Volume on Foundation
“I see a past that is as strong as the future. Your project is so solid and its foundation so strong that it will be around for a long time, probably becoming iconic and a strong reference for others. All the time you have dedicated to it is definitely not wasted, but it looks like you will be doing this for some other 20 years at least! Progression and construction are clearly in the future, so I hope you are not bored with it because it’s going to stick to you.” - Cristina De Middel, Magnum Photographer + Obscura.io Fortune Teller
Volume is an ongoing conceptual photographic documentary, decades in the making. A bespoke rare magazine and journal titles, each book spine was photographed as found on the shelf — never touched, artificially lit or manipulated. The books have been judged entirely by their covers. The first artist to bring the library to the blockchain, the Volume collection won Foundation was curated with the NFT space in mind, a reflection on the pace, politics and play within the NFT community.
1/1 on Foundation: Sold Out
Number of works: 3
Available on primary: 0
Floor price: 1.0 ETH
Volume Collection on Foundation
Number of works: 24
Available on primary: 21
Floor price: 0.75 ETH
1/1 on Foundation / WORD STUDY (sold)
1/1 on Foundation / METROPOLIS (sold)
1/1 on Foundation / KIA ORA (sold)
BLOOD (sold)
COGNITION (0.75 ETH)
POWER (0.75 ETH)
VOLUME (0.75 ETH)
SER (0.75 ETH)
COFFEE (0.75 ETH)
MONUMENT (0.75 ETH)
BUILDING (0.75 ETH)
RECESSION (0.75 ETH)
CURRENT (0.75 ETH)
TOMORROW (0.75 ETH)
TODAY (0.75 ETH)
AMERICAN GIRL (0.75 ETH)
COLLECTOR (0.75 ETH)
WORK WITH BOYS (0.75 ETH)
MANA (0.75 ETH)
ENDEAVOUR (0.75 ETH)
THE LEISURE HOUR (0.75 ETH)
EQUIVALENTS (0.75 ETH)
FORTUNE (0.75 ETH)
LOCO (0.75 ETH)
NEW YORK (0.75 ETH)
CURATOR (Acquired by Jenny Metaverse DAO)
TRANS TASMAN (sold)
MICKEY SMITH
Mickey Smith (b. Duluth, MN, USA) is a conceptual artist living in New Zealand. As a photographer, her practice has been engaged with a longstanding inquiry into libraries, books and archives — in particular the social significance of their physical existence or disappearance. Mickey has exhibited throughout the United States, in China, Russia and New Zealand. Her works are held in numerous public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art Library, Sheldon Museum of Art and Weisman Art Museum. She has received awards from the McKnight Foundation, CEC ArtsLink, Americans for the Arts and Creative New Zealand.
Her first artist’s book, Denudation, published by Hassla, was included in the photo book installation, A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial in 2012. In 2018, Te Tuhi published her work As You Will... Carnegie Libraries of the South Pacific, a book focused on the 25 Carnegie libraries erected in New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji.
Mickey holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Photography from Minnesota State University Moorhead (1994) and a Diploma in Jewellery Design from Hungry Creek Art & Craft School in New Zealand (2019). Mickey is an active member of the NFT art photography community - a champion of gender and global diversity - she serves as curator for NFTPhotographer.xyz, is an Obscura.io first generation Foundry Commission artist, LA billboard artist and member of RawDAO. Her open studio channel is hosted on the Assembly discord. Mickey’s work has been collected by the RawDAO, Jenny Metaverse DAO and she has exhibited with 50mm Collective, Frame11, and The Ethereans virtual galleries.