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So...an Ozymandias themed AfroFuturist SteamPunk #BurningMan landscape installation...representing Transience, Sustainability, Obsolescence etc...with an Afrobeat / Afrofuturist Music Graffiti painting...that is transformed into a soundscape.
MUSIC > ART
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The background is an original physical #MusicGraffiti painting from my FEEDBACK LOOPS series - #SunRa / #Afrobeat inspired, using a themed colour palette
It was then scanned thru a visual synthesizer to create the PHREAK MUSIC white noise soundscape
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Building a futurist space robot from discarded AV equipment was obviously fun...but the concept was to visually juxtapose the future with the past...with a nod to both Afrofuturism & Egyptology...the themes and setting of Shelly's Ozymandias... & my normal work
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My piece is OZYMANDIAS REDUX - an 11 second 1/1 AudioVisual MP4 #NFT
My usual themes are in there, along with some specific @AfrikaBurn refs.
Starting with a 2m high #SteamPunk installation using obsolescent AV equipment:
[Orig landscape photo @Claudiaart8]
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Made this for the @AfrikaBurn / @SaveTheClan fundraising project on @Mintbase/@NEARProtocol
OZYMANDIAS REDUX:
Transience, Obsolescence, Transformation, Sustainability, Afrofuturism, SteamPunk, Nostalgia/NO$TALGIA, & PHREAK MUSIC
There's a lot going on here...
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The @SaveTheClan@AfrikaBurn Fundraising is now live on the Climate-Neutral #NFT platform @mintbase, built on @NEARProtocol! 🤩
Over 100 artists minted over 200 amazing #NFTs. The proceeds will be used to support AfrikaBurn, charity, and the artists.
Caring is the act of the heart to support others with love. Care is what @AfrikaBurn needs now to survive in order to expierence more of those beautiful annual gatherings 😍 100+ artists from all over the world created #NFTs for this greater cause 🙏
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