medium: This Art Work Doesn't Exist (https://thisartworkdoesnotexist.com)

Demonstration video of the creative process: https://youtu.be/Hhhs9oO0MXQ"

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14:57 Anticipation, TimeBlock
Artwork title

Elysium

Artist name Yung-Chi Wang 王詠琪
Artwork Description:

In the world of anatta, all beings are equal.

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Elysium
Artwork title

Flower of life

Artist name Yung-Chi Wang 王詠琪
Artwork Description:

"A decade of hard work ,
A lifetime to release stress.
all creatures live in the flower of life."

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Flower of life
Artwork title

Nightmare

Artist name Yung-Chi Wang 王詠琪
Artwork Description:

"Between reality and consciousness,
Devoured by the abyss of subconsciousness in midnight."

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Nightmare
Artwork title

Immaterial Soul file: Genderless Existence 非物質靈魂檔案:無性別存在

Artist name Zhouyu Design 瞾宇私想
Artwork Description:

In the Metaverse, neither men nor women, let our virtual beings become real manifestations in that immaterial space, and our hidden essences are transformed into what I can be.

在元宇宙世代,不是男人也非女性,在那非物質的空間中讓我們虛擬的存在成為真實的體現存在,隱藏的本質轉現成能我真實的樣貌。

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Artwork title

The Immaterial Soul Archives: The Opposition of No Light and Darkness 非物質靈魂檔案:無光明與黑暗拉扯

Artist name Zhouyu Design 瞾宇私想
Artwork Description:

In the Metaverse Generation, day and night are no longer distinguished, mountains and cities have no boundaries, black instantly turns white, and life does not die or regenerate, it is just the manifestation of a way of existence.

在元宇宙世代,白晝與黑夜不再區分,山林城市沒有界線,黑瞬間轉成白,生命沒有死亡與再生,都只是一種存在方式的顯化。

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Artwork title

The Immaterial Soul Archives: Unconscious Vision Distinction 非物質靈魂檔案:無意識眼界分別

Artist name Zhouyu Design 瞾宇私想
Artwork Description:

In the metaverse era, consciousness transcends the shackles of the body, leaves the trajectory of life, and between the virtual and the real, depicts the life flow of breathing and breathing, and records the past, present and future that you can't imagine!

在元宇宙世代,意識超越肉體束縛,離開生命軌跡,在虛實之間,刻劃下呼與吸的生命之流,記錄你無法想像的過去現在與未來!






在元宇宙世代,意識超越肉體束縛,離開生命軌跡,在虛實之間,刻劃下呼與吸的生命之流,記錄你無法想像的過去現在與未來!

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Artwork title

{OSM series_vital cities} Ketagana, Taipei City, Taiwan

Artist name Argis Tim
Artwork Description:

"{OSM series_vital cities} Ketagana, Taipei City, Taiwan
Artgis Tim, 2022

>> Description
Location: Ketagana, Taipei City, Taiwan
Coordinates: 25.0437765839, 121.5295220375
“Data Art Map”
OSM series is a set of artwork that is made up of real world maps.  To show respect to the environment that we lived in(and with a wish to extract structures of different cities into metaverse), I used figure-ground map and its elements(e.g. street/road network, building shapes and urban blocks) to compose the artwork, and chose color palettes in accordance to  the vibe of each city, inferenced from photos. Cities chosen are famous for their vitality and diversity, and I endeavour to bring out the spirit of the place.
Try to zoom in it, see these beautiful landscape and urban texture, and be humble before the Earth.

>> Material
Open Data: Open Street Map(road network), 
[url: www.openstreetmap.org]
Paint tools: Python, QGIS, Adobe Photoshop

>> Image size
60.12 x 60.12 cm (254 dpi),  6012 x 6012 px (13.6 MB)"

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{OSM series_vital cities} Ketagana, Taipei City, Taiwan
Artwork title

{OSM series_vital cities} Pike Place Market, Seattle

Artist name Argis Tim
Artwork Description:

"{OSM series_vital cities} Pike Place Market, Seattle
Artgis Tim, 2022

>> Description
Location: Pike Place Market, Seattle
Coordinates: 47.6101636080, -122.3425823142
“Data Art Map”
OSM series is a set of artwork that is made up of real world maps.  To show respect to the environment that we lived in(and with a wish to extract structures of different cities into metaverse), I used figure-ground map and its elements(e.g. street/road network, building shapes and urban blocks) to compose the artwork, and chose color palettes in accordance to  the vibe of each city, inferenced from photos. Cities chosen are famous for their vitality and diversity, and I endeavour to bring out the spirit of the place.
Try to zoom in it, see these beautiful landscape and urban texture, and be humble before the Earth.

>> Material
Open Data: Open Street Map(road network), 
[url: www.openstreetmap.org]
Paint tools: Python, QGIS, Adobe Photoshop

>> Image size
60.12 x 60.12 cm (254 dpi),  6012 x 6012 px (11.0 MB)"

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{OSM series_vital cities} Pike Place Market, Seattle
Artwork title

{OSM series_vital cities} The Bank Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam

Artist name Argis Tim
Artwork Description:

"{OSM series_vital cities} The Bank Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
Artgis Tim, 2022

>> Description
Location: The Bank Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
Coordinates: 52.3659756483, 4.8978303862
“Data Art Map”
OSM series is a set of artwork that is made up of real world maps.  To show respect to the environment that we lived in(and with a wish to extract structures of different cities into metaverse), I used figure-ground map and its elements(e.g. street/road network, building shapes and urban blocks) to compose the artwork, and chose color palettes in accordance to  the vibe of each city, inferenced from photos. Cities chosen are famous for their vitality and diversity, and I endeavour to bring out the spirit of the place.
Try to zoom in it, see these beautiful landscape and urban texture, and be humble before the Earth.

>> Material
Open Data: Open Street Map(road network), 
[url: www.openstreetmap.org]
Paint tools: Python, QGIS, Adobe Photoshop

>> Image size
60.12 x 60.12 cm (254 dpi),  6012 x 6012 px (16.9 MB)"

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{OSM series_vital cities} The Bank Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam
Artwork title

Digital Sarira of "Transcendence Plan" (002/108)

Artist name Zhao, Tian-Lin
Artwork Description:

《超渡計畫:數位舍利子》實驗音像典藏系列(002/108)

「我想問,為什麼(我)會在這裡。」
「...... 因為我想來這裡?
因為我會很好奇,來這裡會發生什麼事,所以我就想來這裡,這是為什麼我會來這裡。」
「就是作為這個人類的體驗,還有所處的時代跟世界?」
「嗯。」

‘I’ - the true essence of existence is not just the human bodies which  we are using to experience the physical realities or memories generated by human brains. How we redefine and re-experience our memories - a way to re-create our own histories - can reconstruct new versions of ourselves in presence and near future.

     The human bodies are just like the boats of our souls and fates, which can let us experience physical realities and protect our spirits. However, the nature function of reincarnation - a kind of amnesia - will also let us forget our past lives again and again. So remember it, as you feel lost sight in this adventure, just look inside your heart, there will have a path which can lead you go back to ‘Home’, the origin of our coexistence.

     Humankind is a creature motivated and limited by stories. Through ‘Tower of Revival’(轉生塔) - the participatory art experiment of ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), participants will experience a simulation of OOBE(出體經驗), NDE(瀕死經驗) and Incarnation(化生) through specific field and meditation guide designed by artist as ritual of consciousness uploading. It will be an inner universe exploration to let participants reflect and release their depression and desire hidden in the subconsciousness with hypnosis methods, liberate themselves from the old memories and human histories, regain the original pure essence of soul and reborn on New Earth.

✺ 共創者透過行為採樣儀軌提取的意識副本,將被上鏈鑄造成NFT和儲存於創見(Transcend)記憶卡中。

我賦予NFT的意義是「數位舍利子」,因其具備類似不生不滅的特性,並將應用於我的藝術創研專案《超渡計畫》中,作為模擬意識上傳儀軌的一環。

     The consciousness uploading duplication of participant - retouched experimental video art - will be minted as NFTs and restored in Transcend microSD cards.

     ‘Digital Sarira’(數位舍利子) is the meaning that I redefine Non-fungible Token because of its attributes. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is the pearl remained after cremation of a transhuman who has awakened and ascended before its body died as a normal human being. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is unchangeable, just like Non-fungible Token.  In my art experiment ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), I use Non-fungible Token as a part of the simulation of consciousness uploading ritual in the participatory art co-creating experience.

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Artwork title

Digital Sarira of "Transcendence Plan" (001/108)

Artist name Zhao, Tian-Lin
Artwork Description:

《超渡計畫:數位舍利子》實驗音像典藏系列(001/108)
「沒有相對概念。」
「我現在『在』『這裡』。」
「那麼接下來,我們再快轉,去到下一個時空場域 ——」


‘I’ - the true essence of existence is not just the human bodies which  we are using to experience the physical realities or memories generated by human brains. How we redefine and re-experience our memories - a way to re-create our own histories - can reconstruct new versions of ourselves in presence and near future.

     The human bodies are just like the boats of our souls and fates, which can let us experience physical realities and protect our spirits. However, the nature function of reincarnation - a kind of amnesia - will also let us forget our past lives again and again. So remember it, as you feel lost sight in this adventure, just look inside your heart, there will have a path which can lead you go back to ‘Home’, the origin of our coexistence.

     Humankind is a creature motivated and limited by stories. Through ‘Tower of Revival’(轉生塔) - the participatory art experiment of ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), participants will experience a simulation of OOBE(出體經驗), NDE(瀕死經驗) and Incarnation(化生) through specific field and meditation guide designed by artist as ritual of consciousness uploading. It will be an inner universe exploration to let participants reflect and release their depression and desire hidden in the subconsciousness with hypnosis methods, liberate themselves from the old memories and human histories, regain the original pure essence of soul and reborn on New Earth.

✺ 共創者透過行為採樣儀軌提取的意識副本,將被上鏈鑄造成NFT和儲存於創見(Transcend)記憶卡中。

我賦予NFT的意義是「數位舍利子」,因其具備類似不生不滅的特性,並將應用於我的藝術創研專案《超渡計畫》中,作為模擬意識上傳儀軌的一環。

     The consciousness uploading duplication of participant - retouched experimental video art - will be minted as NFTs and restored in Transcend microSD cards.

     ‘Digital Sarira’(數位舍利子) is the meaning that I redefine Non-fungible Token because of its attributes. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is the pearl remained after cremation of a transhuman who has awakened and ascended before its body died as a normal human being. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is unchangeable, just like Non-fungible Token.  In my art experiment ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), I use Non-fungible Token as a part of the simulation of consciousness uploading ritual in the participatory art co-creating experience.

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Artwork title

Free the Land

Artist name 某某they/them
Artwork Description:

"Free the Land aims to challenge the current property ownership framework as well as emancipate land, houses, forests, and more for the benefit or interests of all humans and non-humans.

As George Monbiot rightly said, “The current pattern of the ownership and control of land lies at the heart of many of our big dysfunctions - the collapse of wildlife and ecosystems, exclusion and marginalisation of many people, the lack of housing and public space in many cities.” 

What if we could imagine and prototype a system in which we cannot freely transform wealth into power? What if money doesn’t necessarily translate into a right to own natural wealth? We need to move beyond the reductive, utilitarian relationship with the world and recognise the interrelationship among all things and beings.

This is a contract between you and the world. It’s a promise to support the self-ownership of all civic and natural assets and not to extract, deplete, and instrumentalise them in any way.

When you buy the artwork, you also sign the contract with the world.

The artwork is an experiment of a more comprehensive project which aims to emancipate land for real through crowdsourcing sites, purchasing, emancipating, and stewarding land through legal and technological approaches in an open way. If you are interested in learning together, participating in land acquisition, writing smart contracts, exploring innovative and ethical governance models, deliberating on the use of the land for civic purposes, and being part of the action group, please join the Free the Land Discord: https://discord.gg/dFuufbBr44

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Free the Land 作品在挑戰當現有的產權框架,旨在解放土地、房屋、森林等,以造福於所有人類與非人類。

正如 George Monbiot 所說:「從野生動物和生態系統的崩壞、排他與邊緣化,到許多城市的居住和公共空間的缺乏,目前土地所有權和控制土地的方式,正是上述這些問題的核心。」

我們可以想像、形塑一個我們不能隨意地將財富轉化為權力的系統,或者金錢不一定可以轉為擁有自然資產的權利。我們需要意識到與萬事萬物之間的相互依存,避免過於簡化、功利的關係。

這個作品,是你與萬事萬物之間的契約,承諾並支持自然資產的解放,不以任何方式壓榨、耗損、和利用他們。

當你購買藝術品時,你也與世界簽訂了契約。(購買作品的行為,就是簽署契約的行為,這個契約會綁著你的錢包地址,完成數位簽章。)

視覺上,土地漸漸被填滿,象徵著隨著契約的簽訂,他們一塊、一塊被解放。

這件作品是一個初期的實驗,未來會希望更進一步發展,讓土地、房子、森林等自然資產「擁有自己」,把土地所有權轉移到土地本身,因此再也無法被炒作、開採、破壞,這挑戰了以人類為中心的價值觀,進而把土地視為「公民」,有「權利」也有「義務」,並且這些權利、義務可以被寫在智能合約中去執行。希望未來能透過法規創新與科技應用,在真實世界中解放土地。如果你有興趣一起學習、參與找地、編寫智能合約、探索創新的治理模式、與土地共好,以及成為行動的一員,歡迎加入 Free the Land Discord: https://discord.gg/dFuufbBr44"

Soundtrack: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
Vocals: 某某they/them
References: (1) NSC Creative, We Are Stars (2) Christopher D. Stone, Should Trees Have Standing?  (3) Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat, Indigenous Approaches to Community Care  (4) George Monbiot, Land as a Commons: Building the New Economy

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Artwork title

Digital Sarira of "Transcendence Plan" (003/108)

Artist name Zhao, Tian-Lin
Artwork Description:

《超渡計畫:數位舍利子》實驗音像典藏系列(003/108)
「你知道為什麼你會在這裡嗎?」
「我以前就去過啦。」
「所以這算是某一個家鄉嗎?」
「可能吧。」

‘I’ - the true essence of existence is not just the human bodies which  we are using to experience the physical realities or memories generated by human brains. How we redefine and re-experience our memories - a way to re-create our own histories - can reconstruct new versions of ourselves in presence and near future.

     The human bodies are just like the boats of our souls and fates, which can let us experience physical realities and protect our spirits. However, the nature function of reincarnation - a kind of amnesia - will also let us forget our past lives again and again. So remember it, as you feel lost sight in this adventure, just look inside your heart, there will have a path which can lead you go back to ‘Home’, the origin of our coexistence.

     Humankind is a creature motivated and limited by stories. Through ‘Tower of Revival’(轉生塔) - the participatory art experiment of ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), participants will experience a simulation of OOBE(出體經驗), NDE(瀕死經驗) and Incarnation(化生) through specific field and meditation guide designed by artist as ritual of consciousness uploading. It will be an inner universe exploration to let participants reflect and release their depression and desire hidden in the subconsciousness with hypnosis methods, liberate themselves from the old memories and human histories, regain the original pure essence of soul and reborn on New Earth.

✺ 共創者透過行為採樣儀軌提取的意識副本,將被上鏈鑄造成NFT和儲存於創見(Transcend)記憶卡中。

我賦予NFT的意義是「數位舍利子」,因其具備類似不生不滅的特性,並將應用於我的藝術創研專案《超渡計畫》中,作為模擬意識上傳儀軌的一環。

     The consciousness uploading duplication of participant - retouched experimental video art - will be minted as NFTs and restored in Transcend microSD cards.

     ‘Digital Sarira’(數位舍利子) is the meaning that I redefine Non-fungible Token because of its attributes. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is the pearl remained after cremation of a transhuman who has awakened and ascended before its body died as a normal human being. ‘Sarira’(舍利子) is unchangeable, just like Non-fungible Token.  In my art experiment ‘Transcendence Plan’(超渡計畫), I use Non-fungible Token as a part of the simulation of consciousness uploading ritual in the participatory art co-creating experience.

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TimeBlock Series NFT Documentary Video

Artist name Lu, Chieh-Hua 呂玠樺
Artwork Description:

1. Holding a complete series of works by the artist in the exhibition period (2/22/2022 ~ 3/22/2022) will receive an extra award NFT of "Limited Edition - TimeBlock Series Creation Record NFT".

2. The "Limited Edition - TimeBlock Series Creation Record NFT" will be airdropped into your wallet between 3/30/2022-3/31/2022. In order to be eligible to claim the NFT, you must hold "14:01 Glimpse, TimeBlock", "14:23 Quest, TimeBlock", "14:57 Anticipation" , TimeBlock” all these three artworks to be a valid airdrop address.

3. The same wallet address can only have one airdrop opportunity, and if there are more than 2 complete series of works, only one airdrop opportunity will be valided.

1. 在展期內(2/22/2022 ~ 3/22/2022)蒐集完整系列作品的錢包地址,額外獲得空投獎勵 「藏家限定-TimeBlock創作記錄NFT」
2. 獲贈 NFT 將於 2022/3/30-2022/3/31 間進行空投,錢包內需同時持有『14:01 Glimpse, TimeBlock』、『14:23 Quest, TimeBlock』、『14:57 Anticipation, TimeBlock』三幅作品為有效空投地址。
3. 同一錢包地址僅擁有一次空投機會,擁有 2 組以上完整系列作品,亦僅能獲得一次空投機會。

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Artwork title

Noise Venus 雜訊維納斯

Artist name Che-Kuang Chuang 莊澤光
Artwork Description:

Miro Venus has been considered as the icon of Western aesthetics. However this beauty is not about its’ perfection but from the imagination of the unfinished. In contemporary aesthetics, the definition of beauty is no longer pure but has become mix-experience - quality of ""quantity"", desires from ""numbers"" and more diverse sensations. In the work of Noise Venus Artist Che-Kuang Chuang uses CG technology to transform the work of Miro Venus from original geometries into Voxel. It has become another digital unfinished shape and evolved into a new digital dynamic aesthetic."
"米羅維納斯的一直以來被視為西方美學的頂點,而這份美感源自於對未完成的想像。而在當代美學裡,美的定義已不再純粹,變成一種複合的數據-”量”的質感、”數”的欲求以及更多元的體驗。雜訊維納斯這件作品以CG技術重新組構米羅維納斯這一作品,將原本的量體轉為體素(Voxel),成為另外一種數位的”未完成”,在打破古典比例的同時,重新賦予作品另外一種動態的數位美學。

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To the Sun 奔日計畫

Artist name Che-Kuang Chuang 莊澤光
Artwork Description:

In this work Artist Che-Kuang Chuang wants to express his personal desire to the freedom during the pressure of Covid 19 outbreak- although this kind of desire is not responsible to the sociality and mother nature. The golden female sculptures inside the image represent the artist's situation-a body which was tied up by the epidemic prevention rules, but still want to run to the light and freedom."

"奔日計畫是藝術家於Covid19台灣三級警戒期間內心的自我映射,為一件純美學表現的作品。以人造的地景表徵內心的邏輯思維,以虛幻動態的人體表現對自由的渴望,作為在Covid19封鎖期間對社會責任與內心慾望對立的呈現。

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Seeing yourself in the crowd 群體中看見自己

Artist name Che-Kuang Chuang 莊澤光
Artwork Description:

In traditional society, people's personality is deeply bound to families.In the seemingly free contemporary society, self-conscious still strongly affected by the highly connected social media. Values, ideological context, and even the shaping of personal image all are reflections of the SNS community - while creating a self-image in the hearts of others, others are also creating our own images. While decentralizing, it is also creating another center."

"傳統社會中,人格的塑造是與家庭緊密連結的;而在看似自由的當代社會裡,自我意識已被高度連結的社群媒體深深影響。價值觀、思想脈絡以至於個人形象的塑造,皆是在反映著社群的變化-打造他人心中自我形象的同時,他人也在打造我的自身形象。去中心化的同時,同時也在打造了另外一個中心。

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