the Narrative
In 2023 I attended NFT NYC. It was a bear market and the events were smaller than they had been the prior year. As a Proof Collective member, I was lucky enough to attend Evolving Pixels, a very intimate generative art exhibit curated by Emily Xie. I also attended a not-so-intimate Moonbirds party with Beeple, and a live recording of the 100 Proof Podcast at the Transient Labs studio. During that podcast recording, I’m fairly certain I annoyed the hell out of Kevin, Derek & Eli by sitting in the front row snapping pictures with my very old, very loud DSLR camera. I wasn’t really sure what I would use the images for, but it tied into a larger theme I’ve been working on for many years. As an artist and photographer, I’ve always been fascinated by body language. So I tried to capture the essence of that conversation through their gestures. Wow, have things changed in a year. The bull market has started and Proof was sold to Yuga. Some members have floored their passes, others are aping in, but everyone has an opinion. I’m inviting you to share yours. The Narrative is a visual representation of that 100 Proof Podcast through gestures and body language. The pictures tell a story, but you get to add the narrative. Using Transient Labs Stories Inscriptions, you can inscribe a textual narrative to each NFT. There are 60 NFT’s that are free to mint for Proof Collective Members. Once you own the NFT, you can inscribe whatever caption you like and tie it to the image on the blockchain. It’s like a comic strip where you get to fill in the speech bubbles…a comic strip about Proof. Inscribe a narrative, inscribe your thoughts. Inscribe your journey. Then pass it along to another Proof member and let them do the same. Own the narrative.
About the Artist
(mostly) Self-taught artist and photographer with a background in Finance and Computer Science. Student of learning, student of language, observer of cultures. Immigrant. Aspiring citizen of the world, talented maker of salads and sandwiches. Current interests include blending the analytical and the creative, exploring non-verbal communication, and the intersection of the physical and the digital.
About the Photography
At heart I am a street photographer chasing human interaction. While I do like photographs where the subject is engaged with the photographer, my best work involves people who are not changing their behavior because of the presence of a camera. This is either because they are unaware that they are being photographed, or because I photograph them for so long that they eventually forget the camera is there. I attempt to capture moments that are destined to be lost; beautiful moments that would otherwise go unnoticed. And I believe there is value in preserving them…of sharing these sparks of beauty, or compassion, or connection as they burn brightly for a split second and then disappear.