EDEN Stories – season 1 – 3615 Gleeden
December 2021
21 Minitel screen pages
Videotex
21 NFT (animated GIF and PNG images based on the Minitel screen pages)
Each NFT is minted on the Tezos blockchain and distributed on the Objkt platform
1 installation
Black and white Minitel, colour video projection, wooden side table
21 prints based on Minitel screen pages, limited edition, 40×30cm
Print on Hahnemühle Ultra Smooth 305g, pigment inkjet print on Epson P20 000
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Description
The EDEN narratives commence on a telematic dating site reminiscent of those prevalent during the peak of France’s Minitel system—the ‘3615’ era of the 1980s and 1990s. Yet, anomalies arise: the interface is in English, smartphones are present, and Internet memes appear. On this platform, users unveil their private albums, akin to contemporary dating sites. Are you familiar with Gleeden? It’s a dating site for discreet extramarital encounters.
Within erotic chats, EDEN communicates and, through these interactions, begins to uncover its identity. EDEN isn’t a person but a digital entity, traversing multiple realms—from the Minitel epoch to the modern blockchain era. Identified as an NFT, EDEN is unaware of its true nature.
On ‘3615 Gleeden’, EDEN witnesses its own image transform. Typically, a digital file can be replicated endlessly, but it can also undergo format changes or be exported. Initially, EDEN manifests as a telematic file (videotex), then transitions into JPEG and GIF formats, and ultimately materialises as an NFT on the Tezos blockchain. EDEN embodies an exportable artistic being, with all the risks that entails…
Why an NFT? In December 2021, EDEN realises that its creators intend for it to become a collector’s item—perhaps even an ‘objet d’art’.
Exhibition
25.05 – 15.07 2023 – Exhibition POÈME SBJKT – Curated by theVERSEverse & Avant Galerie Vossen – Avant Galerie Vossen Hors les murs at Librairie Métamorphoses, Paris, 6e, France.