Glitch in the Matrix is a series of Augmented reality 3D Installations created by New York City based Artist Mirena Rhee.
Glitch in the Matrix is a Social commentary on "brands" culture and consumerism that has spilled over into "crypto" and "nft".
Glitch is a 3D character the epitome of inexpensive goods proliferated as “brands” or “luxury” goods, or what I call next to nothing goods, and the zero sum or negative sum goods like “crypto” and “nft”.
My take on consumerism and the viable solution I have implemented for myself: minimalism and no buy. No matter what they say - it is still made for $5 somewhere by people who probably live on a $1 a day. It doesn't contribute to your wellbeing, your wellness and your character.
At lest when you buy a "brand" bag that cost $5 to make - I acknowledge that perhaps some design talent went to it, someone may have spent a sleepless night poring over a design. But crypto and its toxic spillage of nft have brought a new level of ugliness into the screen culture. I have never seen a beautiful nft but a proliferation of monkey Jeypegs.
I have never seen real artist make nft because real artist knows that a jpg has zero value unless you throw your artistic weight behind it in making it meaningful, and most importantly - limited edition and independent of an embedded system. What is an embedded system? A system that dies when a commercial entity dies.
A movie can be a digitally distributed product but can be art because even if the movie distribution houses die, and even if Hollywood dies - it can still be seen and accessed in many other ways independent of a commercial ecosystem.