Top 10 picks by Paloma

OUT OF THIS WORLD
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A collaboration between Antoni Tudisco & fashion designer Ding Yun Zhang.

the V01D / 034-003
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The V01D is a generative program written using processing (JAVA) + GLSL shaders. This unique render 034-003 (animation 034, variable/shader set 003), with audio by Zola Jesus (https://www.zolajesus.com) is a 30 second real-time generative animation that is accompanied with 11 rendered stills (still images 7131 × 7131 px). Buyer has the option of choosing ONE of the rendered stills which will be printed 24 x 24 in (60.96 x 60.96 cm) and shipped to you anywhere in the world.

Instinct
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3D illustration by aeforia, created in 2019. 4000×5000 px

Extraordinary
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“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.” – Elon Musk

Bad Karma
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« The Biggest Mistake I Made Was Believing That If I Cast A Beautiful Net I’d Catch Only Beautiful Things. » — OA. Bad Karma is a piece inspired by deeds, faith, and dichotomy. I can’t properly recall when I’ve first been introduced to the concept of Karma when I was a child. It feels so close yet so far, but I can’t never quite wrap my head around the first time I learned about the spiritual principle of cause and effect. Funny how some things you’re taught and raised with during your childhood just stick with you for the rest of your life. I remember being a sweet, shy and optimistic child. I used to be bright. I’d always be nice and welcoming to others, even when they weren’t nice and welcoming towards me. I was taught and raised to believe that all of my deeds will have consequences. They could affect my path but other’s as well. I carefully started navigating through childhood with this idea in mind and began overthinking actions and thoughts at a very young age. I eventually grown up and started facing traumas. All of the faith and hope started to crumble apart until nothing of my innocence and positivity was left. Anxiety, depression, death, violence, abuse, addiction. It felt like a betrayal. I gave everything I had to be on Good Karma’s side. Why did I had to be nice, empathetic and respectful if it meant going through all of this afterwards? What did I do wrong to deserve all of the things that were happening now? It felt like I was burning from the inside and couldn’t find the source of a fire to extinguish. It felt like the universe suddenly turned me into a magnetic pole and all I could do was to attract negative things. It became a fatality. I named it Bad Karma. I life put me through this, I should have deserved it somehow. I was powerless and embraced the feeling, let it consume me until it became my identity. It’s not like I became a monster, I just felt like one. It felt unfair and dark all the time. I believe the harshness and complexity of this piece sums this experience quite well. I wanted to create Bad Karma as a piece that will hold and witness my younger self state of mind. Years later, I still feel the weight and influence of an invisible karmic force guiding my steps, but my perspective on it obviously changed. For such a long time, I used to see life as black or white. All of the things I felt were always opposite and extremes. I struggled so hard to find a sense of balance in life. And I still do. Every day. But I also use my art as a reminder of how far I’ve come and really appreciate to depict memories of past emotions.

N3URAL1NK v.09
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Uploading Neuralink Conscience Database to Host…. Please Wait… Upload Complete.

LOL
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Rendezvous on MORK – LOL version by Hackatao and mbsjq Feat Astro in giggles from [Astro & The Universe Series] Music by LilSiri

DEEP FUCKING VALUE
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THIS PIECE SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO ROBNESS’ HEART. IN THE YEAR OF 2011, HE JUST GOT BACK FROM THE TRIP OF HIS LIFE AT BURNING MAN ONLY TO FIND OUT THE DRUMS OF PROTEST AGAINST THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS WAS WELL UNDERWAY. WHILST WORKING AT A RESTAURANT IN HERMOSA BEACH, HE WOULD HOP ON THE BUS TO AND FROM DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO PROTEST AGAINST CORPORATIONS LIKE BANK OF AMERICA WHO PLAYED A SEMINAL PART IN THE BAILOUTS. THE OCCUPATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES REACHED A CRITICAL POINT AND MADE IT INTO THE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS, BUT THE MOVEMENT SLOWLY FIZZLED AND ONLY THE MESSAGE GOT ACROSS, NO REAL CHANGE ESTABLISHED. AS WE FAST FORWARD TO WHAT MAY LIVE AS A ‘DAY OF INFAMY,’ A GROUP OF REDDITORS ON A FORUM CALLED /R/WALLSTREETBETS MANAGED TO TAKE DOWN MELVIN CAPITAL, A FIRM THAT WAS CAUGHT SHORT SELLING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE COMPANY GAMESTOP. DURING A PANDEMIC, THIS WAS SEEN AS A SLEAZY MOVE AND THUS THESE GROUP OF ‘RETAIL INVESTORS’ MANAGED TO FIRE AN ARROW OVER THE CASTLE WALLS OF WALL STREET ITSELF AND MANAGED TO TAKE A SCALP FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, SENDING MELVIN CAPITAL WITH LOSSES IN THE BILLIONS. THE FALLOUT OF THIS EVENT TRIGGERED MASS MANIPULATION FROM TRADING PLATFORMS LIKE ROBINHOOD TO STOP TRADING IN AN EFFORT FOR WHAT SEEMED BY MANY TO PROTECT THESE VERY HEDGE FUNDS THAT WERE SUFFERING MASSIVE LOSSES. THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THIS EVENT IN U.S. HISTORY, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT ONLY DID IT UNITE BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM(TED CRUZ AND ALEXANDRIA CORTEZ FINALLY AGREEING ON SOMETHING), BUT IT ALSO BECAME A MOMENT WHERE THE ENTIRE NATION FINALLY REALIZED THE SCOPE OF FRAUD THAT WALL ST. HAS BEEN PRACTICING FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG. THIS WAS THE MOMENT EVERYONE REALIZED, WITH THE HELP OF CURRENT FAST AND MOBILE TRADING TECHNOLOGY, THAT THE GAME WAS NEVER IN THEIR FAVOR……IT WAS ALWAYS IN THE HANDS OF THE SMALL FEW. THIS IS PART OF THE ‘LAST CONFIRMATION’ BLOCKCHAIN FINE ART COLLABORATION SERIES WITH NORMAN HARMAN X ROBNESS VIRTUAL(FORMERLY CYBERPOP)