A.A. Murakami, Floating World Genesis, 2022 © A.A. Murakami Art Blocks x Pace Verso A.A. Murakami Floating World Genesis NFT Series NFT DetailsA.A. MurakamiFloating World GenesisRelease date: Dec 21, 202212 PM ESTHow to Purchase (opens in a new window) Click here to purchase.For assistance in purchasing NFTs, please contact us at verso@pacegallery.com.Connect (opens in a new window) floatingworld.io (opens in a new window) @a.a.murakami (opens in a new window) @pacegallery (opens in a new window) @artblocks_io Pace Verso, the web3 hub of Pace Gallery, and Art Blocks, the leading platform for generative art, are pleased to detail Floating World Genesis, the first NFT project by the Tokyo and London-based artist duo A.A. Murakami. The NFT series will launch on December 21 at 12 PM EST and be available for purchase on (opens in a new window) artblocks.io. The first component of a multidisciplinary project by A.A. Murakami, Floating World Genesis comprises 250 unique NFTs, each depicting one of three animated scenes chronicling the origins of life on Earth: a single microbial bubble that may split in two; clusters of self-organizing bubbles that represent the growth of multicellular life; and a single bubble situated on the horizon, signifying the formation of the Earth’s biosphere.Inspired by the Miller-Urey experiment of 1953, which simulated conditions of the early Earth to explore how life first formed in the primordial oceans through self-organizing bubbles, the Floating World Genesis NFTs possess tranquil, meditative, hypnotic qualities often associated with minimalist painting and the Light and Space movement. Bubbles have been an enduring source of inspiration for A.A. Murakami, whose seminal work New Spring (2017) is an interactive, multi-sensory installation that produces mist-filled blossoms.The formal dynamism of Floating World Genesis, which explores the kinetic possibilities of semi-abstracted bubbles, belies the project’s technical complexity and its wide range of generative effects. Opacities and diffusions of color vary among the NFTs, as do the shapes and positions of the bubbles. Clear bubbles depicted against gradation backgrounds feature refractions of light and color. Some of the NFTs are stereoscopic, allowing viewers to have a three-dimensional experience and immersing them in a world of buoyant, ethereal bubbles.A.A. Murakami will participate in a discussion with Art Blocks at 11:40 a.m. EST on December 21 to mark the release of Floating World Genesis. Further details about this program will be released in the coming weeks.A.A. Murakami is known for creating immersive, sensorial installations as part of a long-standing exploration of natural phenomena and systems. With these concerns at the center of the duo’s practice, A.A. Murakami has pioneered the development of “ephemeral tech,” or technology that is experienced not through standard interfaces like screens, but through ethereal and shifting matter, facilitating fleeting but deeply meaningful in-person experiences. With the multifaceted Floating World Genesis series, the duo aims to further explore this concept through what it has termed the “mataverse,” a space between the physical and digital worlds. Through future Floating World Genesis projects, A.A. Murakami will investigate the possibilities of art that lives on the blockchain and engages all the viewers’ senses in immersive and tactile physical environments.Floating World Genesis is realized by Art Blocks and Pace Verso in conjunction with Digital Practice, an artist-focused web3 creative agency that worked in close concert with A.A. Murakami on project conceptualization, art direction, and development. More information about the project can be found at (opens in a new window) artblocks.io. Read More Conversation with A.A. Murakami & Art BlocksWednesday, Dec 2111:40 AM ESTTwitter Spaces (opens in a new window) Learn More FilmsA.A. Murakami on Floating World GenesisIn our new film, Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves, known as the artist duo A.A. Murakami, discuss their first-ever web3 project, which serves as on ode to primordial life on Earth. About the ArtistsA.A.Murakami is a Tokyo / London based Artist duo. Their unique sensory installations are an ongoing series of works, which follows the tradition of artists emulating nature. In the same way ancient civilisations made structures to chart the passage of the sun or early cave paintings to depict the natural world, A.A.Murakami pursues an innate human desire to use art to connect with and revere the natural systems on which our existence depends. They pioneer in ‘Ephemeral Tech’ which explores this intrinsic driver of creation using technology to evoke both primordial origins and future worlds.Learn More Journal View All Films Hank Willis Thomas on The Spirit that Unites Us All Dec 03, 2024 News Public Art Fund Announces 2025 Exhibition by Torkwase Dyson Nov 19, 2024 News Yto Barrada to Represent France at La Biennale di Venezia in 2026 Nov 19, 2024 Essays The Elegiac Genius of Robert Frank, by Ocean Vuong Nov 14, 2024 Pace Verso — A.A. Murakami: Floating World Genesis, Aug 10, 2022