Venezuelan artist Pedro Sandoval joined forces with El Nacional to launch an NFT collection commemorating the newspaper’s 80th anniversary. The works in the Fiction-Art collection contain artistic interventions that contrast with the news of the time, many of which focused on the Second World War. By uniting the tangible and the digital, this collection from El Nacional offers a new perspective on historical journalism.
In a collaboration that fuses contemporary art and journalistic history, renowned Venezuelan artist Pedro Sandoval joins forces with El Nacional to launch an NFT collection that commemorates the 80 years of this emblematic newspaper.
Pedro Sandoval is a versatile artist who has worked at the intersection of digital art and history in the past. His work has included interventions in historical documents such as the letters of Christopher Columbus to Queen Isabel of Spain.
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The series, called Fiction-Art, is made from the first pages of El Nacional and is aimed at a diverse audience. These unique pieces will be available through a marketplace, and each of the 13 initial works will have 99 additional NFTs, each accompanied by their respective physical work.
Although a physical exhibition is not contemplated at this time, the artist has discussed this possibility with Miguel Henrique Otero, president and editor of the medium.
However, this collection represents a special milestone, as it is the first time that an NFT has been created from a real, historical, century-old document. In a world constantly evolving towards digital, Sandoval sees the opportunity to share the tangible history of El Nacional with new generations.
“This week 13 exclusive NFTs (non-fungible tokens) from the Fiction-art collection will be on sale; each of them will have 99 additional NFTs with their respective physical work. They will be available through a marketplace. They are pieces inspired by the first pages of this diary. The history of the country and the world is written there.”
“For me, El Nacional is a window to the world,” Sandoval told the media. It is a newspaper that has made history and has marked up a before and after in the Latin American press. The newspaper has survived even in the digital world. So why not release old news in digital format? “It’s a great way for people to see what the newspaper was like in another era, when it was tangible.”
Protecting the History of Venezuelan Journalism with NFTs
The works in the Fiction-Art collection contain artistic interventions that contrast with the news of the time, many of which focused on the Second World War. Sandoval sees this collection as a way to “reeducate people” and provide a unique, artistic perspective on historical events.
On the other hand, Sandoval believes that it was strange that a newspaper with such a track record and caliber had not yet entered the metaverse and other projects in the digital world.
“I told them ‘Why has El Nacional, which has had a history of so many years, not yet entered the metaverse and the digital world?’ I presented them with a project, they loved it and it will be on sale starting this week. “It’s spectacular,” he points out.
The collaboration between Pedro Sandoval and El Nacional to launch the Fiction-Art NFT collection is an interesting step towards the future of art and the preservation of history through blockchain technology.
By Leonardo Pérez
