Whether it’s heartfelt or more lighthearted, a list poem is an opportunity to remember the quirks that make up a relationship. Half prayer, half receipt, it can quantify the seemingly unquantifiable, as the need to find the next answer to the opening question forces you to think creatively and explore beyond the obvious.
Cryptopunks are the oldest NFTs and it’s the data about them – their “metadata” – such as their longevity on the blockchain, that is desired. You have to look past the art and look at the medium to get what is going on.
Art undoubtedly has the power to explore trauma. As University of Queensland academics Névine El Nossery and Amy L Hubbellhave argued, art transmits trauma’s unspeakability. The power of art, they say, is to “transform and render pain.”