Mexico City, May 30, 2023. Art, Culture and Dissemination and Institutional Development celebrated the world premiere of the play Universidad Panamericanathe world premiere of the play Genesis 4D Nervures of the Omniverseby the renowned Mexican master Miguel Peraza.
During this event, the university community witnessed how the quantum sculptor managed to transmute his sculpture Genesis (a solid material object), from the series Nervaduras de Viaje, to the digital world, creating a four-dimensional (4D) piece on blockchain technology, for the first time in the history of art.
It is the first 4D crypto-sculpture in history, composed of more than 2,000 unique pieces (1,000 of which are backed by another 1,000 identical, but different in their background) and the masterpiece; each of which represents a moment of navigating through time and space in an immersive environment. This allows its collectors a unique and innovative interaction.
Genesis 4D
Of all the artistic manifestations, sculpture is perhaps the most difficult to think of in digital formats, since its conception is linked to physical materiality. However, the evolution of art is also a function of the tools made available to an artist to express himself.
With this new creation by Miguel Peraza, the computer, the Internet and the blockchain served as a mold and as a means of sculptural expression. Genesis 4D is the proposal of the quantum sculptor, to cement the first stone of what in 2024 will be the Miguel Peraza Digital Art Museum (MADMiP).
"How the 4D world transits in our midst, the exercise is not just the artistic part. Scientists, neurologists, neuroscientists, physicists, chemists and biologists who are interested in trying to understand how the brain part of us works are involved," the teacher said.
"This is an innovation for the planet and it is our turn in Mexico and at Universidad Panamericana. (...) Today we are all scientists, philosophers and artists working hand in hand for humanity," he said.
Innovation in art
"What we have just seen is the spearhead of a new trend towards art, the trend of giving transcendence to a piece, which is not limited to a physical plane," explained Carlos Soberanes, director of the Innovation and Design Engineering degree program and director of the entrepreneurial program Xponential Lab.
"Through the use of technology, an artist can allow access to his work to many more people, generating digital replicas of them. But it is not only access, it is also a way of preserving the art, the integrity, in a different way to how it could be done today in a museum, but it opens new horizons of interaction, for example, in virtual worlds," he added.
Historic Moment
Those attending the event agreed that this was an unprecedented event. "Today is a historic moment, because we are witnessing the first sculpture that has a duality between the physical world and the digital world," said Soberanes.
Antonio Castro, director of University Life, said: "This event was for us (as a university) an extraordinary opportunity to show the university community what is coming. Art seems to be stagnant, especially in the field of sculpture, and now to talk about crypto-sculptures is an extraordinary opportunity for all of us".
Opportunity for the future
From the perspective of David Barriolope, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Panamericana, the transfer of art to the digital world represents more than a mere innovation .
"For new entrepreneurs the opportunities are many and more in our country. To be able to take all the sculptures and crafts that exist in our country and to be able to make them a digital support, not only for the owner of the sculpture, but for the world and for everyone to know it, is a venture that has a great future".
Similarly, Alejandro Ordóñez, director of the School of Engineering, suggested that Faculty of EngineeringWe have to realize that we have to start digitizing art strongly, so that we can make it much more accessible to the general public," he said.
About Miguel Peraza
With 48 years of experience in art direction, Miguel Peraza is a master of sensitive geometry, industrial art, conceptual abstraction and classic bronze realism. He works with a multidisciplinary team integrated by RB on Air, in the executive direction, DARTokens and smarkt in the technological direction.
Throughout his career he has received several awards, such as an Ariel for Art Direction Bienvenido-Welcome ( Gabriel Retes, 1994) and the Medalla Carrera al Universo by ITAM (1999), to mention a few. He was also a candidate for the National Arts and Sciences Award in 2005 and is a member of the National System of Creators and the Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences. Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences..
