Vogue Singapore celebrates body diversity with NFT

The new collection has 10 different pieces with a rague of price of 0.11ETH to 0.26ETH each

On April 25, Vogue portal published an article about the latest release related to the NFT and Metaverse of Vogue Singapore. This time Vogue Singapore partners five artists, Keiken, SuzyQ, Wu Ziyang, CryptoZR and Owo Anietie, to create a collection focused around the theme of inclusivity, diversity and celebrating the unique individuality of everybody. 

The new collection has 10 different pieces including mix of digital artworks, video clips and gaming avatars based on Ethereum that are on sale on the OpenSea platform on 5 May, 8PM SGT (8AM EST) to 10 May, 10AM SGT (9 May, 10PM EST). Each NFT will be available in 50 editions, at a range of 0.11ETH to 0.26ETH each.

Wu Ziyang, one of the artists involved in the collection also shared her experience with the recent adaptation of fashion brands to NFTs and added that NFTs opened doors to new creative possibilities for artists that were also more sustainable.

«As an artist, I am naturally skeptical about everything, especially trendy topics like NFTs. What ultimately attracted me to join this space was the community aspect, how artists, creative developers, curators, collectors and people from the tech world could come together and collectively make decisions in a decentralized system» said the artist in an interview with VOGUE.

On the other hand, Suzy Q commented about the importance of this collection that seeks to celebrate the diversity of female bodies. «The body is somewhat of a taboo subject in Asian culture. We grow up thinking that there is one set image of a beautiful body, and we try out best to conform to that ideal. Especially in Korea, we are obsessed with the perfect womanly figure with thin waist, big breasts and fair skin.I chose to go against this when designing Moo Limbo.»

The character designed by the artist to Vogue Singapore, Moo Limbo, has the appearance of a little girl, which in the artist’s words differs from the traditional beauty of a woman. Suzy Q’s two pieces star this character who represents different types of beauty we have in the world. 

Among the most talked about artists of this drop is the Keiken collective, a group of artists recognized for winning the Chanel Next Prize in 2021. This group of artists from different countries is formed by Tanya Cruz, Hana Omori, and Isabel Ramon. They seek to build an improved reality within the metaverse, working with virtual reality, augmented reality, performance and gaming engines.