Bran Symondson AK47 KRYPTO KALASHTL;DR Breakdown
- KRYPTO KALASH, AK47 NFT set to for auction.
- Soldier turned sculptor who designed NFT uses art to depict series of messages.
Bran Symondson, a soldier turned sculptor based in London is set to launch ‘KRYPTO KALASH’as an NFT on SuperRare (an NFT market).
The ex-soldier uses AK47’s as his medium. He turns arguably the most dangerous weapon in the world into art.
Bran sees these weapons as a blank canvas, transforming the weapon from fear and loathing to beauty and intrigue. The inspiration for his art came from Symondson’s tour with the special forces in Afghanistan, where Afghan soldiers and the police would decorate their AK47’s with flowers and stickers.
His art pieces have been bought and collected internationally from the renowned artist Jake Chapman through to Elton John and the Prince of Bahrain.
To bring his collection into the digital age, Symondson has been working on his new and most exciting creation to date, ‘KRYPTO KALASH.’ This one-off piece will be auctioned as an original artwork, print, and as a digital file, with the NFT certifying authenticity.
Bran is recognized for producing unique contemporary artworks utilizing combat armory and currency (predominantly dollar bills) as mediums. He views these objects as representative of iconic status globally, characterizing, and symbolic of greed, freedom, fear, security, revolution, and controlled power.
According to a press statement,’ KRYPTO KALASH’ would hit the market for auctioning as an NFT on SuperRare on Wednesday, September 29, 2021.
Reflection from Symondson’s KRYPTO KALASH NFT
Excited by the growing art world NFT trend, digitalizing his work, and for the first time using cryptocurrency in art, KRYPTO KALASH reflects analog currency merging into a digital formation.
Using a deactivated AK47 captured from conflict in Afghanistan, the artist has hand-cut the detailing from real American dollar bills and then meticulously infused green money-like cryptocurrency logos such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin masterfully embellishing the rifle.
“There has been a lot of talk about the great reset in capitalism and financial institutions, Covid-19 seemingly kick-started the change in the way we live and move to a cashless society. Humans are now catching up with their own technology,” Bran Symondson said.
The art piece is a synthesis of everything wrong and right about today’s society. The American dollar bill represents the core foundation of commerce, the AK47 represents destruction, how much money has been generated from wars.
