Lot number 626 - Auction 133
MÖBEL-NFT 'THE ACTOR' (AUS DER SERIE 'FALLEN ECLIPSE') (1910/2021)

ARTQEY FURNITURE-NFT 'THE ACTOR' (FROM THE 'FALLEN ECLIPSE' SERIES) (1910/2021) Display case, c. 1910, painted black, modernised in 2021, with integrated NFC chip. 36 x 33.5 x 19.5 cm. Logo on the top. Artqey combines designer furniture from past centuries with the blockchain. 'The Actor' from the first series 'Fallen Eclipse' combines two centuries of traditional German craftsmanship with the latest blockchain technology. The selected antiques, originally made more than 150-200 years ago, long before technologies such as the internet, automated production lines and electricity existed, are expertly restored and brought back to life. Artqey compares this process to a kind of metamorphosis, where the piece of furniture changes through the work of the craftsman and takes on a new character that continues its previous history. The physical piece of furniture thus enters into a connection with a unique digital work of art. Each piece of furniture is digitally rendered in 3D on the Ethereum blockchain. The 3D model is inserted into an equally elaborately rendered backdrop and finally encoded as an NFT. In addition, an NFC chip has been incorporated into the wood under the logo of each piece of furniture, which can be scanned with a smartphone to access the NFT website directly. This is the world's first project to combine antique designer furniture and NFT.