‘Store of value’ is a term used by economists to describe how certain objects - usually currency, property, financial assets or precious metals - can be held or traded over a long period of time, without losing value. Traditionally it has not been applied to organic objects which decay and decompose over periods of time, and it is arguable as to whether it can be applied to cryptocurrencies which are subject to volatile price swings and speculation. However ‘store of value’ can have another meaning : one that is divorced from economics and that instead gestures at the latent potential contained within an object. Each year after a tulip blooms, it dies back, storing all of its nutrients in the bulb, which remains dormant until the next spring when it will flower again -- never an exact copy of the bloom that went before, but one of endless variations.
Much like cryptocurrencies, which continue to go through boom and bust cycles, and may never live up to the potential of their most ardent boosters, the tulip bulbs are presented in a liminal state, full of possibility, but with great uncertainty about what form they will take in the future.
This NFT is part of Ridler’s series of tulip works that connect cryptocurrencies to this particular flower and explore ideas around capitalism, value, and collapse. Links to a triptych of GAN-generated videos transferred at purchase.
Works in this collection are part of the physical exhibition "Breadcrumbs: Art in the age of NFTism" at Nagel Draxler gallery in Cologne, curated by Kenny Schachter.
Anna Ridler is an artist who works with systems of knowledge and how technologies are created in order to better understand the world. She is particularly interested in ideas around measurement and quantification and how this relates to the natural world. Her process often involves working with collections of information or data, particularly datasets, to create new and unusual narratives. Her work has been exhibited at cultural institutions worldwide including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou, HeK Basel, the ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Photographers Gallery. She was listed as one of the nine “pioneering artists” exploring AI’s creative potential by Artnet.
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‘Store of value’ is a term used by economists to describe how certain objects - usually currency, property, financial assets or precious metals - can be held or traded over a long period of time, without losing value. Traditionally it has not been applied to organic objects which decay and decompose over periods of time, and it is arguable as to whether it can be applied to cryptocurrencies which are subject to volatile price swings and speculation. However ‘store of value’ can have another meaning : one that is divorced from economics and that instead gestures at the latent potential contained within an object. Each year after a tulip blooms, it dies back, storing all of its nutrients in the bulb, which remains dormant until the next spring when it will flower again -- never an exact copy of the bloom that went before, but one of endless variations.
Much like cryptocurrencies, which continue to go through boom and bust cycles, and may never live up to the potential of their most ardent boosters, the tulip bulbs are presented in a liminal state, full of possibility, but with great uncertainty about what form they will take in the future.
This NFT is part of Ridler’s series of tulip works that connect cryptocurrencies to this particular flower and explore ideas around capitalism, value, and collapse. Links to a triptych of GAN-generated videos transferred at purchase.
Works in this collection are part of the physical exhibition "Breadcrumbs: Art in the age of NFTism" at Nagel Draxler gallery in Cologne, curated by Kenny Schachter.
Anna Ridler is an artist who works with systems of knowledge and how technologies are created in order to better understand the world. She is particularly interested in ideas around measurement and quantification and how this relates to the natural world. Her process often involves working with collections of information or data, particularly datasets, to create new and unusual narratives. Her work has been exhibited at cultural institutions worldwide including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Barbican Centre, Centre Pompidou, HeK Basel, the ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Photographers Gallery. She was listed as one of the nine “pioneering artists” exploring AI’s creative potential by Artnet.
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