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NFT Das Magazine Issue #3/2024

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NFT Das Magazin Ausgabe #3/2024

The Way of Zen | -

Amidst the waves on a Japanese shore,  
Sunset"s embrace, tranquil and pure.  
The sky painted hues of orange and red,  
As the day"s last light softly spread.

In stillness, we find the way of zen,  
Beneath the sun"s descent, again and again.  
Nature"s rhythm, the ocean"s gentle sigh,  
In this serene moment, we learn to fly.

Meditation in the sand, our hearts align,  
With each passing wave, a whispered sign.  
The sun bows low, a masterful guide,  
In the silence of dusk, our spirits glide.

As the stars awaken, and night takes hold,  
We cherish this moment, more precious than gold.  
On a Japanese beach, in sunset"s warm embrace,  
We find peace and serenity, a timeless grace.

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Ilan Derech  
The Way of Zen | -  
Shimoda, Japan  
Composite Cinematography  
Duration: 22 seconds  
2160 x 3840 px  
Created in 2023  
Edition Supply: 85/85  
Token Standard: ERC-721  
Blockchain: Ethereum

The Way of Zen | - #62/85

Every 30 Days (E30D) is a month-long exhibition of a single, culturally significant, digital artwork  on view in the window of glitch gallery in Marfa, Texas and simultaneously over a persistent digital livestream.

Curated by Malte Rauch, Madison Page, and Derek Edwards.

Website: www.glitchmarfa.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/glitchmarfa

E30D by glitch gallery

e30d #4 - The Republic of Dreams (Mathcastles)  
Object: Terraforms Level 7 at {22, 3}  
Artist: Mathcastles  
Owner: HEEEEEEEEEEE  
Date: August 2023  

Terraforms, a digital art collection by the anonymous coding duo Mathcastles, was a radical rejection of the status quo when it launched on the Ethereum blockchain in December 2021. The work finds positive meaning through a series of rejections:  

- that blockchains are merely a storage device for finished work.  
- that digital art objects should be complete upon collection.  
- that visual aesthetics are the primary criterion for art.  

With Terraforms, we see digital objects morph into something different as the very idea of digital art is redefined through the project. Terraforms is an open, living work in which art provides the base layer for a virtual world.

#4 - The Republic of Dreams (Mathcastles)

NftNowPodcast

Krista Kim joins us for our first-ever tokenized podcast episode announced live on-stage in an exclusive fireside chat at The Gateway: Korea. Krista Kim is a Canadian-Korean artist who has been active at the forefront of contemporary art, wellness, and digital consciousness for more than a decade. Krista is a cultural leader for the World Economic Forum who has collaborated with the likes of Louis Vuitton and Lamborghini. Her work has been featured in both Christie"s and Sotheby"s and has been shown widely from Times Square to the Venice Biennale.

Episode #104: Krista Kim

e30d #3 - All Roads Lead To Punks (Larva Labs)  
Object: CryptoPunk #1478  
Artist: Larva Labs  
Owner: Snowfro  
Date: July 2023  

In 2017, a two-person game design studio called Larva Labs launched a digital art experiment on the Ethereum blockchain. The project paid tribute to Londons early 70s punk scene, cypherpunks, and pixel art. It came in the form of 10,000 unique, randomly assembled, 24x24 pixel art characters featuring an assortment of humans, zombies, apes, and aliens.  

Simply, CryptoPunks encompassed multiple innovations in one project:  

- They brought generative art to the Ethereum blockchain.  
- They inspired the very category of unique digital objects and blockchain-based media.  
- They created the first marketplace for exchanging unique digital objects.  

Centuries from now, as digital historians draw a line back through time, theyll eventually land in the same place:   

All roads lead back to the Punks.