AD-VERSE. #1.08 Nobody knows who you are.

In which we do it for the art.

It ain’t no Picasso baby

Apparently, a performance artist who needs no introduction (except probably to young people who buy NFTs) Marina Abramović, is releasing some NFTs which she “hopes will inspire a new generation of heroes”. Which probably, yes, means simply selling them the 6,500 NFTs she has for offer but it may also mean a little something more.

At the very least she’s anticipated potential criticism and made that part of the art itself, as she notes to High Snobiety,

So many years later, now we have NFT which is also immaterial, also about time, and also about the direct experience of the audience. I see a lot of connections there between how people criticized me early on in my career and the criticism that this new generation are receiving today who are pioneering and building the future within this new Web3 space. With The Hero 25FPS, my intention is to ask that question again through the prism of a new medium: NFT.

Of course, one of the specific criticisms would be that cryp…