Introducing
Origin is a series of 40 photographs, featuring surreal landscapes, telling the story of when life first crawled ashore. They were created by attaching an old analogue camera to a race drone.
We cranked the camera with a limited number of stills, armed the racing drone, and sent it into the peril of windy, rocky, tree-covered landscapes and coastlines, steered via the radiowaves expanding out of the remote. The timer was manually set when the shutter was released, allowing a mere 11 seconds to position a desirable image.
Between each click, a risky landing was performed to avoid crashing the aircraft, we've had hundreds of trials and errors. Each fresh takeoff was fraught with anxiety and doubt about whether the old camera would release the shutter and whether the drone was going at the appropriate speed based on the aperture and shutter speeds, to produce a worthwhile shot. We collided with trees and almost fell into the sea.
The old cameras got sticky and unpredictable. There was no way to check images and recalibrate camera settings accordingly. We simply kept the faith that enough magic would be captured in our imagery to be worthy of this new realm that now exists beyond time in the form of NFTs. Owners of one of the 10 1-of-1s will receive a large-format print as well as the photo-negative. The others will receive a link to a high-resolution, printable file.
50 % of the income generated from this collection will be donated to the Climate Change Fund, an organisation committed to finding and funding sustainable solutions to the emissions crisis that still allow growth, freeing millions from the prison of energy poverty.
Our first collection is a small step in what we’re building. We want to launch different collections in collaboration with prolific and talented artists. Some will be digital art, some will be classic PFP and others might be music. Each focuses on a different issue we want to address and support, with 50 % of the income going to the respective organisation.
