Kento Season 01 is officially funded ๐๐ด
951 backers pledged approximately US$215,920 to bring the First Edition of Web Nostalgia to life.
Thank you to everyone who backed, shared and supported the campaign, and to the 40 artists who made it possible.
Missed the campaign? Pre-sales will open soon at https://t.co/T2SFEbikD4, but the Kickstarter First Edition remains exclusive to campaign backers.
Kento is only getting started ๐ฅ
Artists were there from the beginning.
Net art emerged, experimenting, making art for a space that was still being invented.
The internet was the medium, the material and the exhibition space, all together.
๐ง When every website felt a little DIY.
Blue Ribbon Campaign ยท dancer #1
by @albertinmeunier
A French digital art pioneer using the internet itself as material to explore the poetry and absurdity of online life.
โ๏ธ Common ยท WN-020 ยท PNG
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Behind the Card ๐ฆ
@albertinmeunier they have used the Internet as artistic material since 1998. Her work has been shown internationally, and My Google Search History is part of the Centre Pompidou collection.
โ๏ธ For Kento Season 01, she created Blue Ribbon Campaign ยท dancer #1, #2, and #3 โ
Have you met the full Season 01 lineup yet? ๐
117 cards.
40 artists.
A whole lot of internet history.
See all the @kentocards โ
https://t.co/D95N1dNns2
Excited to be part of KENTO
Season 01: Web Nostalgia.
KENTO is a new way to collect art, bringing physical and digital art together in one collectible card series.
Yahoooo !!!
Follow @kentocards
and learn more: https://t.co/6TlpiJ1T5f
Watch Bryce open a Kento booster pack and discover the five cards inside ๐ด
Itโs an early look at what collecting Season 01 will actually feel like when Kento launches on Kickstarter on September 1.
10 days until Kento launches on Kickstarter ๐ด
Season 01 brings together artists from around the world in a physical card collection built around one theme: Web Nostalgia.
The artworks are ready. The packs are taking shape. Soon, youโll be able to choose your reward and become one of the first Kento collectors.
Restauration Angelino 2008
Internet connected, the Angelino is an angel detector.
A ballerina, imprisoned in a music bottle, awakes and dances to a melody whenever an angel passes on the Internet, more precisely, when the word ยซ angel ยป is mentioned on X
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