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d_ether draws direct inspiration from the bhavachakra, the Buddhist wheel of life that represents the endless cycle of samsara —desire, suffering, and impermanence. Here, the traditional cosmic order is reimagined through the lens of contemporary digital culture: instead of Yama holding the wheel, the cycle is sustained by a new deity, born from networks, data, and code.

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At the center of the composition, where Tibetan thangkas often place the axis of becoming, a digital screen hosts an NFT, turning the piece into a living, mutable system. This is not a symbolic gesture but a structural one: the NFT itself circulates on the Ethereum blockchain, binding the work to the very infrastructures of speculation, exchange, and permanence-through-ledger that define our era.

Part of the series of “contemporary gods,” d_ether collapses the spiritual and the technological into a single form. The piece does not only depict the cycle —it enacts it, pulling the viewer into a circuit where attention, belief, and value become indistinguishable.

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STVRS, 2020 (pre-NFT boom). Solo show presenting physical works alongside NFTs, including the debut of d_ether.

Esteban Huacuja

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stivnstudio@gmail.com

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© 2035 Estudio Esteban Huacuja 

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