NFT
(the Frame Stays In the Picture), 2022

Wood frame, microcomputer, Python script, 3D scan, lcd television
30 in x 42 in, non-repeating animation

NFT (the Frame Stays In the Picture) is in itself a paradox of concepts.
Non-Fungible animation existing only in virtual form.
As a digital 3D scan of a very fungible real-life wooden frame.

I first exhibited a prototype of this art piece in 2021.
People stood in front of it, staring and taking pictures.
I knew I had a hit, and am now updating the prototype design.

This time showcasing the frame I found on the side of the road on big trash day.
Previously garbage, now presented as a one-of-a-kind story of its own.

The animation is programmed into a Raspberry Pi microcomputer as a live 3D environment, custom written in Python script.
Each iteration of the 3D frame is uniquely jettisoned into infinite cyberspace.
Always the same direction, never the same perspective.