THELOGICALINDIAN - Last ages the advance diva of System of a Down Serj Tankian hosted an art exhibition with the nonfungible badge NFT belvedere and exchange Curio NFT The concrete and virtualmelded art appearance was alleged Not for Touching and this anniversary Tankian told Bitcoincom News that he believes NFT technology has opened new doors for his aesthetic expression
This anniversary Bitcoin.com News chatted with System of a Down’s (SoaD) advance vocalist, Serj Tankian, about non-fungible badge (NFT) tech and how it has accustomed him the adeptness to accurate his art in a new way. In December, Tankian and Curio NFT hosted an art exhibition featuring the artist’s NFT artwork alleged “Not for Touching.”
Tankian has been an artisan for years, but NFTs has accustomed the SoaD accompanist a new way “to affect assorted senses simultaneously” and he fatigued that he’s consistently absorbed in accepting “a stronger appulse artistically.” The afterward is an all-embracing altercation with SoaD’s Serj Tankian that Bitcoin.com News recorded on January 5.
Bitcoin.com News (BCN): You’ve afresh stepped into the apple of NFTs. Can you acquaint our readers how you apparent NFT technology?
Serj Tankian: I apparent it by account the news. Seeing how altered artists were absolution NFTs. We were adjustment the abode and I had a lot of account time, and I was like ‘wow this is absolutely interesting.’ Since I’ve been accomplishing art for a cardinal of years, musically affiliated art, I anticipation ‘wow this could be a new belvedere for what I am doing.’ So that’s area the affiliation of the abstraction came into play.
BCN: Recently, you hosted an art appearance alleged “Not for Touching” with Curio NFT. Can you acquaint our readers about this accident and how it went?
Serj Tankian: The accident went absolutely well, they set up a basic arcade which was absolutely absorbing for me. To be able to affectionate of go into this arcade and see my pieces, which were NFTs of course, and be able to appearance them, accept to them, and see capacity on them. Then airing the added way and see addition NFT assignment on addition wall. It was absolutely cool, the bureaucracy was absolutely nice and it’s affectionate of my aboriginal dive into this apple as an artist.
I’ve consistently been absorbed in the adeptness to affect assorted senses simultaneously, as a way of affectionate of accepting a stronger appulse artistically. I did that with my art in music, which we alarm “Eye For Sound.” We use an app that does optical acceptance and you airing into a concrete arcade and you are able to accept to anniversary of the paintings with a smartphone or earbuds.
BCN: Do you aggregate any added assets from specific NFT collections?
Serj Tankian: I accept not so far. To be honest, I am not a ample concrete art collector, alike admitting I aftermath concrete art. I do accept some paintings by some acceptable friends. Maybe it’s the actuality that I am in some means a minimalist. I don’t like clutter, alike on a adamantine drive. I accept a lot of accompany who are collectors and they adulation accession art, accession things, NFTs, and I’m aloof not a collector. I am an artist, I produce.
BCN: Do any of the added System of the Down bandmates like NFTs?
Serj Tankian: I haven’t absolutely asked them. I am not abiding any of them accept bought any. I would agnosticism it, but maybe Shavo (SoaD bass amateur Shavo Odadjian), because he’s actual tech-friendly and against the added guys. So possibly Shavo, but I am not sure.
BCN: Why do you anticipate NFTs are the “next step” in agreement of aesthetic creation?
Serj Tankian: I was adage that account is directed at me. Because it gave me a new belvedere to be able to add a ambit of acquaintance that I hadn’t been able to add physically. That would be ample into the basic amplitude in a way that I can accomplish the paintings move, accomplish them dance.
BCN: Besides NFTs are you into added types of blockchain projects, like crypto-assets such as bitcoin?
Serj Tankian: Not really. I don’t apperceive sh*t about it. I am absolutely a aboveboard being back it comes to blockchain, bitcoin, and any of it. I don’t own any, to me [NFT tech] is a new apple of presenting my art, so that’s my in. But I absolutely don’t apperceive abundant about blockchain but I accept accompany who accept bought bitcoin aboriginal and they are actual enthused.
BCN: A lot of bodies accept blockchain tech can abolish abject third parties from assorted elements in our lives. Would you accede with that?
Serj Tankian: I anticipate there is absolutely accuracy to that. I anticipate it’s a destructive technology in a way or maybe it’s not subversive, and maybe it’s an alternative. You anticipate about the gold accepted and how the money acclimated to be based on gold. Then they got off the gold accepted because they couldn’t acquisition abundant gold. They broadcast above that so best currencies are based on the candor of the government of that nation.
BCN: Do you plan on accomplishing any added NFT exhibitions featuring your artwork?
Serj Tankian: I do. But I appetite to acquisition the abutting level. I would adulation to do a concrete arcade or building exhibition, area there are these physically abandoned spaces for anniversary of my paintings and you actualize alike added of this basic meets the concrete world. Area you can collaborate with the assorted ambit of art that accommodate painting, absolutely the music surrounding you, maybe some blow and aroma elements, lighting, and accompany the basic apple into that. Maybe the NFTs could be projected, aural the absolute space, I’m starting to anticipate of assorted ambit and the access of the authority of the aesthetic effect.
What do you anticipate about our account with Serj Tankian from System of a Down? What do you anticipate about his description of NFT technology? Let us apperceive what you anticipate about this accountable in the comments area below.
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