“ Give them a mask, and they will tell you the truth " This is the second piece in a series exploring the evolving tension between art and the nascent digital territories. The astronaut has many connotations but has become ubiquitous in NFT culture partly due to the total anonymity the helmeted face provides. It gives no quarter, no emotion can be read. Yet it is also totally open, a perfect sphere reflects all that it sees. Anonymity is not without its contradictions. Here the OG_Astro is skewered for taking a position. A million bolts of light shoot through their reflective core. Created for gallery presentation to work on its own or in unison with other works from this series. Ultra high resolution, loopable video with synchronized original score. 42 seconds.
