I added images and video from my new performance/exhibition, The Transmogrification of the Commodification of the Inherent Value of the Ubiquitous, to my website (link in sidebar)
Dudley Moore: "I know
that people looking in from the outside would say that I am dissipating
my energies and would do better to concentrate on one thing, but I know
that I couldn't possibly lead my life any other way".
Clip
from a documentary from the BBC archive on Instagram, from Monitor
originally broadcast on BBC Television, Sunday 26 Feb, 1961
Dearest friends, fellow New Yorkers, Beloved Strangers,
I have not forgotten you. Another year has gone by,
and I just want to tell you that I am closer than ever
to fulfilling my dreams. I have never give up. The thought
of you keeps me going.
This time next year,
I promise you, I will have incredible things to share.
lots of love,
Monica
My contribution to
The Disappearing Birds of North America project
by Jen De los Reyes
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| The Black-legged Kittiwake, 2024 (Digital collage and text on photograph) |
Monica
Seggos (London/Los Angeles) is a Greek-American artist focusing on
process oriented, narrative based Site-Responsive projects in
Environmental, Digital, Performance and Installation Art. In her
Environmental Art, she shares her love for the beauty and majesty of
Nature. Immersion in the wild is the panacea for all her woes, bringing
joy and healing to her life experience.
Monica used to see the Black-legged Kittiwake during her sunrise hikes on the South Shore of Nantucket Island in Winter (especially during high seas on blustery days). The backdrop of the artwork is a photograph she captured of a spectacular December morning in 2021 while on island during the Covid lockdown. She collaged images of Kittawakes from various antique paintings that she found during her research and added an excerpt from the poem “The Kittiwakes” by Celia Baxter.
“Like white feathers blown about the rocks,
Like soft snowflakes wavering in the air,
Wheel the Kittiwakes in scattered flocks,
Crying, floating, fluttering everywhere.
(more artwork from this project upcoming, including videos. Stay tuned!)
The Big Bang in The White Hole (The Phocells Remix) 2024 Digital Collage/Painting
"Each cell is its own story, dimension, and sign of light and life." Photon Tide
White Holes are believed to exist even though they remain unseen. To me, photons are evidence that at some macro level, White Holes do exist. In the vast reaches of space, it makes sense that, like a photon, a White Hole is just too small to be detected.
The blueprint for our life journey lives in our cells. Cells detect light, and I believe our cells are constantly encouraging us to move towards the light in order to fulfill our destinies.
For my Phocells Remix, I removed the background from "The Cell" and erased all the cells that were not whole. I removed all the color from the remaining healthy cells, and shrank them down to fit in the center of the White Hole. There, they absorb the light. When they are at their peak of brightness, The Big Bang occurs and sends pure healing light out into the Universe. Traveling at the speed of light, the photons reach our cells, giving us life and reminding us of who we are meant to be.
CC0 Photon Tide
Self-Sovereign
"Self Sovereign", from my genesis collection on KnownOrigin, tells the story of how I became a cryptoartist from being on Clubhouse. If you have ever seen my IRL work, you might wonder how my post-NFT work relates to it, because it is so different. 
Photo by Amruta Patil
This image by Amruta Patil is from "The Broken Heart Repair Shop". I had one + wondered why there wasn't a place to get help. There is a shop for everything eles but!, including a car repair shop, which this is based on. As Nurse Candy I sat down with everyone who wanted to share their story. They shared their deepest woes + at the end I wrote a prescription of how to recover.
Photo by Mido Lee Productions
"Self-Voyeur" is a behind the scenes perspective on an Instagram influencer. This body of work explores the monetization + promotion of the image of self-an individual’s obsession with her own image, responding to the societal obsession with the image of other. 
Photo by Mido Lee Productions
It All Started Here
In Clubhouse, I listened to @CryptoSteveWand @RyanCrucible and @irvinxyz speak on the ethos of the space. I read all the white papers. I realized that my work on the blockchain would be forever. 
My Art Studio in the Metaverse
I knew then that I could only put work on the blockchain that represented permanence. My work would be about my dreams, my imagination + how I see the world. So the work you see is what I hope to be, not what I am, nor what I was.
I’m an artist focusing on process oriented, narrative based Site-Responsive projects that are a fusion of Environmental, Digital, Performance and Installation Art. I graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design at 51 after raising my son as a single mom. At SCAD, for the first time in my life, I learned to have an artistic practice. I was allowed complete freedom in the development of my projects, and, crucially, I was required to research and to document my process. This lead to the development of an artistic practice that dwells outside the scope of traditional disciplines. My works incorporate the use of multiple mediums built upon a foundation of site-responsiveness, storytelling and process. I always ask: How can I best convey the concept of this work? incorporate multiple layers of meaning? which medium/s? Since graduation, I have continuously created, honing my process and practice and devoting my life to building my oeuvre under challenging circumstances.
Just hung Room with a View sculpture
A Site-Responsive, Site-Specific work, Sebastopol, CA
My
art practice has multiple dimensions: I am a process oriented,
narrative based artist focusing on Installation, Performance,
Environmental and Virtual projects. Process is the foundation of my
work, while narrative maintains the through line. I am medium agnostic,
which allows me to use the mode of expression, materials and processes
that best embrace the storyline.
I have spent the last 2 years
focusing on building my virtual practice. In the next several years, I
will be consciously working on integrating and fusing the various
mediums into large scale environments that incorporate all facets of my
practice.
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