For now, NFTs have been derided as worthless, a potential scam, and a waste of money. So, inexplicably, Intel is helping to produce it.
A shopping live streaming platform we’ve never heard of, NTWRK, has teamed up with a visual artist we’ve never heard of, King Saladeen, to design the Intel x King Saladeen line of NFTs – one of which is featured in our main image above. We have no idea who will own this particular NFT once we’ve published it, but it’s not really our problem.
“Each NFT features the iconic image of King Saladin’s bear,” reads a press release that landed in our inbox. “With one eye, viewers see Wi-Fi [sic] a symbol symbolizing the lightning speed of the Internet of Intel Evo laptops, and the other eye has the artist’s signature banknote. Each unique digital artwork in this series will be created exclusively using Intel Evo laptops and celebrate the power of innovation while inspiring creators like King Saladin.”
Intel and King Saladeen will debut NFT at NTWRK x Galore’s Art Basel in Miami Beach. But “exclusive NFTs will be turned into limited edition art prints” that will then be made available through the NTWRK app. We’re very confused as to who will actually own the resulting Intel Evo Money Bear images, but we’re already fed up with the whole concept.
However, it is clear that King Saladin is big enough to create the mural that will appear at Philadelphia International Airport.
“Growing up in a harsh urban environment with few creative opportunities, Saladin instead turned his attention to basketball,” Saladin’s biography reads. “While traveling, Saladin saw many places where his eyes were opened to landscapes, shapes and colors that were very different from what he saw from day to day. These opportunities allowed him to dream on a bigger scale, to be inspired and inspired in new ways. Seeking to promote fearlessness and the idea that no one should be cornered, Saladin’s art continues to connect the art world with fashion, music and now technology.”
As one of our colleagues pointed out, at least this is not an Intel Evo cryptocurrency.