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NFT Pixels

Parag K Mital — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:17:30 +0000

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens are data stored on the blockchain that certifies and records transactions associated with a digital asset. Effectively, they are certificates of authenticity of digital assets traded on blockchain-based exchanges that have spurred an economy of scarcity for digital assets such as images, GIFs, sound clips, and videos. In the past, artists producing digital content may have also considered selling their work in places such as instagram, behance, deviant art, or via their own websites. Though, it is unlikely that this content would have been actually bought in any form. This is likely because the content is already accessible to all. On these platforms, if we are to call it art, it could be akin to a digital version of public art in some ways, for all to see and consume. Or more likely, we would consider it either documentation or advertising and marketing of the artist’s work.

The entire point of NFTs, and the reason they are so marketed as being valuable, is because we believe there is digital scarcity of the content being traded and sold.

Prior to NFT marketplaces for digital art, let’s say that someone were to decide that they wanted ownership of … Continue reading...

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Responsive Ecologies Documentation

Parag K Mital — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:34:40 +0000

As part of a system of numerous dynamic connections and networks, we are reactive and deterministic to a complex system of cause and effect. The consequence of our actions upon our selves, the society we live in and the broader natural world is conditioned by how we perceive our involvement. The awareness of how we have impacted on a situation is often realised and processed subconsciously, the extent and scope of these actions can be far beyond our knowledge, our consideration, and importantly beyond our sensory reception. With this in mind, how can we associate our actions, many of which may be overlooked as customary, with for instance, the honey bee depopulation syndrome or the declining numbers of Siberian Tigers.

Responsive Ecologies is part of an ongoing collaboration with ZSL London Zoo and Musion Academy. Collectively we have been exploring innovative means of public engagement, to generate an awareness and understanding of nature and the effects of climate change. All of the contained footage has come from filming sessions within the Zoological Society; this coincidentally has raised some interesting questions on the spectacle of captivity, a issue which we have tried to reflect upon in the construction and presentation of … Continue reading...

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Responsive Ecologies Exhibition

Parag K Mital — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:25:23 +0000

Come checkout the Waterman’s Art Centre from the 6th of December until the 21st of January for an immersive and interactive visual experience entitled “Responsive Ecologies” developed in collaboration with artists captincaptin. We will also be giving a talk on the 10th of December from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. during CINE: 3D Imaging in Art at the Watermans Center.

Responsive Ecologies is part of a wider ongoing collaboration between artists captincaptin, the ZSL London Zoo and Musion Academy. Collectively they have been exploring innovative means of public engagement, to generate an awareness and understanding of nature and the effects of climate change. All of the contained footage has come from filming sessions within the Zoological Society; this coincidentally has raised some interesting questions on the spectacle of captivity, a issue which we have tried to reflect upon in the construction and presentation of this installation. The nature of interaction within Responsive Ecologies means that a visitor to the space cannot simply view the installation but must become a part of its environment. When attempting to perceive the content within the space the visitor reshapes the installation. Everybody has a degree of impact whether directed or incidental, and … Continue reading...

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Memory and ChaoDependant at the Athens Video Art Festival 2010

Parag K Mital — Wed, 12 May 2010 20:06:39 +0000

May 7-9 saw the 2010 Athens Video Art Festival where with collaborator Agelos Papadakis, Memory saw its latest installation. The venue, a 2,500 square meters disused gas factory called Technopolis, or more commonly referred to as Gazi (Gas), was a brilliant display of warehouse spaces littered by gas pipes and oil still dripping from the cracks.

Over 2,700 submissions were received for a total of 450 presenting artists to see over 13,000 visitors during the weekend. Among the hundreds of video art, animations, and installations, were a number of performances including dance and music.

Both myself and collaborator Agelos Papadakis were interviewed by ERT, or loosely translated as Hellenic Radio and Television (something like the BBC). It is all in Greek, except for my interview.

Video Link to the interview on EPT.

Feel free to check out pictures from the festival and my travels on my flickr page.… Continue reading...

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Neverzone, 10th June

Parag K Mital — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:43:03 +0000

Currently working on a video installation for an exciting gig on the 10th of June dubbed Neverzone. Check out the insanity on this flyer and information on the just as insane artists at Black Lantern Music

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Video of Memory and ChaoDependant @ Kinetica Art Fair 2010, London UK

Parag K Mital — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:58:45 +0000

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Memory at the Kinetica Art Fair 2010

Parag K Mital — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:28:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of exhibiting one of my works, Memory, with glass artist Agelos Papadakis at the Kinetica Art Fair 2010, from February 4-7th, 2010. The work was presented by TINTarts as well as another piece by Dave Murray-Rust, Agelos Papadakis, and Owen Green, called ChaoDependant. The fair was an incredible selection of contemporary artists and historical collections of kinetic and interactive art. I’ll be looking forward to next year.

Also worth checking out is a panorama with some interesting viewing options: www.z360.com/full/kinetica/
If you click to find the ‘Balcony’, you will see both ChaoDependant and Memory off to the side as well as Dave Murray-Rust and Agelos Papadakis in the foreground.

As well, here is a link to our work on artstream: http://www.artstream.org/artists/view/250

I’ve also uploaded pictures on my flickr account

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Add-art

Parag K Mital — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:36:00 +0000

TINT’s online exhibition using Add-art has gone live!

Here is what the website has to say about our piece:

Parag K Mital and Agelos Papadakis – Memory
Parag K Mital and Agelos Papadakis have worked together on a number of occasions, their piece Memory, being the most celebrated. In this piece, they explore augmented sculpture in an installation environment, allowing the audience to become an integral part of the sculpture. Creating great tension in the viewer, they have literally chained together brilliant works of glass resembling neurons to create entangling neural networks of 25 face-sized glass pieces together in a 3×3×5 meter industrial warehouse space. Within two of the glass neurons are hidden cameras tracking audience member’s faces and recording them to a computer hidden above. Using a projector and projection mapping onto each neuron, a recorded clip of one of its audience members plays as a neural network of different faces occasionally firing with a mesmerizing display. Through the disarrayed glass, ones face morphs ever so slightly, though those familiar with that face are able to recognize it still. However, the majority of faces may seem unknown to the audience members and serve merely as a memory of the

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