The Guild_NFT

CYBER WATCH

This is the first big collab The Guild has made on Async. It is based on the famous painting The Night Watch by Rembrandt (1642). This was initiated and coordinated by Rutger van der Tas.

A total of 34 layers make this Cyber Watch containing 107 different states made by 33 artists. Some of them are very well-known and some are up and coming.

We are all familiar with the famous painting and the composition of the original work by Rembrandt, therefore this digital piece is easily readable although it is a cacophony of styles and colors.

Rutger did not want to hold back the creativity by giving a set of rules. No themes, no color palette was assigned. Just the creative flow and the story every artist wanted to tell. They had to feel the freedom to do whatever they wanted.

Every artist was supplied with a figure or piece of the surroundings in the original painting. No one was able to pick a place, a spot or character on beforehand.

After dividing the canvas into separate layers and giving them a number, an online randomizer was used to divide them. This was done three times to get three different options. After this, a vote was made to choose which of the three variations was going to be used. This was done in a special Nachtwacht Telegram group.

All artists involved worked hard on their contribution even though we have all been impacted by Covid-19 directly or indirectly.

Being in a lockdown or not free to move in the way we used too, makes this online NFT art community very important. For both artists and collectors this online realm filled our lives in so many ways.

We are the Cyber Watch.

Participating artists from background to foreground:

Sparrow, Silje Thorn, Surreal Serpentine,  Moxarra Gonzalez, FtrSaroth, Loudsqueak, Lapin Mignon, Tom Abbink, Sarah Zucker, Talos, Nika Danny, Arvid Hjorth, ejthek, Benza, Legendary, Rutger van der Tas, Becca Kennedy, Shelly Soneja, Mehak Jain, Airco Caravan, pplpleasr, Fabin Rasheed, The Perfesser, Stellabelle, Matt Kane, Coldie 3D, Shinji Akhirah, Ytje Veenstra, Orabelart, Danil Pan, Jetski, Angie Taylor, SamJ Studios.

Cyber Watch

CYBER WATCH 

This is the first big collab The Guild has made on Async. It is based on the famous painting The Night Watch by Rembrandt (1642). This was initiated and coordinated by Rutger van der Tas. 

A total of 34 layers make this Cyber Watch containing 107 different states made by 33 artists. Some of them are very well-known and some are up and coming. 

We are all familiar with the famous painting and the composition of the original work by Rembrandt, therefore this digital piece is easily readable although it is a cacophony of styles and colors. 

Rutger did not want to hold back the creativity by giving a set of rules. No themes, no color palette was assigned. Just the creative flow and the story every artist wanted to tell. They had to feel the freedom to do whatever they wanted. 

Every artist was supplied with a figure or piece of the surroundings in the original painting. No one was able to pick a place, a spot or character on beforehand. 

After dividing the canvas into separate layers and giving them a number, an online randomizer was used to divide them. This was done three times to get three different options. After this, a vote was made to choose which of the three variations was going to be used. This was done in a special Nachtwacht Telegram group. 

All artists involved worked hard on their contribution even though we have all been impacted by Covid-19 directly or indirectly.  

Being in a lockdown or not free to move in the way we used too, makes this online NFT art community very important.  For both artists and collectors this online realm filled our lives in so many ways.

We are the Cyber Watch.

Participating artists from background to foreground: 

Sparrow, Silje Thorn, Surreal Serpentine, FtrSaroth, Loudsqueak, Lapin Mignon, Tom Abbink, Sarah Zucker, Talos, Nika Danny, Arvid Hjorth, ejthek, Benza, Legendary, Rutger van der Tas, Becca Kennedy, Shelly Soneja, Mehak Jain, Airco Caravan, pplpleasr, Fabin Rasheed, The Perfesser, Stellabelle, Matt Kane, Coldie 3D, Shinji Akhirah, Ytje Veenstra, Orabelart, Danil Pan, Jetski, Angie Taylor, SamJ Studios



Ytje Veenstra

The painting of  De Nachtwacht depicts members of a militia, founded to protect citizens against robbers and enemy outside forces. This made me think about my grandmother, who, at nineteen, was a member of the Resistance in the North of the Netherlands during World War II. She smuggled supplies and weapons past German checkpoints. After the war, she declined a royal decoration, offered by the Queen, because she was convinced being in the Resistance was her civil duty. 
I depicted my grandmother three times: as a young girl, as a nineteen year old during the war(with a royal decoration) and as a grandmother. 
Her eldest son emigrated to the United States when he was young, to build a farm of his own there. My grandmother would phone him in the middle of the night, so she could talk to him before he had to milk the cows.
My grandparents' house was full of trinkets and souvenirs from the U.S. I was mesmerized by them and the promise they held of a mythical land. Though I am acutely aware that the U.S. is not the promised land I thought it was when I was little, I'm still fascinated with the country. It reverberates through my art and I have my grandmother to thank for it. She was the gateway. 
Since she liked to knit and stitch when she was alive, I immortalized her in a cross-stitch, doubling as pixel art. She's on the phone, in a night dress with airmail colours. The Netherlands and the United States are mended together, symbolizing family ties and the way I create art.


The Life and Times of Mrs. Malda - Ytje Veenstra