We are proud to present [a series of 5 videos](/brody-condon) by artist [Brody Condon](/brody-condon), recorded in 2014. 

The Berlin based artist (b. Mexico 1974) often facilitates and documents game-like group encounters that experientially probe dissociative phenomena. His work is best known for its early influence on re-purposing computer games and LARP techniques ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brody_Condon)).

Condon's work has been widely exhibited internationally, and been acquired by public collections such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, and the Kadist Foundation.

The 5 video works are each available in an edition of [3 non-fungible Ethereum tokens](https://left.gallery/work/evp-amie). These tokens are progressively priced: respectively 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 ether, and sold on a [first-come, first-served basis](https://left.gallery/work/possession-janet) (no auction).

We like to thank our friends at [Folia](https://www.folia.app/) and Alberto Granzotto for their support.

Possessed High-Poly NFTs

Read our co-founder Harm van den Dorpel's text [Tokenizing Sustainability](https://harm.work/news/tokenizing-sustainability) about his position on NFTs and the direction left gallery is taking.

Harm van den Dorpel on NFTs

> 'this book is like totally amazing.'<br />– theresia enzensberger, author of blueprint

Donna Quesada, known to her fans as Donna Dulce, is on a quest to produce the greatest content the web has ever seen. Her vlog, Donna Dulce’s Delicious Dinners, has elevated her from unknown avocado-poster to tier-1 influencer with dizzying speed. Join Donna and her sidekick, the faithful Pansy Szabo, as they livestream their rise to the top. Whether they’re doing a ride-along at the camel races in Dubai, facing off against Special Branch during protests at threatened Scottish wind farms, or tracking down their own lost inspirations in the mountains of Spain, they never take a day off - except when it’s time for self-care. Sometimes, the story doesn’t always turn out as Donna expects it to, but that’s just part of the fun. After all, every post is a journey. Every day is a new adventure.

cover design by @harm-van-den-dorpel


new adventures

 The year is 2250.

The colony on the Moon is divided into debaucherous fascists and an underclass of mutants born without genitals.

Follow Frank and Gerry, two mutant bros. By day, they’re forced to salvage through the remains of a porn-filled shuttle that crashed on the Moon's dark side. By night, they plot their revenge.

Gene McHugh is a writer based in Los Angeles
He is the author of Post Internet (2011)

First edition of 500 is co-published by The Composing Rooms and Version House, Cover design by Harm van den Dorpel and Laurel Schwulst

bang bros

A Caesar cipher is one of the simplest and most widely known encryption techniques. It is a type of substitution cipher in which each letter in a text is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet.
For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on.

The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence. the Caesar cipher is easily broken and in modern practice offers essentially no communication security.

The philosopher's stone is a legendary alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver. For many centuries, it was the most sought-after goal in alchemy. 

uneel cbggre naq gur fbeprere'f fgbar

Nebula

Synth is a reader for now. a staking out of possibilities for an expanded imaginary and practice drawing from revolutionary poets, feminists, anarchists, witches, theorists, and polemicists from the 70s to the present engaging political, anti-capitalist, and anti-racist action, cyberfeminism, technofeminism, xenofeminism, information wanting to be free, dreamz of a free web, the virtual, hyperstitions, and fiction as method.



Synth

hyphenation is a typographic operation: by dividing words (usually at the end of a line on a page) with a dash ("-"),  information can be fit efficiently on a piece of paper. the written word is chopped up, based on semi-systematic hyphenation rules, that mimic the sound in our minds, when we trace and pronounce the words with our eyes.

unlike paper, on the internet there are no finite bounds. text can flow freely on the screen, expanded by scrollbars. in this work, an automated computer voice is programmed to (clumsily) read out the word segments. this brings the text on the webpage back to its printed predecessor, and from print back to spoken word.

hyphenation

“Temporality is” is an artwork in the form of screensaver that uses Gaussian smoothing, a function used in noise reduction for digital images, and a frozen loading spinner, to adorn live uploaded images scraped from photo sharing sites. The images are shown for a random number of seconds before disappearing. The blurring effect and static circle emulate a frozen moment in time, eliciting a sense of disruption in the viewer waiting for the theatricality that has become standard in UX culture. The work renders the mundane as a digital artefact without opulence but with an almost unnerving sense of pause in time that requires a still appreciation of a moment where nothing happens. (@terencesharpe).  

The work requires an active internet connection.   

For MacOS only – [Direct download .saver](https://gateway.pinata.cloud/ipfs/QmSA2wuUfveTgvhwQXdqZo9d8VSkB6dtF83GZcg6AVUNLx)

“Temporality is” is an artwork in the form of screensaver that uses Gaussian smoothing, a function used in noise reduction for digital images, and a frozen loading spinner, to adorn live uploaded images scraped from photo sharing sites. The images are shown for a random number of seconds before disappearing. The blurring effect and static circle emulate a frozen moment in time, eliciting a sense of disruption in the viewer waiting for the theatricality that has become standard in UX culture. The work renders the mundane as a digital artefact without opulence but with an almost unnerving sense of pause in time that requires a still appreciation of a moment where nothing happens. (@terencesharpe)

The work requires an active internet connection.


Temporality is

The File is an ongoing process work rooted in (but not limited to) hypertext. you are invited to acquire a unique page of the File that provides access to the File, which will receive updates as long as the artist is alive. in addition to making the artist accessible, the File allows the user to file the file in the file.

This work is one of three works curated by Nora Khan.

file

A monograph concerning the ways in which the platform economy and the enclosure of data are changing economic, social, and political realities. 

Cover design by Etienne Macquet.

Technofeudalism Rising

Andreas Burckhardt

Medium: Single-Channel Born-Digital Video with Audio Dimensions:  3840 x 2160 px -----------About 'AIDOL (Game Loading Screen)' (2019): 'AIDOL (Game Loading Screen)' is derived from Lawrence Lek’s CGI musical feature film *AIDOL* (2019). Set in the year 2065, the film revolves around Diva, a former superstar who enlists an AI to ghostwrite her comeback performance for the eSports Supershoot Olympics. The film was shown at numerous exhibitions and film festivals and the soundtrack was released on Hyperdub records in 2020. The film features a musical video game in which the player assumes the role of Diva, the superstar singer herself; this artwork is a special widescreen edition of the loading screen.-----------About The Artist: Lawrence Lek is a London-based artist, filmmaker, and musician working in the fields of virtual reality and simulation. Drawing from a background in architecture and electronic music, he creates fictional versions of real places that speculate on alternate geopolitical movements and future technological conflicts. This cinematic universe features characters caught between human and machine worlds: digital nomads, AI satellites, and online superstars, all searching for autonomy under alien conditions of existence.-----------About The Purchase:The Token ID points to a display copy of the artwork. The full collector package, is exclusively available through a private link that can only be transferred via the previous collector, TRANSFER, or left.gallery. -----------Collector with private link will receive: 1. MP4 (h.264 (AVC, AAC LC) of the work 2. Owner’s Rights and Obligations-----------Preventative Conservation: Collectors are encouraged to retain a full archival package for this work, which can be requested from TRANSFER at the time of purchase and may include: thumb drives containing the work, uncompressed, lossless, high-resolution video and audio codecs, exhibition copies and a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. In lieu of the full archival package, collectors are encouraged to download and preserve the digital collector's package on at least two external hard drives of their choice, stored in two separate geographic locations. Files should be migrated to new external hard drives every 3-5 years. -----------Display: Collectors should be mindful of resolution and size, so that they may avoid distorting the work. Under no circumstances can the file(s) be edited. ‘Geomancer 4’-----------Copyright: The Artist or their estate retains copyright of the work and of all images of the work.-----------Transfer of Ownership: The work and all contents of the collector package must accompany any assignment or sale of the work. The seller must contact the artist to complete resale compensation. The seller is obligated to confirm 50% of gross sale price has been paid to the artist, Lawrence Lek, and deliver the full archival package to the purchaser in order to complete title transfer for this artwork.

*AIDOL (Game Loading Screen)* is derived from Lawrence Lek’s CGI musical feature film *AIDOL* (2019). Set in the year 2065, the film revolves around Diva, a former superstar who enlists an AI to ghostwrite her comeback performance for the eSports Supershoot Olympics. The film was shown at numerous exhibitions and film festivals and the soundtrack was released on Hyperdub records in 2020. The film features a musical video game in which the player assumes the role of Diva, the superstar singer herself; this artwork is a special widescreen edition of the loading screen.

**About The Purchase**

The Token ID points to a display copy of the artwork. The full collector package, is exclusively available through a private link that can only be transferred via the previous collector, TRANSFER, or left.gallery.

**Medium**:  Single channel, born-digital video with audio

**Dimensions**: 3840 x 2160 px, 30 FPS, 00:01:00

**Edition**: 1+1AP

**Preventative Conservation**

Collectors are encouraged to retain a full archival package for this work, which can be requested from TRANSFER at the time of purchase and may include: thumb drives containing the work, high-resolution, uncompressed, lossless video and audio codecs, exhibition copies and a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. In lieu of the full archival package, collectors are encouraged to download and preserve the digital collector's package on at least two external hard drives of their choice, stored in two separate geographic locations. Files should be migrated to new external hard drives every 3-5 years.


**Display**

Collectors should be mindful of resolution and size, so that they may avoid distorting the work. Under no circumstances can the file(s) be edited. Collector acknowledges that if they do not choose to purchase an archival package, they may not be receiving work at its highest quality output. 

**Copyright**

The Artist or their estate retains copyright of the work, and of all images of the work.

**Transfer of Ownership**

The work and all contents of the collector package must accompany any assignment or sale of the work. The Seller must contact the artist to complete resale compensation. The seller is obligated to confirm 50% of gross sale price has been paid to the artist and deliver the full archival package to the purchaser in order to complete title transfer for this artwork.

AIDOL (Game Loading Screen)

This is one image from a series of four, originally posted by the artist on the surf club [Spirit Surfers](http://www.spiritsurfers.net/monastery/?p=767) under the monikor "INFOsembler", in 2008. The photos used were accidentally found with Google Image Search, and manipulated with Adobe Photoshop.

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Amazon Worker Cage shows a model the artist made of a 2016 Amazon patent for a ‘human cage’, a metal enclosure that would transport Amazon warehouse workers around the premises, allowing factory works to integrate with machinery. The image shows a prototype of an unrealised blueprint, complete with the numbers referencing the intellectual property of the patent around it.

amazon worker cage

81 Horizons is a collection of 81 landscapes by [Rafaël Rozendaal](https://www.newrafael.com/81-horizons/), stored and rendered fully on-chain. Each work consists of a unique combination of two coloured rectangles, hand picked by the artist: his most minimal artwork to date.

Released by [Upstream Gallery](https://www.upstreamgallery.nl/)   
Smart contract programming by [Alberto Granzotto](https://twitter.com/vrde)   
Produced by left gallery

[Source code](https://github.com/left-gallery/81-horizons)&nbsp;&nbsp;[Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/token/0x01f9a9ac79044511b7861677dc9f70ed05d09e1f)&nbsp;&nbsp;[OpenSea](https://opensea.io/collection/81-horizons)

Andreas Burckhardt

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