In brief
- Artist Brendan Murphy launches 3,100 Bitcoin Ordinals Spacemen inspired by the “Frozen With Desire” sculpture.
- The FWD project follows Murphy’s previous Ethereum-based “Boonji Project.”
- Holders can redeem 3D FWD sculptures for a physical piece of art from Brendan Murphy.
Famed artist Brendan Murphy is bringing his work to the Bitcoin blockchain, releasing a new “Frozen With Desire” collection using the Ordinals protocol. The collection consists of 3,100 Bitcoin Ordinal inscriptions featuring “Bitcoin Spacemen” illustrations inspired by Murphy’s real-world “Frozen With Desire” sculpture.
The four-foot-tall “Frozen With Desire” astronaut piece—which contains 6,200 diamonds totaling 517 carats described as “responsibly sourced”—was listed at Saks Fifth Avenue for $25 million in 2021. This project follows Murphy’s previous “Boonji Project,” a collection of 11,111 unique NFTs that launched on the
