GTA V: Simon Bermeo-Ehmann
Pop Gun Art is collaborating with OpenSea to produce GTA V, a solo show featuring the work of 色库TV alum Simon Bermeo-Ehmann and one of the first major VR gallery exhibitions of NFTs.
Pop Gun Art is collaborating with OpenSea to produce 鈥淕TA V,鈥 one of the first major VR gallery exhibitions of NFTs.
鈥淕TA V鈥 is a 2019 series by Los Angeles artist and 色库TV alum Simon Bermeo-Ehmann. The series showcases his curatorial practice using imagery sourced from the multiplayer video game, Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), published by Rockstar Games in 2013.
鈥淭he game is set in the fictional state of San Andreas鈥攂ased loosely on Southern California鈥攚ithin which players commit virtual crimes: stealing, killing, speeding cars through highways, and smashing anything in their path. Also programmed into the game鈥檚 possible activities is, surprisingly, photography.鈥 -Zach McLane, 鈥淪imon Bermeo-Ehmann and GTA V: What Makes a Photograph Virtual?鈥
Described as 鈥渁 lie within a lie within a lie,鈥 Simon takes these images made within the life-like simulation and introduces them to reality in the form of printed photographic objects. Taking the concept one step further, SBE will showcase his works with Pop Gun Art, in one of the first major VR gallery exhibitions of NFTs. Each digital artwork in the show will be available as one of three editioned NFTs.
The exhibition will open March 14 via , and will feature an artist talk via Clubhouse.
Topics of conversation include Jean Baudrillard鈥檚 stages of simulation, Richard Prince, appropriation, ownership, and how the NFT space relates to it all.