by the artist, 2019, dedicated to the public domain
literally nothing, as we know it, but as a totally dematerialized yet commodified unique work of art having a certificate of authenticity which contains the digital signature of the artist on nothing, along with the sha-256 cryptographic hash of nothing to verify the authenticity of the artwork. the certificate also states, "this is to certify that nothing is an original artwork by the artist. [...] nothing is appropriated by the artist and also nothing is appropriated by the artist; nothing is dedicated to the public domain by the artist".
https://httpdot.net/theArtist/nothing/
commissioned by protocinema for the exhibition blockchain is... / ...for nothing with support from spot contemporary art projects, istanbul
this work was exhibited for the first time in the exhibition blockchain is... / ...for nothing by peers at httpdot.net.
refer to the text peer on blockchain is... / ...for nothing exhibition by peers at httpdot.net by peer for more info and discussion about the work.
the latest version of the text is included in the publication nothing is possible, which aggregates all info and resources about the works in the exhibition.
digital signature of the artist on nothing, which is only available on the certificate of authenticity of nothing, can be verified using the public key of the artist
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