The animation is inspired by the politician's recent arrest and “Putin's Palace” documentary on alleged corruption.
Russian political opposition leader Alexey Navalny is the latest
subject to be tackled by the burgeoning non-fungible token art world. An
animation inspired by the recently-arrested Kremlin critic was minted
into an NFT and released on the SuperRare platform on Jan. 21.
The
1/1 artwork, simply called “Navalny,” is the first piece that
pseudonymous artist @brickspacer111 has minted on the platform.
The
3D rendered piece starts with a close up of Navalny’s hand making the
“V for Victory” sign. As the camera pulls back we see that he stands in
front of a huge bust of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The view
continues to widen, showing that Navalny stands on top of a pile of
books and filing cabinets, holding the scales of justice, while police
with riot gear and truncheons try to reach him and blue and red flashing
lights illuminate the scene.
The names of Putin’s alleged inner circle then flash onto the bust’s cheeks, while allusions to the reported “aqua disco” at the palace allegedly being built for the Russian president appear on its forehead.
Navalny
recently returned to Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering
from an assassination attempt. Investigators discovered that the pro-Bitcoin politician had been poisoned with a nerve agent, Novichok, while touring Siberia in August 2020.
The
Russian authorities arrested him as he arrived at the airport for
violating the probation terms of a previous embezzlement charge, which
Navalny says is politically motivated.
Following his arrest, Navalny was tried in a closed hearing at a police station in Moscow, a practice which he criticized in a video as highly irregular and flouting the laws of the Russian Federation.
Since
being arrested, Navalny’s team has released a documentary film
containing allegations about a so-called “Putin’s Palace.” The film
claims that this $1 billion palace complex being built on the Black Sea
coast belongs to Putin and has been paid for “with the largest bribe in
history.”
The film received over 20 million views in the first day of its release on YouTube.
Subtitled
with Navalny’s quote: “You should fear nothing except your own fear”,
the “Navalny” NFT is open to offers from 0.5 Ether (ETH).
source link: https://cointelegraph.com/news/russian-opposition-leader-navalny-immortalized-in-nft-artwork
