"Padimai Art & Tech Studio will launch with Your view matter (2022/25), a VR work by artist Olafur Eliasson that was commissioned by the studio's founder, technologist and collector Vignesh Sundaresan, also known as Metakovan. The initiative comes four years after Sundaresan's record-breaking $69.3 million purchase of Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days, a sale that thrust blockchain-based art into the global spotlight. Padimai, an independent entity, aims to move the conversation beyond speculation, toward long-term questions of technological infrastructure, digital sovereignty, and collective memory."
"In Your view matter, Eliasson guides participants through six geometric virtual environments shaped after the five Platonic solids and a sphere. Animated moiré patterns respond to movement, accompanied by a minimalist soundtrack composed by the artist. The work continues Eliasson's long-running exploration of perception and one's awareness of the environment around them. The presentation features seven VR stations, each within a 13-foot circular area that allows free movement. Every encounter generates a unique data file capturing the visitor's trajectory and point of view."
"These files are stored within a blockchain-based archive conceived by Sundaresan, designed as a decentralized system capable of "playing back and playing forward" each recorded journey while maintaining the artwork's exact digital state. According to Sundaresan, the archive reflects Padimai's central mission: to build systems where artists and communities can store and preserve their work independently of corporate platforms."
Padimai Art & Tech Studio opens in November at Tanjong Pagar Distripark in Singapore as a space dedicated to the intersection of art and technology. The studio launches with Your view matter (2022/25), a VR work by Olafur Eliasson commissioned by technologist and collector Vignesh Sundaresan (Metakovan). The VR experience comprises six geometric virtual environments inspired by the Platonic solids and a sphere, with animated moiré patterns and a minimalist soundtrack. Seven 13-foot circular VR stations enable free movement and generate unique data files recording visitor trajectories and viewpoints. Those files are stored in a blockchain-based archive designed to play back and play forward recorded journeys while preserving exact digital states. Padimai will host residencies, commissions, and exhibitions focused on emerging artistic and technological practices and aims to enable artists and communities to store and preserve work independently of corporate platforms.
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