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The Wild Within is a series of digital artworks that bring new life into abandoned buildings from a bygone era.

Based on real-world physical spaces, an animated rebirth into a digital realm has been created.

The results are a surreal collision between the past and future, natural and manmade, physical and digital, and the real and imaginary.

The aim of the artwork is to create a sense of surreal tranquility whilst referencing the themes of architectural history, urban exploration, and the resurgence of nature.

Many of the buildings depicted in The Wild Within have been demolished in recent years, further emphasizing the theme of time passing in the cycle of growth and decay.

The first mint of The Wild Within occurred on March 24, 2021.

 

This begin the genesis chapter of a project that has been widely celebrated, exhibited and acquired by some of the World's premier collectors of digital art.

 

See the complete series minted on SuperRare

 

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Timeline The Wild Within

Timeline of The Wild Within

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Chapter 1. The Wild Within Genesis (2021)

Series

The Wild Within Genesis

Everlasting

Symphony

Realms

Symbiosis

Echos

Spectrum

Revival

Essence

Awakening

Chapter 1 The Wild Within Genesis

During the Soviet Union, the Georgian town of Tskaltubo was a popular health destination famed for its therapeutic water and luxurious sanatoriums.

Between the 1940’s to 1980’s thousands of people visited each year, including Stalin and his high-ranking officials from Moscow.

The town was renowned for its therapeutic radon-carbonate mineral spring water believed to treat an array of ailments.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the buildings were deserted and fell into disrepair. Floors were ripped up for firewood, and the metal salvaged as scrap.

Since the early 90's, the buildings have been slowly dismantled and stripped of their valuable materials, leaving empty shells of what were once grandiose classical structures.

Koopmans visited this region over several years, exploring the ruins and photographing these spaces that have undergone dramatic transition.

In collaboration with Alice Wexell, upon returning he digitally introduced vegetation, manipulated the lighting, modified the structures, and animated the scenes with the intention of reviving the empty spaces, essentially bringing life back into the rooms.

 

With these pieces, Koopmans and Wexell aim to bring the viewer into an alternate place and time.

The Wild Within: Devotion

Collected by Jim Carrey

The Wild Within: Elevate

Collected by Forever Lands

The Wild Within: Hollow

Collected by GBLSTS

The Wild Within: Ambition

Collected by Cryptonio123

The Wild Within: Gathering

Collected by Art On Internet

The Wild Within: Harmony

Collected by Art On Internet

The Wild Within: Departure

Collected by Art On Internet

The Wild Within: Eternity

Collected by 888

The Wild Within: Harvest

Collected by Bharat Krymo

The Wild Within: Secrets

Collected by Brian 14

The Wild Within: Balance

Collected by Aure Gimon

The Wild Within: Promises

Collected by Cuerno Group

The Wild Within: Visions

Collected by Noun 53

Chapter 2. Everlasting (2022)

Chapter 2 Everlasting

Everlasting: Levitate

Collected by jayc99

Everlasting: Insight

Collected by landbaron555

Everlasting: Desire

Collected by The Vault

Everlasting: Remedy

Collected by Turing Fund

Chapter 3. Symphony (2023)

Chapter 3 Symphony

Symphony: Once Upon a Time

Collected by Flying Beagle

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Exhibitions

Exhibitions of The Wild Within

2023 - Paris, France - Natively Digital Exhibition and Auction at Sotheby's France

2023 - Boston, USA - Steve Aoki Hiroquest Tour

2022 - Miami, USA - Monolith at SCOPE Miami Art Week

2022 - Miami, USA - Floating Pixels at Miami Art Week

2022 - Miami, USA - Unfold x SHILLR exhibition at Art Basel

2022 - Montreal, Canada - SuperRare & 0x Society Present - The Wild Within

2022 - Prague, Czech Republic - Non Fungible Castle at House of Lobkowicz

2022 - Los Angeles, USA - ‘Frame of Mind, State of Time, Life Online’

 

2022 - Beijing, China - Yongle Auction Spring 2022

2022 - NYC, USA - MODA presents A Question For Time exhibition

2022 - NYC, USA - SuperRare Gallery x Jonathan Little exhibition

2022 - NYC, USA - Ben Skaar Curation at the South Street Seaport

2022 - NYC, USA - Time Square Showcase by NFT NYC

2022 - NYC, USA - The Pyramid Screen by NFTSea

2022 - Venice, Italy - Decentral Art Pavilion

2022 - NYC, USA - Crypt Gallery x Dream Downtown

2022 - Miami, USA - Blackdove Gallery at BTC Miami

2022 - Liverpool, UK - NFT Liverpool

2022 - Stockholm, Sweden - My Way Gallery

2022 - New York, USA - SuperRare Monolith

2022 - Stockholm, Sweden - OtherLands NFT Festival

2021 - Montreal, Canada - 0x Society

2021 - Calgary, Canada - Photoville 'The Fence'

2021 - Tokyo, Japan - NEO Shibuya Screen

2021 - Miami, USA  - SuperRare Monolith

2021 - Miami, USA - The Temporal Gallery at Flagler Street

2021 - Miami, USA - MoDa The Wall at Factory Town

2021 - Dubai, UAE - WOW Summit

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