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2 Jan 2025
I am very grateful and proud to begin this 2025 by presenting this collection β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
Thank you @sovrnart @shibboleth88 @VanArman for making it possible!
WUNDERKAMMER
by @Isakost
108 pieces / 100% on-chain / 14 Jan
A capsule for the presence of an artist who has planted seeds of magic since the foundational days of cryptoart, Isa Kost's WUNDERKAMMER emerges from the lineage of collecting as a creative practice.
Building a Wunderkammer, a Cabinet of Curiosities, is a practice that began in the 16th century as a way to honor objects of strange value. Now, we place such objects on blockchain. Each of the 108 objects in this Cabinet of Curiosities is a dead memory, a dead experience that has called out to be found, and Isa Kost transforms them one by one. The permanence of death becomes timeless presence on-chain.
We look at our curated serial collections as a way to make a vessel that can hold an artist's presence, a means of creating a 'place' that can serve as a home base and coherent core for their body of work. The beauty of this collection and the meaning-making that it does in relation to its medium on-chain make us proud to bring it into the world.
Find the collection page and further details below.
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Beautiful outcome , thanks to everybody involved !
Some @Isakost @lesCogumelos @Lelapinmignon at the screening
And some cluters napes π
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Jun 11
An 11min teaser to promote the concept of a longer documentary, helmed by @BoyaGeorge , with the the help of @Dat_Ogar @arthr @basseadx @PepaDot @Scooter0x , premiered at @NFCsummit 2026
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The rumour has it there are two documentaries to possibly learn about the Cult: one for the novices, welcoming and reliable, and one for those who seek truth through distorted mirrors.
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This month only you can get some byteGAN and AI Imagined Faces physicals from Eterno Gallery in Lisbon...
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Partners in Crime are now live on the stunning square screens of @inkseart on @NFCsummit
Come and join us π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
π€With @ValyaNarts
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[1/3] And this is a wrap for Day 2 !
Stablecoin Day. Live Concert. ACAI Masterclass. Meebits Brunch. The VIBE-A-THON. The Art Factory in full swing.
Four buildings. Three stages. One city. π¬
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ποΈ A documentary exploring the origins of the crypto art movement through testimonies from the artists who lived it.
On view on the Main Stage of NFC Summit 2026.
Featuring:
@MattiaC
@lesCogumelos
@lesCogumelos
@DaniellaDoodles
@rutgervandertas
@Isakost
@juliakponsford
@jaendotart
@Coldie
@skeenee_art
@PanterXhita
@trevorjonesart
@Lelapinmignon
@fabinrasheed
@Gala_Mirissa
@Reinhard_Schmid
@0xmj_
@bryanbrinkman
Credits:
@Scooter0x (written & narrated)
@PepaDot (written & narrated)
@arthr (music & sound)
@BoyaGeorge (director)
@dat_ogar (edition & animation)
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May 28
Got 7 new physicals/digital pairs coming to Lisbon... Keep an eye out.
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πProud to announce that Partners in Crime will be in @NFCsummit π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
Thanks to @flakoubay and powered by @inkseart, a part of the series will be exhibited on 3 screens at June 6, between 10-12 PM in the Art Lounge
πHope to see you there
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πProud to announce the 65th collaboration for Partners in Crime π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
π€This time with legendary digital artist @Moxarra
π§Coming at Monday 27/4 on @manifoldxyz
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πTime flies, and I forgot that last month was the 2nd anniversary of Partners in Crime. We started back in March of 2024. I am really proud of the progress and so happy with the attention it received from the community π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
π€63 collaborations with amazing artists
π§31 out of 63 Pieces sold to esteemed collectors
π°14 Ethereum in total sales, 7E to the collaborators
πmanifold.gallery/eth:0xd29b9β¦
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It's alive!!!
Write your own visualpoem
selfescrita.lovable.app/
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There comes a time in an artist's life whenΒ you must answerΒ the most important question: Am I creating new art, or am I just repeating myself?
For me, that time was 2 years ago, and after more than 20 years of creating, I felt I was falling into repetition. Every new idea I had, was the same as one i had before and after months of planning, creating, and erasing everything,Β I accomplished nothing.Β But I found the answer to the question, and it was collaboration.
As in life, likewise in art we change through others, we make new friends and we change, we travel to new places and meet new people, we change.Β
This is why I started the Partners in Crime series, where every artwork is a new and exciting journey of exploration. Always new patterns, new ideas, and a unique opportunity to dive into another artist's mind and see details that escape the eye of a normal viewer
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goood morning with Delicate Blossom βοΈπΊ
π€Our collaboration with @Isakost for Partners in Crime π΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈββοΈ
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beautiful to see
Kaprekar cuts thru to the power of @Isakost's Wunderkammer with blade-like grace.
There's few collectors who take as seriously the role of this strange act of collecting in the overall sphere of culture-making. And despite the swings and slumps in the scene, it remains true that it's the presence of people who perceive and care about value beyond the quantifiable that nourish the life of this place. And as long as there is such a core, it remains a living place.
2025 Collecting wrap: Wunderkammer by @Isakost
The same curators, @sovrnart, that selected Reflection by @VanArman and Cents by Rutherford Chang also brought us Wunderkammer.
Described as a cabinet of curiosities. A reflection and meditation on death. The objects that remain as life leaves them. Skulls. Seashells. Insects. Animated in minimalist svgs and preserved through the medium of onchain metadata. As links rot, as platforms close, as IPFS pins fade and more NFTs not only die but experience digital decomposure, Wunkderkammer is imo a great way to contemplate digital decay.. or at least for now in the form of onchain works.. a lack of decay. A bit of resilience. The bones left when everything else is gone.
I love the medium of onchain art. What has kept me from being more of an onchain maxi tho is the medium of longform generative and generative has a bit more of a limited narrative ability. The relatively minimalist svgs of Wunderkammer however fulfill the longevity of onchain art and lean on the medium it for a particular purpose. A collection of 108, this one is still not yet sold out. For a market that generally speaking has worshipped quick sell outs, this might lead you to dismiss the work. That would be a mistake.
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2025 Collecting wrap: Wunderkammer by @Isakost
The same curators, @sovrnart, that selected Reflection by @VanArman and Cents by Rutherford Chang also brought us Wunderkammer.
Described as a cabinet of curiosities. A reflection and meditation on death. The objects that remain as life leaves them. Skulls. Seashells. Insects. Animated in minimalist svgs and preserved through the medium of onchain metadata. As links rot, as platforms close, as IPFS pins fade and more NFTs not only die but experience digital decomposure, Wunkderkammer is imo a great way to contemplate digital decay.. or at least for now in the form of onchain works.. a lack of decay. A bit of resilience. The bones left when everything else is gone.
I love the medium of onchain art. What has kept me from being more of an onchain maxi tho is the medium of longform generative and generative has a bit more of a limited narrative ability. The relatively minimalist svgs of Wunderkammer however fulfill the longevity of onchain art and lean on the medium it for a particular purpose. A collection of 108, this one is still not yet sold out. For a market that generally speaking has worshipped quick sell outs, this might lead you to dismiss the work. That would be a mistake.
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