s1n3: First DREAMS
Year: 2021
"First Dream" is a thought-provoking art collection, the result of a collaboration between Tomás García and S1N3, which interprets the cycle of life and death through the lens of Julio Cortázar's short story "A Yellow Flower." This narrative serves as a poignant reminder of the overlooked beauty in simplicity, as represented by the common yet significant yellow flower.
Within the collection, ten symbols—emblematic of both the mundane and the profound aspects of human experience—undergo a perpetual cycle of being enveloped by yellow flowers and then shedding them, all within a 3D animation loop. These symbols, a shotgun, a hammer, a grenade, a shopping cart, a goldfish, a baby, a heart, a hamburger, a floppy disk, a keyboard, and a cockroach, are carefully chosen representations of humanity's complex relationship with creation and destruction, life and death, and our often reluctant embrace of consumerism.
These items are not just static images; they are dynamic entities that represent the traits that make us distinctly human, including those we might prefer to ignore. The collection invites viewers to reflect on the consumerist tendencies that define much of our existence and to find beauty and continuity in the cycle of life, even in the most unexpected places.
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This collection was introduced to the digital art space on March 29, 2021, with each of the 37 pieces minted on the Tezos blockchain, using the Hic et Nunc marketplace. Over the course of two months, these pieces were minted daily, engaging with collectors and followers on Twitter, creating a sustained dialogue and connection with the audience. This method of release not only facilitated the gradual unveiling of the collection but also mirrored the themes of the collection itself—growth, decay, and the cycle of life.
"It was on the side of a bed, just a plain yellow flower. I'd stopped to light a cigarette and I was distracted, looking at it. It was a little as though the flower were looking at me too, you know, those communications, once in a while ...
You know what I'm talking about, everyone feels that, what they call beauty. It was just that, the flower was beautiful, it was a very lovely flower. And I was damned, one day I was going to die and forever. The flower was handsome, there would always be flowers for men in the future.”
A Yellow Flower, Julio Cortazar
Mint Date: 29 march 2021
Marketplace: Hic et Nunc
Blockchain: Tezos
Pieces: 37
