EMRGNC2
THE COLLECTION
THE ARTWORK
OVERVIEW
Emergence 2 is a collection of 10 unique looping animations with custom music, and sound fx, tied into one NFT. Each animation is 10 seconds long and every 24 hours the NFT cycles from one sequence to the next for 10 days. Every morning at 8am MST the NFT changes to a new animation using a manifold contract to execute the work.
BACKGROUND
Emergence 2 is a project I’ve worked on for over 4 years. It began as an exploration of displacement maps using liquid textures to distort 3D generated faces. The project took a turn into a personal journey before the birth of my first child. Soon thereafter I began working on a short film titled “Emergence” which is a 30 second animation of a human form emerging, or being birthed, from liquid.
THE STORY
I have been working with the human form since I was a young whether it be drawing, sculpting, or generating in 3d software. Most of my work in college was always focused on the shapes, lines, and emotion of people. Most often my work has always been abstract with hints of reality to distort what it is you’re seeing. The viewer is able to imagine what they think they’re seeing verse me being so bold as to tell you.
Emergence began as a personal project many years ago. I worked on the idea of a human form being birthed from liquid, struggling to get out. The early form of the project was of skulls, ears, hands, and mouths being formed out of the liquid. But as I got deeper in to the work I recognized the face and head was what always resonated with me the most. There was something beautiful and elegant about the shape of the face pushing its way out of the inky liquid.
While it took me nearly 4 years to complete the Emergence project I believe that its a stronger concept now than it was when it first began. This project has been a passion of mine for many years and while it’s hard to let my work go, it’s time to set it free.
Emergence is a feeling of warm liquid, hugging the contours of a face. A darkened backdrop intertwines with colorful, saturated, bright, and wet highlights. Micro details give the viewer the sense of movement and motion. Slowly pushing through the flat surface of fluid, a face emerges. Emergence is the creation of life.
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