Refreshing and Charming to read this news regarding Non-Fungible Tokens. The other side of the crypto is making huge progress when 6 artists (named in article) saw the huge potential in Street Artists and how the Murals that are painted on the wall are made and destroyed over the time. They heartfelt that these artistic murals are destroyed over the time and why not just ti digitalise them with the help of NFT and imprint them forever on the Blockchain.
The whole idea is so realistic now that these artists are now able to Transfer the Murals in digital form and give them NFT status.
It isn't uncommon for street art to have a short lifespan, but this was different. Destruction was always part of the Murals to the Metaverse plan, one that turned the ephemerality of street art into a feature rather than a bug. In the days between the creation and obliteration of their works, the artists did something unusual: Every mural was scanned and turned into a 3D model of itself. Each was then enhanced using augmented reality. For nearly two weeks, the group led AR tours of the space, letting some 300 people share in the immersive experience. Once they were destroyed, the murals were minted on the blockchain as NFTs and now live on digitally. “Buildings can crumble, weather can cause damage, and developments can impede views,” explains artist Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith, aka Wolfe Pack, who spearheaded the project. “By scanning a mural and turning it into an NFT, we forever immortalize the art.”
The importance is felt by those people who never got the value for their arts anytime in the past. All they used to do is paint their imaginations as form of Murals on the buildings. Over the time obviously these used to get destroyed naturally or by themselves since no one ever cared about it.
With the NFT emerging into the market, things have now turned upside down for these street artist.
“Street art is perhaps the most undervalued and underserved niche in the art sector,” says cofounder and CEO Marco Calamassi, “but at the same time is the most creative, most disruptive one, where the artist has the most freedom of speech, the most freedom of message.”
Do read the whole article. They have portrayed it in amazing way. The NFT is real blessings;
what do you think?
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Finally, a Good Use for NFTs: Preserving Street Art
