New piece created specifically for afghen: https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/afghen/collection
Afghen is a Hic et Nunc and NFT community effort by to raise funds for organisations helping artists and others in Afghanistan, after the Taliban re-took control of the country.
On the 19th of August 2021, protestors took to the streets waving the flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Protests took place in Kabul and the Nangarhar, Khost and Kunar provinces.
In the city of Asadabad, Kunar province the protestors were fired upon by Taliban militants and several were killed.
This piece is intended as an act of solidarity with those protestors.
Sparkles of paint in colors of the Afghan tricolor are painted onto a white canvas. The paint is held to the dimensions of a flag. The paint reveals the emblem and flag of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Wriggling white paints attempt to turn the flag and canvas white again but they can never win and if anything they simply make the flag more vibrant and alive.
Created as an edition of 11. 10 donated to afghen and one held back, forever. This is so even if all available editions were purchased and burnt, there will always be at least one version of this flag alive on the Tezos blockchain. This is intended as a gesture of respect and memorial for those who lost their lives for the act of flying this flag.
