Fiefdoms

Unactivated Fiefdom Vassal #95 of 0xe570a87e14ea77a3de7e17db2063b3d2cfd3853d

Fiefdom Vassal #95

Unactivated Fiefdom Vassal #94 of 0x41f425a3015f77968ec87c47424ab64e1b7242f0

Fiefdom Vassal #94

Unactivated Fiefdom Vassal #93 of 0x1ac51bb641ec861dfb2fb693ef031c0159198233

Fiefdom Vassal #93

The Signature

A conceptual art project that emphasises the provenance of an NFT. All pieces look the same. Anyone can mint a piece at any time (only pay gas). No restrictions. Uncapped supply. The only way they differ is when it was minted and by whom. Over time, if transferred, a piece will attract more signatures from more holders.

Some people find meaning in their life through collecting things. Some people find meaning in their lives through Jesus. From 2016 onwards, I found meaning in life by collecting Jesus pamphlets.
Many of these were added to my collection as I changed trains under Barclays Center. Among the chaos of commuters, a preacher wearing a suit and screaming about The Lord would sometimes be there waiting for me with a smile and a pamphlet. The anticipation would quickly build from the second we locked eyes, and as I cut through the traffic to meet him I was either rewarded with a rush of dopamine from having received a new pamphlet, or my anticipation fizzled out into disappointment as I realized I had this one already.
But pamphlets sometimes come from other places: A thoughtful friend, an elderly Caribbean woman screaming gibberish on a subway car, or rummaging through boxes in the basement containing things past-me found amusing. Jesus pamphlets often come into your life in unexpected ways.

Subway Jesus Pamphlets

Photograph by Steve Pikelny (2023) | Published by Why Islam? | Content: Educational | Condition: Good | Type: Leaflet

Jesus in Islam

Photograph by Steve Pikelny (2023) | Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Content: Informational | Condition: Very Good | Type: Booklet

The Plan Of Salvation

Photograph by Steve Pikelny (2023) | Published by Bezeugen | Content: Informational | Condition: Very Good | Type: Card

If you had THREE MINUTES TO LIVE...

Photograph by Steve Pikelny (2023) | Published by Moments With The Book | Content: Infographic | Condition: Good | Type: Pamphlet

The Greatest Journey

Contract #1

UNICURSE #106

Proteus

A sea change for blockchain-based art and NFT collectors

Free

Looking is free, but touching will cost you

Free13 #15

Free13 #14

Free13 #13

Free13 #8

OpenSea Shared Storefront

Exterior #111

An experimental literature project of 9999 NFTs exploring the space between PFP and utility.

Cigawrettes

An experimental literature project. Warning labels are canvas. Use them as you wish.

#687

"To be a user of machines is to be of the spirit of this century. Machines 
transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity." - Combined quote from Lazlo Maholy-Nagy and El Lissitzky

Lazlo Lissitzky is a fictional composite of these two towering figures written as a script to generate modernist/bahuaus/mid-century Swiss modern design. The outputs from the program are curated by sgt_slaughtermelon and named as the titles of fictional events/books/albums etc. that Lazlo Lissitsky would have contributed design work for in his career spanning roughly 1912-1999. Some titles have oblique references, some are just plays on words, and some are simply what they appear to be: dull uses that domesticated the modernist art movement into something as everyday and ordinary as we are used to. 

The program becomes more complex with each wave of releases, but retains backwards compatibility for the most part so that previous outputs are still theoretically possible. The flashes of zen that come with simple designs created by chance make what would otherwise be boring into a moment of appreciation for simplicity.