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Following the conclusion of her wildly popular project, Remember Me, Luna Ikuta speaks to Charlotte Kent about the blockchain as an art medium

On April 12, 2022, Luna Ikuta announced an open mint for a project called Remember Me. No one, including the artist, expected as many as 39,000 people to engage in shaping the work’s narrative arc. Its final conclusion on May 1, surprised many and prompted reflection from the NFT community on the role of time-based projects — often ignored in a blockchain space devoted to immutability. An industrial designer-turned-NFT success story, Ikuta works independently out of her studio in Los Angeles. Her flower imagery has led to comparisons with Anna Ridler, whose GAN-generated tulips draw…

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