From My Lips to Yours
OONA reveals her lips for the first time. This video is the title sequence from "This Technology is Outpacing Our Ways of Seeing", a video essay made by OONA, which remixes John Berger's 1972 Ways of Seeing Essay comparing the oil painting to the NFT to question: has the way we see women in art progressed as rapidly as technology?
About OONA
OONA doesn’t really exist but she takes herself very seriously, so you should too. OONA is an anonymous conceptual artist who’s practice explores the intersections of technology, finance, gender, and identity. Through moving image and performance art, OONA exposes the collision between progressive technologies and socially regressive ideas, offering a critical perspective on the contemporary cultural landscape.
Infinite Supply - Marathon Mint
The blockchain mechanics of the artwork reinforce it's concept: we acquire artworks for their cultural relevance. each time this artwork is acquired, the duration, the time, of its relevance is extended. In theory, this could go on forever.... & what if this portrayal of women in art does too?
About This Technology is Outpacing Our Ways of Seeing
Art critic John Berger released Ways of Seeing in 1972. Ways of Seeing compares the portrayal of women in oil paintings to the portrayal of women in 1970s media. OONA replaces 1970’s advertisements with NFTs, comparing the oil paintings and NFTs (combined with critical pricepoints) to highlight the lack of progress regarding the way women are portrayed in art. “I’ve always been attracted to the ethos of blockchain technology: self-sovereignty. In a techtopia, this technology facilitates greater degrees of artistic agency. But in application, its quite disappointing to see that the image of woman {as told within this work by most popular price points} has remained stagnant since the 1970s. This work reclaims the image of woman, within art history. Using my lips. I'm advocating that we update our ways of seeing women within art to fully embody the progessive technology at hand. ” -- OONA