Drue Kataoka, leading Japanese American artist-technologist-activist’s new charitable non-fungible token (NFT) in collaboration with ILMxLAB launches today. Entitled ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’, the audio-visual NFT will be auctioned by leading auction house Phillips. The auction will go live today, December 8, 2021 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET and culminate on December 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET.
To accompany the auction, Kataoka will host a discussion on Clubhouse about the artwork starting today at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET, https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mZlWRqdx and a closing event at 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET on December 15, 2021: https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mZlWRqdx
100% of the auction proceeds will benefit two esteemed American civil rights organizations, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) and #StopAAPIHate. ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’ was created in response to the growing number of racist and sexist imagery within the NFT ecosystem. The piece serves as a reminder that while the internet, social media, and mobile technologies have served as a democratizing force in communications and content creation, there have been missed opportunities to confront an exhausted, suffering world plagued by the social ills of racism and sexism.
Created in collaboration with ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s award-winning immersive entertainment studio, the resulting NFT is an impressive, complex technological feat with each frame taking 20 minutes to render, resulting in a total of 23 days to render the full NFT.
The demand for NFTs has remained strong this past year, with more traditional contemporary art buyers wishing to add works of the new medium to their growing collections. Rebekah Bowling, Phillips’ Senior Specialist of 20th Century & Contemporary Art said, “Drue Kataoka has cemented her reputation as one of the most innovative artists and activists of our time and ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’ is poised to completely reimagine the way we look at charitable giving. The impact of her vision extends far beyond the worlds of art and technology and Phillips is honored to work so closely with her in supporting The King Center and #StopAAPIHate.”
For more information about the auction, please visit these web pages:
Drue.Net/PassTheTest
ILMxLAB.com/PassTheTest
NFT For Good Art from Drue Katakoa and ILMxLAB launches today
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NFT For Good Art from Drue Katakoa and ILMxLAB launches today
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Drue Kataoka, leading Japanese American artist-technologist-activist’s new charitable non-fungible token (NFT) in collaboration with ILMxLAB launches today. Entitled ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’, the audio-visual NFT will be auctioned by leading auction house Phillips. The auction will go live today, December 8, 2021 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET and culminate on December 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET.
To accompany the auction, Kataoka will host a discussion on Clubhouse about the artwork starting today at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET, https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mZlWRqdx and a closing event at 8:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM ET on December 15, 2021: https://www.clubhouse.com/event/mZlWRqdx
100% of the auction proceeds will benefit two esteemed American civil rights organizations, The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“The King Center”) and #StopAAPIHate. ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’ was created in response to the growing number of racist and sexist imagery within the NFT ecosystem. The piece serves as a reminder that while the internet, social media, and mobile technologies have served as a democratizing force in communications and content creation, there have been missed opportunities to confront an exhausted, suffering world plagued by the social ills of racism and sexism.
Created in collaboration with ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s award-winning immersive entertainment studio, the resulting NFT is an impressive, complex technological feat with each frame taking 20 minutes to render, resulting in a total of 23 days to render the full NFT.
The demand for NFTs has remained strong this past year, with more traditional contemporary art buyers wishing to add works of the new medium to their growing collections. Rebekah Bowling, Phillips’ Senior Specialist of 20th Century & Contemporary Art said, “Drue Kataoka has cemented her reputation as one of the most innovative artists and activists of our time and ‘Will Your Heart Pass the Test?’ is poised to completely reimagine the way we look at charitable giving. The impact of her vision extends far beyond the worlds of art and technology and Phillips is honored to work so closely with her in supporting The King Center and #StopAAPIHate.”
For more information about the auction, please visit these web pages:
Drue.Net/PassTheTest
ILMxLAB.com/PassTheTest