4 ms·
art doesn't have a tangible or financial benefit; I wouldn't use this as an argument against NFTs
by rakoo 5y ago
art doesn't have a tangible or financial benefit; I wouldn't use this as an argument against NFTs
- Breadnought 5y agohahaha
- 2fast4you 5y agoNFTs aren't about art. If it was, the most popular NFT projects wouldn't be low effort randomly generated caricatures. It's about making money. Any real art that is being sold as an NFT is probably stolen anyways.
- jiveturkey 5y ago> low effort randomly generated caricatures Art is hard to define. Is a banana duct-taped to a wall (and later eaten), art? It sold for $120k I believe. It doesn't get lower effort than that. Maybe the "art" here is in fact the scam. I find it artistic, at least. At the same time, it can be about making money.
- 2fast4you 5y agoI spent awhile trying to write down why I think "Bored Ape Yacht Club" and other NFT projects aren't art, but I don't have the language for it. A better argument would be that NFT's don't benefit independent artists, regardless of whether the content is actually art or not. I already brought up the rampant art theft on NFT marketplaces, and these NFT projects aren't about artists. Take the bored ape yacht club; go to their website, or opensea profile. You won't see any of the artists credited. The whole thing is owned by a parent company. It's just here to make money.