Insta-Hockney is an exhibition featuring the artwork of Bilaal Raji Saheed. This will subsequently be the launch of Sri Lanka’s first homegrown NFT collection, on a homegrown marketplace. The collection was created using an organic and inorganic creative process, using Bilal’s artistic outlook bridged together with the use of Artificial Intelligence. In a time where the human mind and AI are working together to solve a range of problems, we have come up with the Insta-Hockney collection.
The collection deals with a moment in time when art history and technology merge in an irresistible and undeniable whirlwind of possibilities. Moreover, with it comes a whole host of questions that are at once terrifying and invigorating. What is the place of an artist in a world where it is asserted that AI can create anything that the human mind can conceive? What is the future of art in a world that is more reliant on digital technology as its main modus operandi for creative expression? How can artists monetize their art form when it is easily replicable and infinitely disseminated? Is this a passing phase or a lasting Zeitgeist in the making?
The whole collection will be available on the Hyperglade Marketplace, where buyers can simply scan a QR Code at the exhibition and get directed to the website where they can purchase completely in fiat currency or cryptocurrency. The marketplace is designed to give you a seamless and simple user experience when it comes to purchasing your digital asset, listing it and selling the NFT.
Hyperglade was the first in the region to introduce Card payments for NFTs back in 2021. Now Hyperglade marketplace has effectively reduced the NFT customer journey by 62.5% by allowing the creators and buyers to simply login and pay for NFTs without having to use crypto wallets or cryptocurrency.
