Refik Anadol’s AI artwork “Winds of Yawanawa” NFTs, in collab with Yawanawa people, defy NFT market decline
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Refik Anadol continues to innovate with his AI artworks, which are created using data of information Anadol collects, such as weather data.
His work Unsupervised is still showing at MoMA through October 29. And his TED talk is now available.
In a set of NFTs titled “Winds of Yawanawa,” Anadol collaborated with the Yawanawá people in Brazil to create 1,000 “data paintings” generated from real-time weather data taken from the Amazon rainforest, where the Yawanawá people live; and the data are then fed into an AI program to produce the stunning visual artworks.
The collection of NFTs have continued to rise in floor price, at one point reaching an ATH of 12.22 ETH. Currently, the floor price is above 10 ETH ($16,228 USD). It defies the massive downturn in the NFT market–and shows that some artists are still flourishing.
Anadol is donating all of his proceeds back to the Yawanawá people. So far, the NFT sales have raised $3 million for the Yawanawá people to “build a museum, school, and village.”
Said Anadol, “The world has so many problems—wars, separations, conflicts and beyond. How I can bring more inspiration, joy, and hope is my ultimate imagination.”
From OpenSea
The Winds of Yawanawa collection will bring the uniqueness of Yawanawa art and culture to the world with the aim of preserving their divine culture. We are deeply grateful for Chief Nixiwaka, Putanny and IskuKua and our partners Impact One and Scorpios to make this project… pic.twitter.com/9wjkQkcN9t
Wow!!! Love for WoY is beyond what we imagined! Thank you for your love and support! I can’t wait to share a sneak peek of our software for generative videos and prints! https://t.co/EtFb3W0MdZ
