Minting Tamil culture on the blockchain?: from the NFT chatroom for Madras Week
The Hindu
The session, ‘From Chennai to Christie’s’, had a techie, a crypto investor and a digital artist demystify NFTs and discuss the future of art as we know it
Earlier this week, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought EtherRock, a picture of a rock with laser eyes for half-a-million dollars. ‘It wasn’t even a good picture of a rock. So, when people are buying crudely-drawn rocks for $500,000, what stage of the collecting cycle are we in?’ This was one of the many questions raised at ‘From Chennai to Christie’s’, a recent session with NFT majors Twobadour and teen artist Laya Mathikshara. “We’re still at the beginning stage of the art cycle — the real explosion hasn’t happened yet. It will occur when people go beyond just owning art to understanding what to do with the NFTs and how to experience them,” said Twobadour aka Anand Venkateswaran (who shot to fame for his purchase of Beeple’s $69 million NFT artwork with Vignesh Sundaresan aka Metakovan earlier this year). As Part of Madras Week celebrations, the session saw techie, musician and author of Masala Lab, Krish Ashok, exploring what two different players in this space — creator and investor — had to say, and making the concept relatable to the audience.More Related News