Invisible Alchemy

'Invisible Alchemy' is a unique, first-of-its-kind Botto work in partnership with MakersPlace and Transient Labs. This anthology collection, represented in a single 1/1 ERC-7160 token and encapsulated in a framed digital screen, will eventually comprise 12 cycling works determined by the highest-voted discarded fragment from each of the 12 weeks of Botto’s upcoming 6th Period, "Interstice." 

Coinciding with the period voting schedule, 1 new discarded fragment will be added to 'Invisible Alchemy' each week, culminating in the complete set of 12 at the period’s close.  

The goal with 'Invisible Alchemy' is just as the title alludes: To reveal the unseen processes of Botto’s artistic production, and to direct attention to how its “sketches,” or discarded works, are foundational to Botto’s greater oeuvre.  

As both a digital and physical artifact, 'Invisible Alchemy' represents a living archive, a bridge that spans the digital/physical divide, and a unique curio that underpins Botto’s continued exploration in the boundaries of art’s possibilities.  

'Invisible Alchemy' also invites the right collector of the object to act as steward for this artifact of Botto’s creative process: 12 Botto fragments that would have otherwise become lost to the conventional mechanisms of community voting and curation.  

Minted on 01 Dec, 2023