Here and Elsewhere by Brendan Dawes

“This work is one of the most important in my collection. From the artist I love and its Camus reference, to the “burnt auction” it was sold at and the day Malik and I acquired it. There is more significance in this work to me as a collector than most. Let me explain a bit more. Brendan is an artist I got to meet and become friend with. He is one of the most talented digital artist, who manages to work with a high number of data and still create poetic and artistic output. This specific work is based on a quote by Albert Camus from L’Etranger, which is a book I re-read once a year to not forget. It was sold at the first crypto art auction in France in March 2022. Lucie Eleonore Riveron, the founder of Fauve Paris, fought hard for months with the French government and the auction committee to make public sales of purely digital art legal. The burnt auction was the first to be held without having to sell a physical component of the works. Finally, the day we acquired the work from New York was the day my husband left his job at Bank of America, which allowed us to start a new adventure and for us to be able to move to Argentina. Hence the connection to the title, Here and Elsewhere.“

What I love about this work

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ARTWORK DETAILS

Artist Name: Brendan Dawes

Artwork Title: Here and Elsewhere

Series Size: 1/1

Creation Date: February 2, 2022

Genre: Generative Art

Description: “I like people who dream or talk to themselves interminably; I like them, for they are double. They are here and elsewhere.” ― Albert Camus. When things are forbidden it takes dreamers to venture into the unknown and challenge perceived norms. Inspired by an Albert Camus quote, dreams and deliberate actions give rise to new forms, structures and possibilities where there was previously darkness. Created by Brendan Dawes with music composed and performed by Sion Trefor (Bird in the House).

Artist Biography: Inspired by Albert Camus’ philosophy, british artist Brendan Dawes uses generative processes, mixing data and automated learning, to create interactive installations, electronic objects and online experiences. Winner of the Lumen and Aesthetica Art Prizes, he has been the subject of numerous exhibitions around the world (Big Bang Data in thirteen cities, the MoMA in New York on three occasions, etc.) and his work Cinema Redux has even joined the MoMa collection in 2008.
Brendan Dawes’ work draws inspiration from popular culture and nature, focusing on the concepts of time and memory, his analytical explorations challenging even our own understanding of the world.

Platform: Opensea

Blockchain: Ethereum

Partner: Fauve Paris Auction House

Link to the NFT:  https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x738a0be4d2b2128dc17a6a30ff30c1e88da76d53/1

Links:

1. Artist Website

2. Lot detail page on Fauve Paris site

3. Fauve Paris Entire Auction Catalogue

4. LeMonde article on the Burnt Auction

5. Documentary on the Burnt Auction at Fauve Paris

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