exhibited @Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb 2023
“Mint me! I’m an artist.” is a VR environment and installation that critically reflects the ambiguity of the crypto art movement, commenting on its potential for artist emancipation.
For “Mint me! I’m an artist” artist duo Xsenofemme in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist and social designer Nika de la Loncha are envisioning a speculative interactive crypto market, in which artists can sell bits of their skin and bodies, as the ultimate art piece, answering to the thirst and lust of a market that is based on bourgeois consumerism. Drawing on Piero Manzoni’s “Artist’s shit”, the installation aims to take a radical stance towards the dynamics regulating the world of NFTs.
Manzoni said referring to his work “If the collectors want something intimate, really personal to the artist, there’s the artist's shit, that is his”. With this project, the duo Xsenofemme and Nika de la Loncha try to envision the desperate quest of performance artists to squeeze creativity out of their bodies, by showcasing what would happen if they would start to sell their bodies as real artworks.
Manzoni said referring to his work “If the collectors want something intimate, really personal to the artist, there’s the artist's shit, that is his”. With this project, the duo Xsenofemme and Nika de la Loncha try to envision the desperate quest of performance artists to squeeze creativity out of their bodies, by showcasing what would happen if they would start to sell their bodies as real artworks.
Marketing videos
Extracts of the NFT collection
full collection is sold here: @opensea.io/Xsenofemme
Concept: @xsenofemme & @nika.delaloncha
Video & sound design: @nika.delaloncha
VR development: Veljko Arsić
3D design: @ema.sim
Video & sound design: @nika.delaloncha
VR development: Veljko Arsić
3D design: @ema.sim
