Malayali artists unite to explore the digital world of NFT
The HinduAnantha Krishnan Nadamel’s first brush with NFTs was in March, 2021, thanks to a friend. Since then, the 23-year-old visual designer with an IT company in Kochi has sold 26 NFTs and formed NFT Malayali, a global collective of Malayali artists for the NFT space. With NFT Malayali he wants to create a community of Malayali artists introducing them to the new, largely cryptocurrency-driven digital space. “Now we do sessions based on specific topics, ‘Artist Spotlights’, AMA with collectors, drop parties every weekend and collaboration with NFT collectible projects such as ‘Bulls on the Block’,” says Nadamel. Melvin turned a photograph by Hari into an illustration set to a music score by Laxmi, “The medium and the community is encouraging artists to think in ways we would not have otherwise,” Hari says.