Kocka Castello najnovija je skulptura njemačkog umjetnika Niclas Castella. Izrađena je od 184.1 kilograma čistog 24-karatnog zlata, a ovaj tjedan je bila izložena u Central Parku u New Yorku.
Umjetnik je rekao da kocka nije na prodaju, ali da njezina materijalna vrijednost iznosi oko 11.7 milijuna dolara. Izjavio je da želi “stvoriti nešto što je izvan našeg svijeta, nešto što je nematerijalno”.
Također se izdaje i kriptovaluta, nazvana Castello Coin. Može se kupiti online po cijeni od 44 centa, a NFT aukcija je zakazana za 21. veljače.
Fotografija kocke Castello ubrzo se proširila društvenim mrežama.
“Bogati to rade kako bi ismijali nas ostale koji smo radnička klasa. Ovako izgleda zlo”, jedan je od komentara na Twitteru.
The rich do this to make fun of rest of us who are working class. Displaying a golden cube in NY where many can barely afford to survive. This is what evil looks like, Niclas Castello , eat the rich pic.twitter.com/3dn9fHwTcr
— TheNightmareContinues (@DischargeFan) February 3, 2022
“Zlato je, dušo. Ali kocka Niclasa Castella nije ništa novo u umjetnosti”, “Razmišljao sam koja je svrha ovog umjetničkog djela. Znam da je jedna od njih lansirati Castello Coin, ali druga je svrha da vas navede na razmišljanje o vrijednosti. Tržište kaže da vrijedi toliko. Ljudi su vrijedni i daju vrijednost predmetima”, pisali su drugi.
“Ako ste se ikada osjećali manje vrijednima, sjetite se da je ovaj umjetnik imao pristup 24-karatnom zlatu i on je od toga napravio kocku“, našalio se jedan Twitteraš, a na društvenoj mreži osvanuli su i brojni memovi.
"It's gold, baby. But Niclas Castello's Cube is nothing new in art.": https://t.co/X5fH1S3Ixi pic.twitter.com/SOzUdULhi5
— joe (@halfclosedeye) February 4, 2022
I was thinking what is the purpose of this #CastelloCube art piece. I know one is launch Castello Coin but is the other purpose to make you think about value. The market says it's worth this much. People are valuable. People give objects value. pic.twitter.com/tzfDbE7CZF
— DJ CnC (@djcncisdotcom) February 4, 2022
"Are we perfecting 'the art of life itself' in the meantime? It would have been hard to draw that conclusion when the German pop artist Niclas Castello displayed his hollow 400-pound gold cube… His plan is to sell the exercise as an NFT" 💀💀💀 @GiniaNYT https://t.co/b0mC9SaXeS
— Emma Goldberg (@emmabgo) February 4, 2022
To bring attention to the upcoming launch of his new cryptocurrency, German artist Niclas Castello erected this cube in Central Park, where 125 people are living, per the last census.
4 days ago, a man was found dead in a tent just half a mile from the site of the installation. https://t.co/jvK5GNu6jY
— Tori Bedford (@Tori_Bedford) February 3, 2022
can’t believe no one has tried to heist the gold cube in new york yet pic.twitter.com/HZEPayTSqR
— Joe Cole // 📍CDMX (@joecacola) February 4, 2022
If you ever feel like maybe you’re not good enough, just remember that there’s an artist out there who had access to $11.7 million in gold and the best he could come up with was a cube https://t.co/CUfbspk7dC
— Willie Muse (@Williesillie2) February 3, 2022
Calling all ACME Gumshoes! Carmen Sandiego has stolen the Central Park Gold Cube! pic.twitter.com/hFAuEnapuo
— Cody🐛 (@wichmann_cody) February 4, 2022
NY apartments:
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Zillow life pic.twitter.com/U772XkeuOS— Freddie Campion (@FreddieCampion) February 4, 2022
Usavršavamo li u međuvremenu umjetnost samog života? Bilo bi teško izvući taj zaključak kada je njemački umjetnik izložio svoju šuplju zlatnu kocku. Njegov plan ju je prodati kao NFT”, “Jeste li vidjeli tu glupu kocku? Umjetnik Niclas Castello mogao bi biti samo savršeno utjelovljenje problema s elitističkim umjetničkim svijetom”, još su neki od komentara, prenosi Index.
Kako bi skrenuo pozornost na nadolazeće lansiranje svoje nove kriptovalute, njemački umjetnik Niclas Castello podigao je ovu kocku u Central Parku, napisala je jedna korisnica Twittera.
Naime, Castellova kocka kasnije je uklonjena iz Central Parka i izložena na privatnoj večeri na Wall Streetu u znak lansiranja umjetnikovog NFT-a.
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