Not affiliated with Yuga or Larva Labs, I'm a punk who once was on the streets trying to help other punks and people on the street.
Crypto Punkz with Lunch is a collection by Empress Trash highlighting the crypto punk form with items handed out by the West Oakland Punks With Lunch (https://www.punkswithlunch.org/) - a houseless harm reduction and outreach organization to help the underserved communities of Oakland. 10% of sales were donated to West Oakland PWL.
This collection brings forth the question "What can we do with the intense amount of wealth in crypto and NFTs being exchanged to bridge the disparity between socio-economic classes and tech impoverished communities?"
I created this collection because while I was deep diving crypto art I saw a juxtaposition of ethos and income disparities I still can't resolve fully. While punks were exchanging for millions, I saw homeless people on the street in front of me in West Oakland. I was a real punk on the street doing the good work of trying to help them getting barely any funds or notice, while the images of punks were being commoditized and exchanged for an intense amount of weath. I had to create work around it to discuss this.
This collection is a 13 piece limited release made for XoB Cryptovoxels Gallery (cryptobox.space it's a website) with one edition donated to the gallery for the artist in residency program.
DISCLAIMER: for those it may concern, all the badges I have on my blog have been claimed for free through various tumblr events. I just like the silly hats, forgive me.
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“Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you’ve trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn that triumph back into defeat.” — Buddha/ Dhammapada
Mara (มาร) represents death, rebirth, and desire in Buddhist cosmology. The personification of the Enlightenment’s antagonist forces.
Mara Series: Mrtyu 0004
2021
Size: 5400 x 7200 pixels (18 x 24 in.)
RGB, JPEG
Resolution: 300 pixels/inch
Edition 1/6
Digital Mixed Media Animation using Procreate, Photoshop and After Effects. Contribution to the DEATH PUNK collection.
I dedicate this Death Punk to the memory of my mom, who after a lifetime of being trapped in the abuse cycle committed suicide.
It is illuminating live in technicolor the demon of self destruction. Over consumption and self-loathing shrouded in shame throughout generations has lead us to this point in human history. At the core, this demon holds a deep hatred for humanity and wants to see each and every person's ultimate demise.
In reality, it has lurked in the shadows for eons. The demon is a coward, whispering in our ears the words it knows will hurt us and sliding away when we face to confront it which leaves us thinking it was our voice all along. It has no power unless we give it. It's only ability is to trick us through smoke and mirrors at a dog and pony show to believe it has control.
It only wants to hear yes, and lashes out at no.
Don’t listen to it's noise.
Make the noise.
Start a distorted feedback loop until the whole house vibrates.
Channel the primordial chaos we were all birthed from.
Honor it as your mother by howling into the void jubilations but cover your ears before it awakens and whispers back. You are it's child, but it doesn't love you. That is okay, because we have learned to love ourselves.
I usually make art many months ahead of time, this one I made late in 2022. This is why I avoid art that comments on recent events since it ages it too fast. I almost just didn't post this one at all but instead I'm posting it since it feels absurd how at this point I'd probably prefer Twitter84 to the real one.
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