LIVE AUCTION ETHDENVER
Featured Artists:
CURATORIAL STATEMENT
Mint Gold Dust will be hosting a live auction at ETH Denver’s Closing Party on February 20th at 6 pm MT in the Sports Castle. This event is a follow up to the successful auction at the NFT.NYC happy hour last fall where Mint Gold Dust placed a $500,000 Rare Pepe Nakamoto Card with Metakovan, the buyer of Beeple’s, Everydays: The First 5000 Days, among other rare and vintage NFTs. “In years past at ETH Denver, I’ve had the opportunity to paint the walls, judge Hackathons, and enjoy being amongst some of the best Web3 developers in the world. This year the Mint Gold Dust team will bring an NFT live auction to ETH Denver for the Closing Party to share more vintage NFTs and crypto art on chain with our community. 2022 marks my 5th ETH Denver, and I’m excited to bring this new element to the event.” - Mint Gold Dust Founder and CEO Kelly LeValley Hunt
The Space Between
“Android Jones has created an immense body of work and become well known for his many layered, psychedelic works. Jones attributes his ability to create to the wonders of technology, crediting the planet’s resources for advancements in art production. This artwork is a part of a project scene that was created using Unreal Engine. ”
Afro Puffs
“ I just wanted to do an illustration of a powerful, sexy woman smoking a joint with my name "SOUL" being formed in the smoke LOL! But also in the process, incorporate elements of Black Culture, specifically the "Afro Puffs". The piece actually has various depths of meaning that I love discussing with people when they experience the work. It was created on the iPad Pro using Procreate.”
Space Void
“Created via VQGAN AI powered art creation. Created by @Kynthic, photographer & AI artist from Denver CO. Instagram: @Kynthic Twitter: @KynthicMedia”
ETH Noise of 21 - Variety in Duality
“"ETH Noise of 21" is a generative visualization of the exchange rate of Ethereum in 2021. The data is represented by two emojis charted on a graph, reflecting the changes in its value. The vertical axis charts the USD dollar value ($0-$5000) while the horizontal axis shows the values over the year. The data set tracks monthly averages and daily values, beginning with January and ending in December 2021. More than just a record of value, this timelapse video abstractly explores the overload of information in the crypto space, turning these data points into overwhelming noise. This noise highlights the insecurity for many first-time investors and the relentless pace of the market. "Variety in Duality" is the latest in the artist's series of blockchain-data-based visualizations that began in 2018.”
Facing the Ether
““Painted in 2018 in the Austin Texas studio, Facing the Ether’s creation was inspired by the always evolving and peaking Ethereum charts at the time. It celebrates our expansion and connection with all of the dimensions that are alive when creating new solutions for a solarpunk future. Envisioning, dreaming, crafting, experimenting, trading, seeing it diversify and gather utility, and even more interesting to me, gather community, scramble and challenge definitions of value, and create opportunities for art expression. Zooming into detail we can see abstracted numbers and encrypted messages of positivity in channeled light language.” This digital version is a one of a kind unique of the original physical piece, currently housed in Nanu’s private collection. Facing the Ether was covered in Forbes in 2019 [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccacampbell1/2019/02/14/market-downturn-the-people-using-crypto-show-why-the-market-is-not-dead] Inquiries info@nanuberks.com”