InTangible: A Reflection on Digital vs. Physical Co-Ownership

With InTangible, we seek to question the classical ownership of art, which only allows a few people to own a select number of works. No person is the absolute owner of a digital canvas. Instead, it can be co-owned by users who acquire fragments of it in an NFT (Non-Fungible Token) marketplace. We believe that co-ownership of art would allow a more diverse group to own and collect art, which, in turn, would change the dynamics of both artistic creation and interaction with art.

InTangible is a mixed media artwork: a connected object that captures images of handcrafted fabric and sends them over the network. Built on an old recycled 3D printer, a digital camera with integrated RGB LEDs slides over the weave and allows remote users to enjoy a new visual, intimate and dreamlike dimension. The texture, previously static and monochromatic, transforms into colorful and abstract digital landscapes, while becoming a material object designed to be exhibited in a physical space.