What does it take to create a symphony? Well, for starters, it takes creative thinking and artistic tendency. Once you have both, inspiration can be found in the unlikeliest places one can imagine. Dmitry Morozov is one such person who has all the qualities, for he is making music out of thousands, if not millions of dollars (or at least the transaction data of those thousands or millions, who is counting!).
Moscow, the capital of Russian Federation has played host to this creative genius in one of the art shows organized last week. Dmitry Morozov’s musical masterpiece is dictated by digital currency, especially Bitcoin and Litecoin. One of the complaints people have against cryptocurrency is the price fluctuation. The prices of these digital currencies against fiat is so volatile that it keeps changing. If we look at real time prices, one can notice price constantly fluctuating.
Dmitry Morozov exhibited his work, titled “Silk” at Cosmoscow contemporary art festival. The artwork consisted of a setup, which was a string instrument that produced music according to the changes in Bitcoin and Litecoin prices. The musical set up was connected to BitcoinWisdom.com’s price data. The exhibit was set up in collaboration with Laboratoria Art and Science Space and Lykke AG.
Laboratoria Art and Science Space is a Moscow based not for profit organization that is working on connecting contemporary art with science. The organization is led by the director, Daria Parkhomenko who is also the curator of the “Laboratory”. On the other hand, Lykke AG is a Switzerland based crowd based organization that extensively uses Colored Coins.
The stringed instrument installed by Dmitry Morozov was connected to a robotic arm controlled by an algorithm according to the changing bitcoin price data. The art installation is said to symbolize the changes in today’s society with respect to changes in science and technology.