To a large segment of people, NFT art is synonymous with little more than over-hyped digital status symbols. For others, including me, this revolution has been a significant turning point in art history, digital ownership, community building, and aesthetics.
Ines has been looking for ways to monetize her work. At present, smart contracts offer the most viable means for her to do so. “For now, it’s the only way to sell digital artists’ work with a proper certificate and trace it. That’s great news to make digital art accessible to more people, protect it and value our work more traditionally,” she mentioned, adding that ownership of AR is a slippery slope. “It’s complicated, especially when collaborating with big companies such as Meta. I have no idea what the law is about this, shame on me, but uploading my art to their platform makes it their own?” Still, these apps are the best way to display and share her work, and she hasn’t yet found the right way to link her AR works to NFTs. In particular, the filter-related ones are more of a self-triggered experience than an artwork because of their ephemeral nature. But, she is quite optimistic about the future. “I guess it’s not gonna be a problem soon enough anyways,” she said, as the ever-evolving features of NFT platforms widen the possibilities offered to creators a little more every day.
This new creative economy has been a game-changer for Ines. Web3 has allowed her to broaden the scope of her e-makeup creations which valorize a form of beauty that is more diverse, quirky, and open to imperfection than what is traditionally considered worthy of celebration. “It’s a good thing that art pieces that were not made in a traditional way have value now. That value has been given by people and not by a very selective privileged group. What’s beautiful or not doesn’t belong and doesn’t have to be decided by a niche of people.” Ines’s views on creative freedom and autonomous decision-making are key components to the Web3 ecosystem and its community ethos, and that’s why we are all in here.
From the few experiences she has had so far, the crypto space has been very kind to Ines. “I’ve always felt that people working in the digital space were supportive,” she explained. “Always up to sharing knowledge, resources, and tips. It’s thanks to Nicole Ruggiero that I made my first baby steps in the community.”
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