Sales of NFTs have set records in the past year. Witnessing this, artist-activist Drue Kataoka determined to harness the digital artworks for social good. Collaborating with ILMxLAB and Phillips auction house, she has created a new NFT whose sale will entirely benefit the fight for racial justice.
“NFTs are coming into force as an art medium, bringing together an evolved sense of artistry and social mission,” says Kataoka, who is the CEO of
“At the end of our lives, how will we be judged?” Kataoka asks. “The problems we face are largely of our own making. But time is slipping away with every beat of our hearts, and turning the tide becomes increasingly harder. Do we hide our individual responsibility behind the collectiveand finger-pointing, while sexism and racism comfortably colonize the next wave of revolutionary technologies?”
Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King says, “The King Center and I are proud to participate in this historic NFT artwork. Drue Kataoka shares our vision that powerful emerging technologies like blockchain and AI should be bent towards the purpose of social justice, not just commercialization and militarization.”
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