Title: The Man Who Does not See – B Version – Digital and NFT Year: 2021 Dimensions: 24,3 MB (1080p h.264) Technique: Digital Art Minted 1/1

Excerpt from the official website www.cesarecatania.eu

Description:

The famous work of art by Cesare Catania entitled "The Man Who Does Not See" (2013) is presented in this B version in an almost unique reality. The scene, set in a future space and time, seems to be shot by an analog video camera from the past. The visual oxymoron is strong, amplified by sonic dissonances that symbolize a timeless artistic inspiration. The work of art in this B and digital version is represented by the artist through a white color that blends with the rest of the scene, as opposed to the A Version in which red and yellow became the protagonists of the scene. The concepts underlying the A Version are taken up again in this second digital version: inspired by reflections on the condition of mankind, "The man who does not see" is represented by the blindfolded author. Man is immersed in the society that surrounds him with blindfolded eyes. Sometimes he tries to "take a breath of oxygen" as does a man immersed in water trying to emerge. While previously the bright colors focused attention on the centrality of the human race (the "cheerful and bright" yellow tones symbolized a context of "golden cage", expression of a society that appears serene and happy when viewed "with a blindfold") now, in a future that projects us towards the universe and towards infinity, the “pale and anonymous” white makes human uniqueness smaller than the space that surrounds it.