Sim-Bio-Extended NFT

The project Bio-Extended NFT is a continuation, a conclusion, of the installation Sim-biocene. In the installation, a small ecosystem was created that grew wheatgrass in the end. The help of the visitors was necessary, who activated an irrigational system by their presence and movements alone and thus kept the eco-system alive. In the end, shapes were to be cut out of the grown wheatgrass, which were then offered as works of art. The fact that media art was used to create the wheatgrass shapes inspired us to develop this approach further.

 

Using NFT (Digital File) to enhance the wheatgrass artwork and convert it to 3D for future reproduction. Bio-Extended NFT. With the purchase of a Bio-Extended NFT, the buyer receives a 3D scan of the original and also the actual wheatgrass shape or seeds to grow their own.

The extension of the project Sim-Biocene critiques the then NFT-hype by comparing the nutritional value of the living, perishable wheatgrass cut-out with the eternal, yet nutritionless value of a digitally scanned model. 

(2022)