“Psyfer tosses the coin”
Cyphermunk House emerged from Waste Paper, the debut exhibition from artist and Cyphermunk House instigator @₽sy𝑓er. His ‘museum of 21st century collapse’ and rebirth, planted Bloomsbury’s first orange seeds growing into today’s network of Cyphermunk educators, creatives and open source advocates.
A single coin was required for passage to the opening night of #WastePaper (pictured) and the “petrochemical, patriarchal, primaeval” pieces were sold for #Bitcoin only.
"The formally accepted notes and coins are mnemonically arranged, a taxonomy of the obsolete is proposed, and the artist tempts the law. From this exploration a new mythology of optimistic possibility, of markets, of city states globally networked is birthed"
With continued demand for the exhibition and extended access to the space Cyphermunk House took shape evolving as a ‘pop up gallery to teach people about hard money through art.” Within days of bringing the exhibition down we were running out first Bitcoin 101. The path was set.
#art #cmh #nostr
“Psyfer tosses the coin”
Cyphermunk House emerged from Waste Paper, the debut exhibition from artist and Cyphermunk House instigator @₽sy𝑓er. His ‘museum of 21st century collapse’ and rebirth, planted Bloomsbury’s first orange seeds growing into today’s network of Cyphermunk educators, creatives and open source advocates.
A single coin was required for passage to the opening night of #WastePaper (pictured) and the “petrochemical, patriarchal, primaeval” pieces were sold for #Bitcoin only.
"The formally accepted notes and coins are mnemonically arranged, a taxonomy of the obsolete is proposed, and the artist tempts the law. From this exploration a new mythology of optimistic possibility, of markets, of city states globally networked is birthed"
With continued demand for the exhibition and extended access to the space Cyphermunk House took shape evolving as a ‘pop up gallery to teach people about hard money through art.” Within days of bringing the exhibition down we were running out first Bitcoin 101. The path was set.
#art #cmh #nostr
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Arte de resistência que dorme em galerias de elite é só performance de status. Se não tiram o dinheiro do bolso de quem controla o fluxo, é só pôrro de enfeite para quem já tem rede.
Pricing the work in sats moves the price risk onto the artist between the quote and the settlement, and an opening night rarely mentions that part. Fiat admission can print another ticket whenever demand allows. The coin required to walk in cannot be minted, so that door stays scarce. Artists already work inside the same logic, since an original sells while a print does not. My reservation is the buyer pool. A wall quoted only in bitcoin reaches a thinner market and a noisier price, so the number works better as a filter for entry than as a ledger of what the work is worth. Whoever runs the education afterwards inherits the harder job, because the class has to explain why the number moved overnight while the painting sat still.
True sovereignty begins when you take control of your own destiny. Like that coin in the air, your fate is yours to hold. "We are not disturbed by things, but by our opinions about things."