THE 105 COLLECTIVE IS A GROUP OF UK-BASED ARTISTS BRINGING THEIR WORK TO THE DIGITAL, VR, AND CRYPTO SPACES.
THE COLLECTIVE SERVES AS A LAB FOR PLAYFUL EXPERIMENTATION, COLLABORATION, AND MUTUAL SUPPORT.
IN MARCH 2020, FIVE ARTISTS ACTIVE IN THE CRYPTOART WORLD CONVENED VIRTUALLY FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS ENGLAND, JUST AS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BEGAN SHUTTING THE UK DOWN.
It was an intense time: the world was facing catastrophe. Meanwhile, artists were just beginning to discover the possibilities and promise of blockchain technology.
Although most of us had never met in person, we began collaborating, taking refuge in making art together and sharing it using emerging shared-reality platforms.
In late 2020, we unveiled our inaugural project More Than Glass on Cryptovoxels, a virtual-reality gallery hosted on the Ethereum blockchain. Read more about it here.
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Since then, the group has gone a little quiet in the public eye, but we’re still very much here and active. In the years since More Than Glass, the collective has functioned as a safe haven, a lab for playful experimentation with new technologies, an incubator for collaborative projects, a mutual support group championing our individual art practices, a place to get a reality check, a knowledge exchange, and source of inspiration. We take great comfort in having this small, calm group in a volatile space. The camaraderie and trust we’ve built over the years has proven indispensable in the eyes of multiple storms.
Having said that, we do look forward to involving guest artists in upcoming projects as well as inviting possible new members in future, particularly UK-based artists who enjoy working in a spirit of cooperation and mutual support.
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