By Jenny Begun at Artprnr.com
Original at: http://artrprnr.com/2017/08/24/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-vesa-kivinens-artistic-inspiration/
In 2006, finish visual artist and filmmaker Vesa Kivinen moved back to Finland from the UK where he was exploring new forms of art to express his creativity.
Trying to overcome old painful memories and current challenges, he found NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). He studied the program and mastered the technique, which led him to develop Artevo (art evolving), where Vesa was able to combine his skills as a photographer and film director with his love for painting, on human body and on traditional surfaces.
Using collage technique to digitally juxtapose the resulting images, he creates incredibly beautiful and impactful artworks.
Since then, he worked on several major projects which brought forward his incredible ability to understand human nature, including a collaboration with Pakistani actress Veena Malik and LUX project that took three years of research, which eventually were compressed into an art piece and a 12-minute film.
“I’m often drawn to and energized by controversial characters and ideas with a lot of potential for positive collective change.”
His work addresses many subjects that have global significance, the latest being “Art for Crypto”, which was inspired by Blockchain technology.
He believes that Blockchain will disrupt every single industry within the coming years and bring a very welcome transparency factor much needed in our world. “Banks have not exactly, to put it kindly, championed healthy public innovation or business practices lately”. Bitcoin can be considered to be the first step toward a much larger shift into the wold of blockchain.
Lakshmi – The Goddess of Wealth and Health. “Bitcoin is clearly embedded in the shower of money coming from her hand at the bottom and more vaguely into the left elephant; and the imagery is present in other layers as well. It’s a merger of tradition and modern technology in terms of execution and our perception of value.”
Both of Vesa’s platforms, Artevo and Art for Crypto, include payments via traditional currency as well as crypto now. “So, it is not about a full swing either way, but an attempt to be a part of this integration and evolution.”
Vesa’s next project is called “The Hybrid”, which is about incorporating philosophy and artistic process with interactive virtual reality, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to reach the final result.
“I want to be at the forefront of blending this all into a seamless expression that has much wider implications than is now commonly associated with art as well as a new platform to monetize it for a larger audience. Currently art is considered to be a very elitist game and at best is asking relevant questions, but I see no reasons as to why it couldn’t also provide us with useful answers and help craft the way to a more balanced future. If any resourceful reader is up to tackling this challenge with me, get in touch.”
You can discover more of Vesa’s work at www.artforcrypto.com / www.artevo.org
www.artforcrypto.com
www.artevo.org
If you resonate with what you have seen here, consider supporting this expression going far beyond political pamphlets and nonsensical shapes. If people knew how super human it is to make even a modest living as an artist and the real value of their contribution, much would change on a larger scale. It might just transform your whole life through what it can do for you. I’ve never received a public grant nor given funds from art institutions to do my work.
Vesa Kivinen
Visual Artist
London / Helsinki
www.artforcrypto.com
www.artevo.org
Bitcoin: 12MFdHBSqbKakPZeqWXZXUYgY7cxpkNRnj
Ethereum: 0xbE2dB7c5C99e30eC68fFBaE487C5f9553eee1923
Litecoin: LXrFde89B4Bmw2m47fcD7JavpJFzg36cDV
