Re:Bored Ape conference attendees wake up with eye pain, vis...
by eru on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:23AM
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I'm sure there's plenty of art and artists who are very aware of themselves being used as tools in a status game.
See eg https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/14/receipt...
NFTs that start themselves as NFTs, like Bored Ape NFTs, are a solely financial product intended to convey status and something to eventually be pawned off to others for a profit. It's a market, not an art community. Not all artists who sell things they make as NFTs necessarily fit this mold, but things like Bored Apes definitely do.