100 S.A.M.M.M.
A monumental meditation
Following Mathilda Milik’s successful live painting performance at Boom Festival 2023, she was invited later that year to create a new work for the inaugural Music Magic Medicine Festival in Berlin. From this painting emerged the idea of producing a lithograph edition to make the work more widely accessible.
What makes this project truly unique is that each lithograph is individually enhanced, yet they can only be fully appreciated when assembled together - revealing an interconnected spiral that unites the entire composition spanning 49sq.m.
From a 19th century press to a digital animation
This multimedia installation titled "100 S.A.M.M.M." combines traditional lithographic printmaking with contemporary digital art and blockchain technology.
The original painting was transformed into 100 individual lithographs, printed at IDEM Paris - a historic lithography house whose 19th-century presses have printed works by Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Chagall, and many contemporary masters today. Each piece was then hand-enhanced at La Briche artistic residence to create a single interlinked work comprising the entire suite.
The installation is accompanied by a soundtrack "We are the stream" composed by Sam and Nathan Waks, featuring words of Alan Watts, weaving a meditative sonic dimension into the work. From this immersive audio-visual experience, a short animation was created to extend the work's presence and appreciation into the digital realm.
The Collection
The work maybe acquired whole or as individual lithographs. Each unique hand-enhanced, numbered and signed lithograph comes with its digital passport, the access to the animation and the artist's video contextualising the project.
Rewards of Patience
- You choose your preferred number from the series and receive full, transferable ownership of that lithograph – both the physical piece, embedded with an NFC tag, and its digital counterpart, each registered with a unique blockchain ID – with the freedom to sell or gift them at any time.
- Your lithograph comes with a certificate of authenticity, hand-signed by the artist.
- Before your lithograph is delivered, you are invited to experience the complete work – all 100 pieces exhibited together as a single artwork, with recognition as a named patron in any future exhibition of the complete work at your discretion.
- Your lithograph is registered and authenticated on the blockchain, providing a permanent, tamper-proof record of provenance and ownership. Should you choose to resell, the artist automatically receives a royalty – ensuring they continue to benefit as the work grows in value. OCTARR can also handle the sale on your behalf, connecting your piece with the right collectors and institutions.
- You receive exclusive access to an animation with an original composition by Sam and Nathan Waks, and a behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the making of the work.
- You have the option to loan your lithograph back for future exhibitions, with full acknowledgement.
- You receive priority access to acquire future works by the same artist.
- You receive complimentary Platinum membership with OCTARR, including priority access to all future projects.
100 S.A.M.M.M.'s Passport
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