The Invisible Fish Non-Fungible Terrarium Project
What are Invisible Fish NFTs?
Do you remember that scene in Indiana Jones where Indy says, “It belongs in a Museum!”
Well, what happens when art is donated to a museum but the museum refuses to showcase it?
Satoshi Mundi aims to fix that.
Satoshi Mundi was excited to see the explosion of interest in Art that non-fungible tokens brought to the world in early 2021.
However, it soon became clear that what rose to prominence wasn’t art; it was artifice. Nearly everything we came across that garnered any popular interest was a recycled concept with copy paste methodologies. We soon began to resent the 10,000 profile pic projects with 10,000 variants, and were shattered to find that some of the most interesting digital Art available fell through the cracks; un-championed in the fashion the Art deserved and not finding a new happy home in someone’s blockchain wallet.
But its not like the legacy Art system is any better, it is equally broken.
This is sadly by design. The desire for exclusivity, the arms race of collection value, the ability for companies to avoid taxation by buying art as a business expense, using art to launder money, the paying off of appraisers, the value by association problem, etc. means that Art is either priced out of everyone’s reach or sold much lower than it is worth; remanding great new works and their creators unable to support themselves.
Now the disease has spread through the World’s vaunted institutions as well. Museums treat Art like a calling card. The name of the artist being featured has become more important than the art itself. Art is about how it makes you feel, what it inspires in the viewer, not who’s name is at the bottom. What’s worse is that there are thousands of schools and public institutions worldwide with bare walls. There is a veritable treasure trove of Art is just sitting in climate controlled vaults collecting dust. Not because the art isn’t worth an audience but because they chose to do so. This is not in the spirit of what we got in to this business to do. Art is to be experienced, not hidden away.
The Invisible Fish NFT Project and the Metaverse Museum of Digital Fine Art fixes this.
By putting this Art on the blockchain, Satoshi Mundi hopes to inspire a new generation of Artists and breathe new life into these beautiful artifacts while sharing them with the world.
The Original
The Invisible Fish
The Specifics
It is not just NFTs of paintings.
The Invisible Fish Project is a carbon negative multifaceted chain agnostic social and economic experiment. It is a charity drive, it is a digital artist grant program, it’s a DAO, it is the Art that will be featured prominently in the upcoming Metaverse Museum of Digital Fine Art, and will be the art featured in I. F. Portholes for free in schools, or for sale in homes all over the world; but most excitingly, its also a treasure hunt.
Every Invisible Fish exists in a fishbowl hidden in a terrarium. All terrariums feature works of Art that are not currently on display, have no plans to ever be displayed, and haven’t been sent out on loan for many years by the institutions entrusted to house them.
Each Terrarium is a 1 of 1.
The I. F. collection will be broken in two epochs, The Genesis Fish and The Cure(ate)d Fish.
Legal Disclaimer
All of the works of Art used in the creation of the Invisible Fish Non-Fungible Terrarium Project, are in the public domain. These works were made available free of charge for any use, commercial or non-commercial, under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) courtesy of The National Gallery of Art, The Met, The Smithsonian Institute, and The Art Institute of Chicago.
Furthermore, Satoshi Mundi chose to populate the Collections only with Art not available for viewing by the public. Satoshi Mundi encourages all Art lovers to enjoy this project, but also hopes that you visit these institutions to appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of the works they do have on display.
Once purchased, The Purchaser retains all commercial and non-commercial rights to the Invisible Fish Terrarium with the understanding that Satoshi Mundi will use said Terrarium in any future project or promotion under the terms listed in the The Incentives section provided by Satoshi Mundi on SatoshiMundi.org.