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gm is an ethos; it is also good morning.
Our beginning collection of NFT art available on OpenSea.io. The gm collection consists of photo documentation of 2 physical metal works where the letters ‘gm’ is written using welded steel bead as ink. The original steel pieces were fabricated on 10/08/2021 in Houston, TX and documented the same day.
The physical steel artwork ‘gm-2 2021’ was additionally distributed to the first owner that redeemed it, and the physical ‘gm 2021’ was inversely destroyed and recorded as its own NFT. The 'gm' pieces explore the relationship of the coexistence, or lack thereof, of physical art sources and their NFT counterparts.
One distributed, one destroyed.
(Photograph/digital of weld on steel. 2021)
gm is an ethos; it is also good morning. The original object in the photograph was physically made/welded on 10/08/2021 in Houston, TX. Days later it was destroyed to only exist on the Ethereum blockchain. As the physical artwork of gm 2021 is destroyed, the physical artwork of gm-2 2021 is inversely distributed to the first owner that redeems it. The ‘gm’ pieces explore the relationship of the coexistence, or lack thereof, of physical art sources and their NFT counterparts.
(Digital video. 2021)
Time lapse video of the physical destruction of gm 2021 with a handheld grinder. The destruction took place on 10/14/2021. gm 2021 now only exists on the Ethereum blockchain.
(Photograph/digital of weld on steel. 2021)
gm is an ethos; it is also good morning. The original object in the photograph was physically made/welded on 10/08/2021 in Houston, TX. Unlocked content includes the shipment of the initial metal artwork. The piece will continue to patina until unlocked content has been initiated and shipped. As the physical artwork of gm-2 2021 is distributed to the first owner that redeems it, the physical artwork of gm 2021 is inversely destroyed. The ‘gm’ pieces explore the relationship of the coexistence, or lack thereof, of physical art sources and their NFT counterparts.
Taken moments after their initial fabrication in Houston, TX on 10/08/2021. These would be the physical counterparts and origins to NFTs gm 2021 and gm-2 2021.