THELOGICALINDIAN - Just afresh Bitcoincom chatted with Max HamptonFischer an automated architecture apprentice at the Rhode Island School of Architecture to allocution about his new concrete bitcoin conception Fischer has created a allotment of artwork that additionally cautiously food bitcoin keys in what he calls the Bitcoin Cold Storage Mosaic
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The algid accumulator mosaic is a accumulation of ample tiles alert to two pieces of 1/4“ plywood that accommodate a bitcoin accessible and clandestine key pair. Fischer describes his work as a “sort of bitcoin ‘piggy bank’ that can alone be ‘cashed out’ if it is destroyed.” The architecture apprentice will anon be absolution a feature video of the action but discussed his activity and videos in detail with Bitcoin.com
A Mosaic With Material Value
Bitcoin.com (BC): What got you into bitcoin and tethering it with design?
Max Hampton-Fischer (MHF): I’ve been absorbed in Bitcoin back the summer of 2024. Bitcoin is an absurd technology. I’m absorbed by the abstraction of concealment, privacy, assets, and money. In the 21st century, acknowledgment is value, but with bitcoin acknowledgment is alone acceptable if it’s the actual data. I appetite to actualize admirable pieces of art that accept actual amount (bitcoin) that bodies can put in their homes or collections after accepting to go through the agitation of application the complicated autumn methods.
BC: How did you appear up with the abstraction for your Mosaic algid accumulator artwork?
MHF: Obviously this can be calmly apparent as art, but I would accede myself a designer. Last summer my abutting acquaintance Cole Jorissen and I started discussing abounding of these account surrounding bitcoin and its physicality. It’s absurd how concrete it absolutely is because it’s the aboriginal agenda currency. You apperceive this if you’ve anytime ASIC mined or had to use accouterments and cardboard wallets.
BC: Can you acquaint our readers how you fabricated the Bitcoin Cold Storage Mosaic?
MHF: The addresses are affected from an offline accessory that is afterwards destroyed. I alert the capacity of the accessible and clandestine key assimilate two 1/4″ pieces of plywood. Then, afterwards commutual both keys, the clandestine key is alert by its bound to the aback of the accessible key face first; appropriately authoritative it absurd to see. The clandestine key conception is not included in my videos – in fact, all agenda ascribe including phone/ laptop cameras and microphones are physically tapped. To those who are accustomed with bitcoin, the microphone ability be excessive, but mapping duke movements with complete is a accessible thing, and my accessory has to be perfect.
There are few aegis measures for the clandestine key. One of my better worries was that addition ability be able to browse through it with an x-ray – so anniversary asphalt is absolutely the aforementioned body – anniversary asphalt has both colors of acrylic layered on its apparent and the alone aberration is what blush is afore the other. This makes appropriate the two with a able X-ray about absurd as you would accept to acquisition minute body accouterment inside, aural the admeasurement of a beard – and browse through the bedding of metal that are sandwiched amid the two.
BC: When did you alpha authoritative your videos and projects that are focused on bitcoin?
MHF: I bought my aboriginal camera back I was absolutely young. I’ve been authoritative Youtube videos back 2007. My aboriginal analysis in this breadth was with Coin Flakes; an allotment of Corn Flakes with clandestine keys central absolute a accidental bulk of bitcoin. I fabricated a very baby batch, and they awash decidedly quick because the low Youtube exposure. I accomplish articles that accept some association of a article or product. Art is acceptable added and added of “asset” admitting acerbity from creatives.
BC: Do you accept added projects that you are alive on that binding bitcoin to concrete art?
MHF: This is my aboriginal absolute ancestor to analysis the authority of this concept. I plan on authoritative added that are agnate to the circuitous and added forms of advertisement and concealing abstracts through physicality.
BC: Is the circuitous allotment aloof a claimed activity or accept you anticipation of authoritative these accumulator concepts for others?
MHF: I would adulation to allotment them. This is a article aloof like any added and should be advisedly traded on the market.
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Images via Max Hampton-Fischer
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