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About the Collection
About the Collection
TAEX is thrilled to present an drop by the renowned architect and artist Alper Derinboğaz, whose drop curated by Dasha Shkel will be featured on the platform in early October. In the Neogene Collection Derinboğaz continues his research by compiling geographical data through generative AI and transforming it by algorithmic modelling tools. The NFT drop consists of 3D generated artefacts based on simulations of geological formations from the distant past. The ‘Data Morphosis ’methodology allows the artist to transfer ancient layers of our planet into the digital realm and to reconstruct the earth's crust in blockchain.
Each artefact of the Neogene Collection possesses a unique pairing of generated 3D-forms and earth-based material qualities. TAEX’s preview of the collection features the White Mass series, named after the etymological starting point of the word “bismuth” — a metal that has been present since the formation of the Earth. Bismuth has the longest known alpha decay half-life, implying that only a minuscule fraction, approximately less than one-billionth, of the original bismuth has transformed through radioactive decay since the formation of the Planet Earth, putting the time-scale of human existence into perspective.
Artist
Alper Derinboğaz is an architect and academic seeking communal relationships between the environment and spatial elements through scientific strategies. His projects vary from cultural institutions, including the upcoming Istanbul City Museum, to architectural installations, and masterplans. His work, focusing on the critique of the severance between man made things and nature, is recognised as “inventive” (Young Visioners, 2016). Derinboğaz leads Salon — one of “the best young architecture practices” according to ArchDaily — besides his ongoing graduate studio at the Istanbul Technical University.
He is a Fulbright Scholar and winner of the UCLA graduate award besides European “40 under 40”. His research has been exhibited in biennales and museums including the Koolhaas curated Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 with his Modalities of the Spontaneous — an in-depth study of the urban developments in relationship with geography. His projects won awards at the international architecture competitions from Songdo Library in Korea to Kaunas Science Island in Lithuania. His work has been featured in renowned media including Time, CNN, Dezeen and Frame. He was listed as one of the “Top 40 European Architects” by “Platform”. His collection of projects was recently published in the book “Geospaces” of Actar Publishers.
Curator
Dasha Shkel is a TAEX curator and interdisciplinary artist based in Istanbul, Sofia, and Berlin. She explores the many relationships between technology, culture, and society by using various methods from immersive socio-cultural experiments, immersive practices to live audio-visual performances.