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Why Artist Alicja Kwade Tokenized Her DNA<\/h2>\n

Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade is best known for exploring time and natural systems through mind-bending sculptures that combine rocks, mirrors, and more, based on a report by artnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anyone who attended the 2017 Venice Biennale and saw her sculpture Pars Pro Toto (2017), featuring 13 stone spheres that were reflected through pieces of glass, could not forget it. Similar works have been staged on the roof the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at biennials in Finland, India, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the artist turned her exploration of time inward\u2014literally. For an exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, Kwade printed the entirety of her genome on 259,025 sheets of A4 paper. Its title, Selbstportrait, hinted that she viewed this work as an image of herself.<\/p>\n

Some 12,000 sheets were hung from floor to ceiling, and the rest were stored in copper containers. Visitors were also invited to take a page of her DNA sequencing home with them. With this installation, the artist was playing with what we understand to be unique when it comes to identity: she was showcasing her own genetic profile in bold text while also underscoring the fact that 99.9 percent of all human genetic makeup is identical.<\/p>\n

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Starting today, Kwade\u2019s Selbstportrait has been reformatted for a new NFT project. She\u2019s minted 10,361 NFTs\u2014all come with a 25-page PDF filled with 300,000 letters of Kwade\u2019s DNA code in A, C, G, and T\u2014and she\u2019s selling them for $300, or around 0.1 ETH, each. This new project pushes Selbstportrait\u2019s themes even further, since every NFT is supposed to be a unique digital work, randomized at point of sale. Essentially, this means buyers are unable to choose a specific NFT within the collection corresponding to the artist\u2019s DNA, as each token is distributed randomly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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