{"id":383,"date":"2021-10-20T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/the-mint\/\/?p=383"},"modified":"2022-04-05T21:09:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T21:09:52","slug":"aesthetically-sound-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/the-mint\/aesthetically-sound-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Show \u2014 ‘Aesthetically Sound’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cAesthetically Sound,\u201d a curated exhibition for 1stDibs\u2019 recently launched NFT marketplace, contemplates the junction of music and art on the internet. Currently, NFT enthusiasts have fostered a community within a relatively niche but growing online crowd. Because of its presence there, it has attracted those who already inhabit internet spaces, such as tech developers, crypto-investors, coding engineers, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the community begets a culture that values efficiency, logic and patterns. Further, these values drive creative production found in the community as well, revealing a overwhelming preference for intelligent design and elegant 3D models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The works in this exhibition range visually from 4D cinematic animations to moving photographic images. The music also ranges in genre from lo-fi to hard synth tunes. At their core, all of the works embrace the close relationship between technology and creative activity, like art and music, as tools to tell a story, convey an idea or characterize an ethos. \u201cAesthetically Sound\u201d conjoins NFT creators whose work intertwines polished, sophisticated visuals with high production sounds to create compositions that reflect the culture around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition includes works by creators Hidden Forces, Jonathan Winbush, Levit\u2206te and Studio Nouveau. Together, they represent the influence that music originating in popular corners of the internet has had on digital and NFT art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studio Nouveau<\/p>\n\n\n

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Portals: I. Departure, 2021, by Studio Nouveau<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The NFT artist Studio Nouveau debuts a recent series titled \u201cPortals,\u201d which combines 3D models and AI-generated visual clips into video format. The music in the video carries the plot, enhancing the video transitions and geometric gestures. In the work Portal: III. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singularity, the up-tempo beat creates intrigue and energy behind the suspenseful journey of the work\u2019s central icon. Like all of the works in the series, Studio Nouveau understands the importance of using crisp, controlled visuals in harmony with a score to fabricate an idyllic imagined environment unique to the virtual world. (See if you can catch the sample of the theme song from television\u2019s Rick and Morty in one of the works!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levit\u2206te<\/p>\n\n\n\n