Kripto Sanat Eserleri Üzerine Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirme ve Vandalizmin Eşiğindeki NFT Yaklaşımı

Year 2022, Issue: 28, 67 - 81, 28.07.2022

Semih Oduncu

https://doi.org/10.17484/yedi.1039170

Abstract

Dijital tarihin akışına yön veren blok zinciri teknolojisi sanat tasarım ve ekonomi gibi birçok alanda yankı uyandırmıştır. Kripto ekonomi ağında geliştirilen NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) varlık birimi ile tasarımcılar ve sanatçılar etki alanlarını genişletmişlerdir. Dijital eserlerin değer kazanması ve sahiplik haklarının lisanslanabilmesi, bilgi çağında sanat ve tasarımın dijital baskınlığının bir göstergesi olmuştur. Bu gelişmeler dijital sanata dair yeni tartışmaları gündeme getirmiştir. Eserin dijital varlığı ile fiziksel varlığı arasındaki kıyas bazı sanat eserlerinin sadece dijitalde var olabilmeleri adına fiziksel varlıklarının yakılarak yok edilmesi gibi durumlarla sonuçlanmıştır.
Teknolojinin doğru amaçlarla kullanılabilmesi için öncelikle altyapısının doğru anlaşılması gerektiği göz önünde bulundurularak, NFT teknolojisinin anlaşılabilmesi adına araştırmada blok zinciri teknolojisine ayrıntılı bir şekilde yer verilmiştir. Teknolojideki bu kritik gelişmelerin altyapısının anlaşılması kripto sanat alanında atılacak adımların daha nitelikli olması ve yeni kripto koşullara uyum sağlanabilmesi açısından önemlidir. Araştırma, dijital çağın sunduğu olanakların doğru kullanımı ve bu doğrultuda yaşanan gelişmelerin odağında biçimlendirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda kripto sanat eserlerinin anlamsal değeri Beeple’ın Everydays: The First 5000 days isimli eseri üzerinden sanat eleştirmenleri ve sanatçıların yorumları ışığında değerlendirilmiştir. Araştırmada, lisanslanarak eşsiz birer dijital varlığa dönüştürülen sanat eserleri fiziksel varlıkları üzerinden irdelenmiş, varlıkların dijital ve fiziksel varoluşları adına ortaya koyulan eserler ve projeler değerlendirilmiş, sonuç kısmında doküman ve metin analizi yapılmıştır. Bu şekilde bir dijital varlığın kendini gerçeklemesi için fiziksel varlığından kurtulunması düşüncesi ve vandallık arasındaki fark ortaya koyulmuştur. 

Keywords

Kripto sanat, dijital sanat, kripto tasarım, NFT, blokzinciri teknolojisi

A Critical Evaluation of Crypto Artworks and NFT Approach on the Verge of Vandalism

Abstract

Blockchain technology, which has guided digital history, has resonated in many fields such as art, design and economy. With the NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) asset unit developed in the crypto economy network, the area of influence of designers and artists has expanded. One of the biggest advantages is that artists and designers can license their rights on artworks with NFT. This situation has brought with it the debates between the physical and digital existence of art. In fact, in some practices in this area, the physical assets of works of art were burned. In order for technology to be used for the right purposes, its infrastructure must firstly be understood correctly.
Therefore, in order to understand NFT technology and how it works, blockchain technology has been described in the research. Understanding the infrastructure of these critical developments in technology is important in order for steps to be taken in crypto art and adapting to new crypto conditions. The research has been shaped by fousing on the correct use of the opportunities offered by the digital age and the developments in this area. In this context, the semantic value of crypto artworks has been evaluated in the light of the comments of art critics and artists through Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 days. In the research, artworks, which were licensed and transformed into unique digital assets, were examined through their physical assets Projects and artworks on the digital and physical existence of assets were evaluated, and document and text analyses were made on this data. In this way, the difference between vandalism and the idea of getting rid of the physical existence of a digital asset for self-realization is revealed.

Keywords

Crypto art, digital art, crypto design, NFT, blockchain technology

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