Tango in the Big Mango–a Baudelaire-like photo imagination about Bangkok, working at a ground zero of now-ness–published by Hatje Cantz, features the "Golden Boy“ cover photograph. The "Golden Boy“ glitch NFT edition is being released to commemorate the transition from the analogue printed book to a digital smart contract.
The "Golden Boy" draped in his gilded, "golden life" foil is making his usual way through the city. He is a fleeting signifier for the world’s need to arrive at a new philosophy of cultural “progress,” one that might depart decisively from destructive “get-rich-quick” schemes and unchecked economic expansion. Nobody knows where yesterday’s "Golden Boy" may be headed now, ...