ARTIST: Geneva Lee Robles

MEDIUM: This work is an image composition with generative elements. The underlying image is a handmade linocut print whose parts were deconstructed via powerpoint, and pixel arrays processed via p5js. In this debut collection, the artist utilizes traditional and digital mediums to convey the feeling of simplicity and chaos.

THE ART: “The Weight” is an award winner for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) NFT Award Program. Inspired by bridging traditional art and technology, subsequent iterations of the work utilize coded generative elements to enhance its story.

EXHIBITION: “THE WEIGHT” is a part of “Demystifying NFTs: The Award Exhibition”, on display in Voxel’s Metaverse at the BRIDGE ++ space from December 15th - December 31st, 2022, curated by Laura Ó Reilly and presented by NYFA.

BEHIND THE ART: Weight is a recurring theme in the artist’s work, depicted metaphorically as she revisits the emotional turbulence she experienced as a child of Chinese and Puerto Rican descent, raised in a home of heroin addiction and chaos. The weight tells the story of the heaviness we carry in life, and our resilience to keep going in spite of its persistence.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Geneva Lee Robles is an interdisciplinary artist, living in New York City. She was born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, NY, during a tumultuous period in the 1980s. Her work attempts to capture the emotional turbulence one is feeling, when no one is watching. She explores themes of loneliness within one's self and their relationships. She is inspired by integrating traditional forms of art and pushing the envelope of what's possible through technology.

COLLECTORS RIGHTS: Includes the permission to digitally exhibit in galleries, museums and the collector’s home. This does not include the right to print or duplicate the work for commercial purposes. If interested in purchasing additional rights, please contact the artist through her website at www.genevaleerobles.com.

DIGITAL CONSERVATION: Please contact the artist for a checksums of the underlying source files.

COLLECTOR KIT: Includes an archival file, the right to purchase a high quality print of the NFT on archival paper, a text document containing a description of the work. Please contact the artist through her website: www.genevaleerobles.com within 90 days of the primary sale of the work.

PAYOUT ADDRESS: Genevaleerobles.tez

EXHIBITION: “Demystifying NFTs: The Award Exhibition”
WHERE: Voxel’s Metaverse at the BRIDGE ++
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/experience-demystifying-nftsthe-award-exhibition-inside-voxels-metaverse-tickets-483353141257

ChaShaMa
266 W 37th St.
New York, NY 10018

ON DISPLAY: December 15th - December 31st, 2022
CURATED BY: Laura Ó Reilly
PRESENTED BY: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)