Riddle Me This #6/20

Personal project

A digital original of Kevin Roose's New York Times column, "Buy This Column on the Blockchain!" Published 3/24/21.

Just as the book speaks to intelligence, the image in all its muteness speaks to the heart.

Sophia Instantiation by Sophia the AI robot x Andreas Bonaceto

Your head turns away: O the new love! Your head turns back, - O the new love!

This still-life, titled after one of Pablo Picasso's infamous quotes, was made solely using 3D softwares and apps, in an attempt to bring this often forgotten artistic genre into the 21st century through the use of new artistic mediums and technologies. This piece is also an invitation to meditate on the role of "value" throught the ages and how it's been radically altered by the coming into existence of technologies and concepts like cryptocurrencies and digital scarcity.