Power vs Meaning by Gavin Shapiro

Power vs Meaning is a conceptual blockchain artwork based on historian Yuval Noah Hararis idea that modern society is a deal in which humans agree to give up meaning in exchange for power. The series consists of two looping animations (Power and Meaning), each minted as an edition of 8 NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain. Playing on the idea of utility and collector rewards as prevalent themes in the NFT space, holders of Power will be granted the power to reward themselves with an additional edition of their NFT whenever they wish. Meaning, on the other hand, is simply a piece of art, and holders will not be granted any sort of utility or rewards. During the primary sale, collectors must choose between one or the other and are not able to bid on both. A social experiment that will only be able to fully tell its story as people interact with it, Power vs Meaning asks viewers to confront their own motivation for collecting NFTs in the first place. While Power offers utility, interaction, collector rewards, a rarity system based on exponential growth, and the potential for a community to organically form and evolve, Meaning offers nothing but the chance to own a digital penguin that infinitely waddles towards some sort of glowing metaphor for human motivation. As time goes on, how will the collection change, and what will it say about us? Artwork by Gavin Shapiro. Smart contracts by Manifold. Music by Tomas Novoa. Power holders can mint a new edition of Power at powervsmeaning.com.

Power #532

onchain gifts

onchain gifts are generative onchain presents to celebrate the holiday season

onchain gift #207

onchain gift #206

onchain gift #205

onchain gift #204

onchain gift #203

OnChainNovo

OnChainNovo #98

Five Penguins

3,125 majestic penguin squads designed by Gavin Shapiro. Warning: may contain bees.

Five Penguins #1168

Five Penguins #1167

HexAnons

Fully onchain generative art SVG collection. Created by McToady & Circolors.

Hexanons #68

the stalker

a permissionless collaboration program running on EVM - int.art x XCOPY - Original artwork by XCOPY (FRESH HELL).

the stalker #5486

the stalker #5485

the stalker #5484

Onchain land art from a dynamically generated, onchain 3D world.

Terraforms by Mathcastles

Terraforms by Mathcastles. Onchain land art from a dynamically generated, onchain 3D world.

Level 13 at {14, 44}

Drunken Vikings Tribe is a collection of 3636 NFTs sailing their way on the Ethereum blockchain.
The tribe sets sail, drunk and determined to conquer new lands. They gather more members as they explore new territories.
One night, around the campfire, they realize their lives lack adventure.
They decide to set out for Valhallaverse, but any outcome will do.
They face unexpected challenges, like a damaged ship and navigation difficulties, but they press on.
The true adventure, they discover, is the journey. They toast to the unexpected and to going beyond just getting drunk, but to the point of adventure.

DrunkenVikingsTribe

Drunken Vikings Tribe is a collection of 3636 NFTs sailing their way on the Ethereum blockchain.
The tribe sets sail, drunk and determined to conquer new lands. They gather more members as they explore new territories. One night, around the campfire, they realize their lives lack adventure. They decide to set out for Valhallaverse, but any outcome will do. They face unexpected challenges, like a damaged ship and navigation difficulties, but they press on. The true adventure, they discover, is the journey. They toast to the unexpected and to going beyond just getting drunk, but to the point of adventure.


Drunken Vikings Tribe #96

SSA Honoraries

AGENT EVVI

Average PFPs

A PFP Variation from Average Creatures. This collection has been generated using the assets from the main collection https://opensea.io/collection/average-creatures and replacing the background with a variety of solid colors for your profile picture needs.