Meta-Erasures

The meta-narrative which began with Rauschenberg’s radical assertion that erasure of one value system can establish a counter-positive value system is an early example of the concept of visual derivatives to an extreme. The erasure of the newly iconic Bored Ape & Crypto Punk extends this meta-narrative further by directly confronting the globally controversial dialog around the question: How can an immaterial art form such as NFT hold value. Apes & Punks and the like gained their precedent of valuation from the history of collectibles: a valuation system which depends on presence of rarity. The concept of rarity is itself rooted in ideological pretexts of immaterialism: the closer a coll...View all