Jill Magid x Artwrld
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Out-Game Flowers
This Valentine's Day, celebrate with flowers that never die.
Out-Game Flowers—by leading conceptual artist Jill Magid—is a collection of bouquets of flowers plundered from the world's most popular video games.
For our first edition, supplies are limited to 15 large and 150 small bouquets.
Sign up for the allowlist for a chance to get early access to the collection in advance of the public drop date of February 16.
Hand-Hacked Digital Bouquets
Out-Game Flowers' digital bouquets are composed of flowers from the world's most popular video games, including The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy, Minecraft, and more. Jill Magid traveled through these iconic digital worlds, plucking stems from each virtual landscape to craft her first NFT-backed artwork. In their respective worlds, these pixelated plants and photo-realistic flowers are tied to complex economies that drive their value in-game and out.
Magid's work shines a light on the power structures that create and monetize these items. Extracted from their walled gardens and assembled into a bouquet, she introduces the flowers into another closed system—a digital artwork with a secured provenance through blockchain technology. By assigning each flower an out-game value based on its worth in-game, she challenges us to define our own metrics of worth — based not just on economics, beauty, and utility, but also on nostalgia, speculation, and taste.
Meet the Artist
Through her multifaceted, performance-based practice, Jill Magid explores the emotional, philosophical, and legal tensions between individual agency and large institutions such as intelligence agencies, artist’s estates and the police.
A Guggenheim Fellow, Magid has received solo exhibitions at the Tate Modern, Whitney Museum, Berkeley Art Museum, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Security and Intelligence Agency of the Netherlands. Her work is in the collections of the Centre Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Fundacion Jumex, and Walker Art Center.
A portion of proceeds from this project will be allocated to Creative Time—a public arts organization that works with artists to contribute to the dialogues, debates, and dreams of our times.
FAQ
Are all of these bouquets unique?
Yes, every bouquet has been arranged by the artist and every one is unique.
How much do these bouquets cost?
The large bouquets are 6.2 ETH or ~$10,000 each. Email us at info@artwrld.com for more details.
For members of the allowlist who mint before the public drop, the small bouquets will be available for .2 ETH or ~$325 each.
During the public drop, the small bouquets will be available for .35 ETH or ~$550 each.
When is this happening?
Our allowlist for the small bouquets is open now until February 9th. Sign up for the allowlist here.
Minting for the allowlist opens on February 14th at 12:00 PM EST.
Email us at info@artwrld.com if you are interested in acquiring a large bouquet.
I’ve never collected an NFT. What do I do?
We are here to help! Email us at info@artwrld.com
Are you doing any programming?
Absolutely! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for artist talks, conversations, and more.
These aren't my frequently asked questions...
No worries. Email us at info@artwrld.com and we'll talk.
Is this the end?
Oh no, we're just getting started.
“ I imagined myself as the naughty girl knocking down the walled gardens of the online gaming landscape to go flower-picking within them.— Jill Magid
