OPERATOR
PRIVACY
COLLECTION
Privacy Collection is an ongoing release of lots exploring privacy and transparency in web3.
Stay updated with announcements on the upcoming lot 03.
On the heels of winning the coveted 2021 Lumen Prize and ADC Gold Cube for their immersive artwork I’d rather be in a dark silence than, Operator take their trademark conceptual technological approach to the blockchain with the Privacy Collection.
‘‘Ambitious multidimensional project that explores contemporary concerns around privacy”
says the Lumen Prize jury
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Christiane Paul, Adjunct Digital Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art
Ben Vickers, CTO, The Serpentine Gallery, UK
Melanie Lenz, Digital Curator, The V&A
Nathan Ladd, Assistant Curator, Tate Britain
Boris Magrini, Curator, Hek Basel, Switzerland
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Society has arrived at the crossroads of privacy and the insatiable human desire for digital self-expression. At the epicenter of this tension has been the immersive, experiential work of digital art pioneers, Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti, known together as ‘Operator.’
Over the past six years, the duo have built an innovative art practice around bringing together performance art, immersive environments, and creative technology to examine contemporary issues of data privacy, extractive technologies, surveillance capitalism, and beyond.
To date, they have created more than twenty critically-acclaimed works, but until now have intentionally avoided numerous opportunities to sell their art or components thereof. After years of close proximity to the crypto art community, they are excited to introduce this NFT collection.
Even before winning the Lumen Prize for Immersive Environments in 2021, Ania and Dejha have been referred to as “the two critical contemporary voices on digital art’s international stages” (Clot Magazine) and a “LGBT power couple” (Flaunt). Their work has received awards from S+T+ARTS (Honorable Mention) and the ADC Awards (Gold Cube for Experiential design, Digital Design, and Fashion Innovation) and they have been featured speakers at Metaverse Fashion Week, Crypto and Digital Art Fair, Christie’s Art & Tech Summit, Bloomberg Art + Technology TV series, MUTEK, the first CADAF in New York, and MoCDA (Museum of Contemporary Digital Art).
LOTS
LOT 02 : Privacy Collection | October 5-10 2022
UNKNOWN SITTER
SOLD 4888XTZ
LOT 01 : Privacy Collection | 6-8 July 2022
PRIVACY PORTRAITS
During Proof of People, Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti opened the Operator Atelier where they created a limited number of 67 Privacy Portraits as part of their ongoing Privacy Collection. The artists merge durational performance, installation, and chance operations to create an anonymized portrait of the collector.
As web3 site-specific works, Privacy Portraits speak to the desire to hide within transparent systems and nod to select mechanisms of the PFP while bringing slowness and analog algorithms to the digital portrait. The Privacy Portrait is a visual pseudonym of sorts, allowing the collector to be present without being exposed.
67 unique pieces were collected at Proof of People July 6-8, 2022.
SOLD OUT
Privacy Portraits: Making of & Performance Installation
LOT 00 : Privacy Collection | 5 MAY 2022
ATTEMPTS
Attempts is the first lot from Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti’s Privacy Collection stemming from their Lumen Prize winning "I'd rather be in a dark silence than." Each of the eleven unique works in the series is a choreographic attempt to establish online privacy (real or imagined). In this work, the body inhabits and hides inside a digital shell in the form of a translucent glass avatar, speaking to the pseudonymous nature of web3—pfps, usernames, wallet addresses—where one can ironically be known for being unknown.
Exploring the tension between privacy and transparency inherent to the blockchain, as well as the contradiction of self-expression and anonymity online, the work portrays an evolving attempt at alignment that is never achieved. The title of the series, Attempts, is rooted in the understanding that online privacy is nothing but a series of attempts. Each piece features an original score by Amon Tobin. Creative 3D Collaborator: Enes Güç
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Privacy Key 00 Holder Price: 3.0 Eth
Date available: 12:00 CEST, May 02, 2022
Public Price: 4.0 Eth
Date available: 12:00 CEST, May 5, 2022
Attempt 0-10
ATTEMPT 0
Qualities: Light mood, heavy brewing. Symmetry. Dressing room without the curtain.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 02:00 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 3
Qualities: Statue notes and unzipping marble. Meditative. Repetition.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 00:55 (m:s)
ATTEMPT 6
Qualities: A broken carousel. The moment before the music plays on the record. What mask are you wearing today?
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 01:04 (m:s)
ATTEMPT 9
Qualities: A tip toe half asleep. Ground feel. An avatar with no answer.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 02:00 (m:s)
ATTEMPT 1
Qualities: A slight tilt, introduction to imbalance. Elegant sometimes. Slant rhymes. Low intensity, high in completion.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 01:52 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 4
Qualities: Drunk Jack Sparrow meets Pina Bausch. Water droplets. The prodigal daughter—an unauthenticated legend.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 00:46 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 7
Qualities: A waterfall through the ribcage. Groove twinning. Valuable equipment in this garage.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 00:51 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 10
Qualities: Courage meets a whistling tea kettle. Surprise energy. Staying power.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 01:15 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 2
Qualities: A groove with an endless mission. Angst aftertaste. Sonic mood: I’m in love and it’s dangerous. Did someone just knock?
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 01:41 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 5
Qualities: Gauze, dizzy and unclear. Confusing yet angelic. An un-useful map key.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 02:00 (m:s)
SOLD
ATTEMPT 8
Qualities: Creaky stairs. Dense. Loss of flexibility. Not grumpy—just busy.
Medium: Performance, 3D Avatar, Video, AI, Sound, Smart Contract/Key Pair, seedPoem
Duration: 02:00 (m:s)
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While Attempts is listed on OpenSea, we created our own custom smart contract and minted the NFT to the Operator wallet address. Please view our custom smart contract on Etherscan here: https://etherscan.io/address/0xAdE67943757ff34779bBe488b566833698dc0cEE#code
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Video Specifications: 2160x3840 (Resolution), 30 (fps)
Color grading is optimized for home and institution viewing on a professional and color calibrated video display at scale. Minimum suggested scale is a 75” display. Displays recommendations are provided in the Display package listed below. Please note: the above video previews, compressed for IPFS and smooth streaming playback, do not reflect the maximum and intended quality the artwork.
Lossless files, Display, Exhibition and Archival packages are available for download after collecting through operator.la/unlock/attempts. The compressed file should never be used for public exhibition. If you need an alternate codec, guidance or consultation for private or public installation, please do not hesitate to email Operator at dial@operator.la.
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Each token and deployed and governed by this smart contract (and any extensions thereof) (each, an “NFT”) is associated with certain works of authorship or other content, whether or not copyrighted or copyrightable, and regardless of the format in which any of the foregoing is made available (“Related Content”). Related Content is separate from the associated NFT, and is not sold or otherwise transferred to the holder of such NFT, but is instead licensed to the holder as set forth in the Terms of Use available at https://www.operator.la/nft-tou (the “Terms”). Subject to compliance with the Terms, for as long as such owner holds an NFT, ownership of an NFT grants the holder the limited, personal, non-commercial, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive license to display and perform the Related Content associated with such NFT as more fully set forth in the Terms. All other rights in and to the Related Content and any other intellectual property are reserved by Operator, LLC. Use of an NFT is subject to additional terms and conditions set forth in the Terms. Use of any token deployed and governed by this smart contract (and any extensions thereof) is additionally subject to the Terms of Use available at https://www.operator.la/nft-tou
