Historic tennis tournament Wimbledon and past champion Andy Murray have teamed up with digital artist Refik Anadol to launch an official Wimbledon art NFT on Ethereum.
The rel=”nofollow external noopener”>manifold.xyz to coincide with Murray’s second-round match at Wimbledon 2023, and will be available until July 16. The NFTs, which were produced with Web3 consultancy FAN3, are priced at $147 apiece. Murray was ultimately eliminated from the tournament on Friday.
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— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) July 7, 2023
For “The Exposition,” developers created a unique algorithm that uses millions of inputs from statistics along with motion, audio, and visual data. The resulting color bursts represent the “drama, the rivalries, and the Championship victories” of Murray’s ongoing Wimbledon career, according to the project description.
According to the drop page, the artwork “reimagines how high-performance sport data can be understood and enjoyed in a strikingly visual way.”
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Holders of The Exposition will be able to unlock “future opportunities,” including exclusive access to purchase a physical print edition of the NFT produced by Avant Arte as a way to further blend the physical and digital world.
It’s also been confirmed that more collaborations between Murray, Wimbledon, and Anadol are due for release in the coming months. The creators captured Murray’s data from his latest Wimbledon run with aims of using it for future work.
Anadol, the creator of the award-winning “Unsupervised” exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) that features algorithmic art on an enormous video wall, will act as advisor for the inaugural Wimbledon NFT collection before collaborating on the next phase of the project.
Murray was previously the subject of Wimbledon-themed NFTs in 2021, with some tied to physical video displays that showcased footage of one of his tournament wins. The NFTs were created by WENEW, a startup co-founded by NFT artist Mike “Beeple” Winkelmann, with the rarest NFT selling for nearly $178,000. decrypt.co