What is Peyote Ugly? A handsome gateway drop | NFT CULTURE | Web3 Culture NFTs and Crypto Art
What is Peyote Ugly? and how do they integrate the full range of NFT functions into their project?
An obvious pun inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster Coyote Ugly, the name of this art collective is meant to reflect the events that occurred during Chapter 1 of this ongoing project. Focused on reviving traditional and cultural stories through a modern and humorous narrative, the five artists behind Peyote Ugly first traveled to Mexico for a month-long art residency, where they created a fictional story, physical artwork, NFTs and more. Drawing from Mexican culture, the story begins when the artists all enjoy one peyoteor hallucinogenic cacti, and well – things got pretty ugly after that.
Violetta P Jones, Santiago Pani, Daniel Martin, Henrik Uldalen and Ivo Nupoort are the five artists behind this collective. The project comes from different parts of the world, and aims to focus on each country and bring awareness to cultural and traditional practices.
Launching this Halloween weekend next door The Crypt GalleryPeyote Ugly is releasing Chapter 2 of their quest on Nifty Gateway. The Devil’s Awakening is a fictional tale based on Dutch folklore and fairy tales. The five artists reunite again, this time at Art House Holland and the collaboration to create paintings, sculptures, prints, a film, puzzles and handmade physical books as part of this collection. They also created digital counterparts: 3D sculptures, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D scanning of film and photography.
Connecting such a variety of artistic disciplines not only shows the strength of this project, but also the opportunities NFT offers.
Drop Overview
- The Cryptgalleriet presents Chapter 2: The Devil’s Awakening on Nice gateway
- Saturday 29 October 2022
- Auctions start at 18
Collection exhibited at The Crypt Gallery in New York City and Los Angeles starting October 24. Visit Dream Hollywood or Dream Downtown to experience the art IRL and redeem yours free guestbook NFT, exclusively for personal guests only.
This guestbook token will automatically give all guests a giveaway for a chance to win a limited edition artwork from this collection.
With a total of seven NFTs.
Editions:
Two editions in the form of 3D animations will be available as ranked auctions, each an edition of 10. Collectors with bids over $750 will receive an AR print, while the highest bid, if over $1,000, will win a physical and handmade book that outlines history and contains AR versions of the 1/1 artwork. For collectors who participate and collect both issues in the primary, third and bonus artwork will be sent to them.
Witte Wieven and Goblins (24 hour ranked auctions)
Boeman (collectors reward and airdrop for those who collect Witte Wieven and Goblins on the primary.
1/1 Digitals + AR oil paintings:
Using traditional Dutch fairy tales as inspiration, each painting depicts a character that was used in the story created by the artists. Violet, Santiago, Daniel and Henrik each painted an edition of 1 artwork which was turned into an animated piece, with sound, by Ivo.
Winners of these 1/1s will receive the physical oil painting, which has augmented reality technology implemented into it. When examining the individual artists, a sales history shows that their physical items usually sell for much higher price points than the 1 ETH reserve set for these auctions.
- Blue Gerrit by Daniel Martin
- Bokkenrijders by Santiago Pani
- Oni by Violetta P. Jones
- Klaas Van Bommel by Henrik Uldalen
The artists were able to create an AR version of their physical paintings through Artivive App, an official AR experience provider. This tool overlays images, text or sounds on top of a physical artwork, allowing the audience to see the AR version of a physical artwork on their smart device. Such AR technology allows artists to create more creatively.
The story:
Aside from the digital artwork, paintings and AR implementation, a physical and hand-crafted storybook was created to depict part two of the fictionalized mission. Using the creatures depicted in each artwork, Chapter 2 begins with the artists reunited in another location, Holland.
While spending the summer in an old Dutch village, the artists are eating leftover Mexican mushrooms when things suddenly turn ugly again. Boeman, or the devil himself, enters the world of the living looking to recruit new servants. In an attempt to save society, the artists embark on their quest to stop the darkness from lasting forever. With the help of Witte Wieven (wise women) and Kabouters (gnomes), the artists overcome several obstacles to finally meet Boeman himself. Along the way, however, they run into trouble, as each artist is physically transformed into a folklore creature, depicted in their individual 1/1 painting.
About the artists:
Daniel Martin
Artist and member of Arthouse
Daniel lives and works in Leiden, the Netherlands. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with exhibitions in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Queretaro; SOHD, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen; Museum of Young Art, Oosterhout; Booth Gallery, New York; Beers Gallery, London; Den Gallery, Kuwait City; Thinkspace, Los Angeles; and a duo show with Phillip Akkerman in The Hague.
Daniel is co-founder of the artist initiative Arthouse, which organizes countless projects and runs two residencies (NL/MEX). In 2019 he co-founded the annual 1606 project which facilitates cross-cultural connections between international artists in collaboration with PaintGuide and the University of Leiden among other local partners in the Netherlands and Mexico.
Violet P Jones
Artist, filmmaker and member of Arthouse
From 2013 to 2016 Violetta Palak Jones was the director/producer of a small film production company Flyboy Creative in Scotland with her short films screened at numerous film festivals around the world.
She completed courses in figurative painting and drawing at Leith School of Art and attended the Edinburgh Napier University accredited Art Studio where she received training in classical drawing and painting. She has also completed art residencies in Tequisquiapan, Mexico and Leiden, Holland and has become a member of the artist collective ARTHOUSE.
In January 2020, she started her journey in the Web3 space and has been making NFTs ever since.
Henrik Uldalen
Artist and member of Arthouse
Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen (1986) is a Norwegian artist who lives and works outside London. His creative output revolves around classical figurative painting, presented in a modern way. Henrik seeks to explore ideas that revolve around absurdism, nostalgia, loneliness and alienation, juxtaposed with fragile beauty. Although he is a figurative painter, his focus has always been the emotional content rather than narratives. The atmosphere of his work is often presented in a dream or limbo-like state, with elements of expressionism.
Henrik is the founder of PaintGuide, a curatorial platform that organizes exhibitions and creative projects internationally. Over the years, he has shown his works in galleries, museums, billboards and art fairs all over the world, as well as printed in major publications.
Santiago Pani
Artist, member of Arthouse, director of the residency Arthouse Holland and Arthouse Pani
Mexican artist currently living and working in the Netherlands. Recently he has focused on the Portrait series “Personal Universe”, which is inspired by anonymous characters and memories of people stored in the subconscious throughout life and the idea that sometimes while awake and other times during our dreams, these anonymous visitors will be recalled. of our minds to interact and influence our history again.
Lately, Pani has found herself very attached to these concepts and ideas, making the production of these pieces very organic and visceral.
Ivo Nupoort
Artist and animator
Creative director, illustrator and animator
For more information on Peyote Ugly, visit their main website here
