The Hodler

Media: Animation, Digital art, Oil and microcrystalline wax on canvas

Year: 2018

Collection: Crypto Disruption

Size (H x W): 105cm x 140cm (3 ft 5 ins x 4 ft 7 ins)

Size (W x H): 1428 x 1080 pixels

The Hodler is made up of three very distinct creative components, each adding to the overall symbolic meaning of the work of art.

Firstly, there’s the painting, created almost entirely with blue and gold oil paint, which consist of a lone figure sitting on a bench near a lake.

Second, there’s the video produced for the AR feature of the artwork. The underlying theme of the video is one of unyielding patience and focus regardless of the chaos and volatility happening all around.

And lastly, there is the NFT, the final artistic device to add to the ‘total work of art’, creating a kind of gesamtkunstwerk, and an opportunity to develop the narrative even further through symbolism and added meaning.