Thomas Ramsay Science and Humanities Fellowship

NANCY BAKER CAHILL & SOPHIA THE ROBOT: STONE SPEAKS

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

MIAMI and DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Borderless Capital is pleased to announce a historic collaboration between the artist Nancy Baker Cahill and Sophia the Robot on a monumental new AR artwork to launch during Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 and the Decipher 2022 Conference in Dubai, November 28 - 30, 2022. The artwork will be listed for sale on Aorist starting Tuesday, November 29, and the sale will close on Sunday, December 4.

Key Points: 
  • STONE SPEAKSis narrative augmented reality (AR) artwork inspired by conversations between artist Nancy Baker Cahill and Sophia the Robot, Hanson Robotics' latest human-like robot, who was first activated in 2016.
  • In the spirit of Baker Cahill's previous monumental AR works, such as Mushroom Cloud and CORPUS, STONE SPEAKS appears overheadas a massive particle field representing the elements silicon and carbon.
  • The 1/1 NFT of this unique Augmented Reality artwork created between Baker Cahill and Sophia, will be available for sale through Aorist starting Tuesday, November 29.
  • Nancy Baker Cahill is an award-winning new media artist who examines systemic power, selfhood, and embodied consciousness through drawing and shared immersive space.

NANCY BAKER CAHILL & SOPHIA THE ROBOT: STONE SPEAKS

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

MIAMI and DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Borderless Capital is pleased to announce a historic collaboration between the artist Nancy Baker Cahill and Sophia the Robot on a monumental new AR artwork to launch during Art Basel Miami Beach 2022 and the Decipher 2022 Conference in Dubai, November 28 - 30, 2022. The artwork will be listed for sale on Aorist starting Tuesday, November 29, and the sale will close on Sunday, December 4.

Key Points: 
  • STONE SPEAKSis narrative augmented reality (AR) artwork inspired by conversations between artist Nancy Baker Cahill and Sophia the Robot, Hanson Robotics' latest human-like robot, who was first activated in 2016.
  • In the spirit of Baker Cahill's previous monumental AR works, such as Mushroom Cloud and CORPUS, STONE SPEAKS appears overheadas a massive particle field representing the elements silicon and carbon.
  • The 1/1 NFT of this unique Augmented Reality artwork created between Baker Cahill and Sophia, will be available for sale through Aorist starting Tuesday, November 29.
  • Nancy Baker Cahill is an award-winning new media artist who examines systemic power, selfhood, and embodied consciousness through drawing and shared immersive space.

Artist Nancy Baker Cahill Selects the Algorand Blockchain to Mint NFT for "Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISE," Presented as Part of the 2022 Tribeca Festival

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This June, Nancy Baker Cahill's multifaceted augmented reality (AR) public art project, Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISE, reimagined for the Hudson River, makes its debut at the 2022 Tribeca Festival's Immersive Program at Pier 25. Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISE, which will feature an accompanying video NFT minted on the Algorand blockchain, speaks to the environmental concerns specific to New York, expanding the work's scope and opportunities for public engagement. 

Key Points: 
  • Leveraging Algorand, the greenest and most sustainable blockchain, allows artists to push creative boundaries while harnessing the equitable nature of the technology's unique pure Proof-of-Stake model."
  • - Nancy Baker Cahill
    Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISE acknowledges the imminence of the climate crisis while offering hope that through cooperative and constructive action, a vibrant and vital future is still possible.
  • For Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISE's NYC debut, Nancy Baker Cahill will create an NFT video specific to New York City.
  • Mushroom Cloud NYC / RISEwill be the first NFT ever created from an XR festival experience.