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The Masterpiece of Tamagata
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The Masterpiece of Tamagata is a tale of love, defiance and escape. An artist paints a secret child for his wife, opening up a virtual world and putting them on a collision course with a powerful adversary.
Set in ancient Japan, this animated feature film is based on a secret story by acclaimed author Betty Misheiker. 60 years in the making, it was too dangerous to be released when it was first written. Today, it can finally be brought to life by artist Ilona Suschitzky (Misheiker’s daughter), Director/Producer Leo Crane and a noteworthy creative team.
The Tamagata Collection is a series of digital artworks derived from the film’s striking design, combining ink paintings, digital drawings, film and an orchestral score. Minted as NFTs, these artworks record the evolution of the project as we progress through the production phase.
The project began in 2019 with funding from Arts Council England and generous private investors. By collecting Tamagata NFTs, you are invited to join us as we complete the funding, produce the animation and release the film. Every Tamagata NFT supports independent cinema and the #film3 movement.
For full credits and the latest information, please visit www.figuration.co/tamagata.
Dropping June 22, 2023
The 1/1 auction, The Escape: The Masterpiece of Tamagata, will be showcased at the iHam Gallerie in Paris through June 15 - August 31. Online bidding for the piece will open on June 22, 2023.
Copyright in and the ownership of the artwork is held by Figuration Ltd on behalf of the Tamagata creative team. The holder of this NFT is granted the non-exclusive license to store it on a personal device and to display the artwork for personal use only.
Dropping June 07, 2023
Originally projected near the Eiffel Tower, Leo Crane's animated loop from his upcoming film, The Masterpiece of Tamagata, will be presented as a Limited Edition artwork on MakersPlace and immersive experience at NFC Lisbon on June 07, 2023
Copyright in and the ownership of the artwork is held by Figuration Ltd on behalf of the Tamagata creative team. The holder of this NFT is granted the non-exclusive license to store it on a personal device and to display the artwork for personal use only.
Leo Crane's work merges physical and digital media to explore our relationship with technology. By combining traditional artistic disciplines with advanced computer training, he investigates what it is to be human in the web3 age. For the 12 years, he has been developing a body of work including animated films, gallery installations, and the first ever live opera NFT. He has been widely exhibited, screened, performed and published, from the V&A and British Library in London to 40ft-high projections in Paris and film festivals across the world.
Leo runs the London-based studio Figuration and teaches at Sotheby's Institute of Art, V&A Academy, British Library and the Heatherley School of Art. He holds MA (Distinction) in Computer Animation from Bournemouth and MA (Hons) in Classics from Oxford University. He studied painting with Maggi Hambling CBE and is the author of Contemporary Figures in Watercolour (Batsford Books, 2021).
Producer & Curator AnimusLive
AnimusLive bridges artists & collectors, uniting the fascinating & fascinated. Over the past 35 years, Animus has meticulously acquired an enviable art collection, now boasting more than 3500 unique digital masterpieces. This passion for the aesthetic isn't contained to a virtual collection - it bursts into reality through the curation of massive-scale projections at prestigious events, such as NFT London, Art Basel Miami, NFT Paris, and the NFC Summit Lisbon. As a Producing Partner of both Val Kilmer and The Duchess of York, Animus' influence extends beyond the digital art sphere. As the exclusive digital representative for acclaimed artists Arne Spangereid and Richard Nadler and curator and advisor to countless hundreds more, Animus further strengthens its commitment to harmonising the traditional and digital art worlds.
Check out Animus' Sotheby's Institute article on Twitter Spaces featuring Animus below:
Twitter Spaces: Representing Artists in web3
Read MakersPlace's interview with AnimusLive below:
Interview with Curator, Collector, and Artist Manager AnimusLive
View AnimusLive's Curated Collection Exhibit Below:
Interweaving Aesthetics