United Memories

United Memories 5/10

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Obscura designates the commission theme or subject to photograph. As a photographer oriented platform we want to commission our community members to go out and photograph pressing issues happening today around the world. A team of 10 photographers are awarded the Community Commission to document events, people or places. We also offer them a mentorship program and a curatorial partnership to help during the commission. Each artist will deliver a collection of 15 NFTs.

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Border Lord #2 by Matthew Reamer

Matthews contribution to Two Years After the Storm examines American life in  2022 through the lens of Californias Imperial Valley. As an irrigated desert with extensive renewable energy projects, bordered to the North by the environmental catastrophe that is the Salton Sea and to the South by the towering new US/Mexico border wall, the valley is a study in contradictions and a fascinating  place from which to examine a variety topics and issues that the we continue to face - environmental degradation, immigration, education, employment and the effects of the pandemic on daily life to name a few. The photographic approach is broad, but has a tendency to zoom in on the experience of youth and how they have been affected by the events of the past two years, the  myriad decisions in which they have had no say, and their dwindling opportunities and options as they enter into adulthood.

Edition: 1 of 1

Commissioned by Obscura

Border Lord #2 by Matthew Reamer

405 #14 by Niall O'Brien

405 is a portrait of the busiest and most congested freeway in California, the 405. This series explores the suburbs and streets, off the exit ramps along the 72-mile stretch from Irvine to San Fernando.   Affected massively after the lockdown was announced, there was an almost instantaneous environmental and social reaction to the lack of cars on the usually backed-up lanes. Traffic in Los Angeles has always been a daily talking point for most who live here and this clear reaction to the pandemic was fascinating to witness. 
Two years on and as the city tries to get itself back together, the traffic returns with vengeance. Still, a major talking point but with added darkness. There has been a rise in violent road rage reports, shootings, a sense of lawlessness and the smog is as thick as ever.
This work is an objective portrait of the 405 freeway and what surrounds it. 
Edition: 1 of 1

Commissioned by Obscura

405 #15 by Niall O'Brien

Strange Scenes In A Mad World

Plot Holes #5

CryptoTitles

Title type #17. Requirements are 1x Creature World

Creature's Friend

Title type #26. Requirements are 1x Art Blocks

Art Blocks Collector

Title type #31. Requirements are 3x VoxoDeus

- VOXO CLUB MEMBER -

FlutterBoat

You"re on the water sailing away and someone on a bigger boat passes by you going the opposite way. At this point your boat loses its mind and wants to play on the waves. Who wouldn"t. This is dedicated to the jumpy playful boats skipping around on the sea. 

Play Time!

Parsa Mostaghim
Digital
Resolution: 2160 x 3240
Duration: 10s
Year: 2023

Sound On!

Play Time! 5

Tezos Posse 2 - Open Edition

There"s nothing like taking a refreshing dip in a beautiful pond. Just maybe look before you leap. 1080 x 1080px MP4 2022
Music by Ryan Battistuzzi.

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*1 edition reserved for Fakewhale Cross*

The Pond #2/11

Shape Study 26

This work belong to the Shape Studies series in which photographs and video recordings of places, objects and living beings are digitally modified. In this series I am interested in exploring a shape and working out different ways it can be represented and perceived.

Dirk Koy | 2021