Christie’s organized a charity auction with proceeds going to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Eleven digital works of art were sold at the auction in the form of NFTs.
The ‘Bridging Worlds: Digital Art Beyond Borders’ charity auction ran from October 23 and closed on October 30, 2024. According to the final bid prices listed on Christie’s site, the auction raised a total of $51,387 from the sale of digital art brought up.
The auction was curated by Micol Ap and featured 11 digital artworks donated by a number of digital artists including Erick Calderon aka Snowfro, IX Shells, Mario Klingemann and Niceaunties.
“The sale aims to explore the transformative power of digital art in connecting worlds, transcending boundaries and fostering a sense of unity between diverse artistic practices,” Christie’s said on its X-post.
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Bridging Worlds: Digital Art Beyond Borders is a charity auction in aid of UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and closes on October 30.
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For the charity auction, Christie’s partnered with the Switzerland Innovation Unit for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner for Switzerland. Switzerland also posted a message in support of the auction for UNHCR, urging users to bid on their favorite digital artworks.
The digital piece that received the highest bid price was named “Niceburg” by Singaporean artist Niceaunties. Niceburg features a video made from AI art that shows a group of grandmothers living in the frozen landscape of an Arctic tundra known as Niceburg.
The video is narrated by a female voice with subtitles at the bottom, accompanied by images of the ice melting and the grandmothers spending time with fluffy stuffed animals coming to life. Niceburg was sold for 4.5 ETH or equal to $11,908.
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Another notable piece is IX Shells’ digital moving art called “Rompeolas – Resurgiendo a través de la Resistencia,” which translates to Sea Wall – Resurgence Through Resistance. The image shows a series of orange and white dots moving together to form a 3D wave structure flowing through a black background.
IX Shells is a digital artist known for his works that explore themes of identity, nature, and the intersection of the digital and physical worlds. Her piece sold for 3 ETH or equal to $7,850.
The digital artwork featured in Christie’s promotional video is ‘Crush’ by Andreas Gysin. Gysin’s artwork shows overlapping coding with different font colors on a black background, all moving in sync with each other. Each letter consists of a group of other keyboard letters and symbols. The piece sold for 0.25 ETH or equal to $654.
The auction also includes non-moving digital art, such as ‘Handle With Care’ by Vinnie Hager and ‘APT 47B’ by Iskra Velitchkova.
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