Dim Zayan is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose work explores cultural shifts that derive from the fast-paced digitalization of our economy. Dim is interested in how conservative, static entities such as our current financial system are adapting to a changing landscape dominated by AI models and algorithms and how they transmute to peer-to-peer interactions. He is also fascinated by the place of spirituality among this new paradigm.
A fervent Bitcoin advocate, Dim interweaves its foundational philosophies into his artistry. He's a notable contributor to the Pepe/Fake Rare movement and the author of Bulltardia, a Bitcoin comic series.
Born in Paris, France, Dim now lives in the United States between Marfa, Texas and Granby, Connecticut.
Dim's latest triptych and Fake Rare physical. On display at L'Avant Galerie Vossen until October 7 2023.
Rarevision
Rarevision is at the same time a collection of digital assets, a software and a physical installation. Using a collection of animations carefully composed by Dim on Counterparty, the algorithm renders a live interpretation of the transactions happening on the Bitcoin network in real time. Other factors such as the price fluctuation or volume of transactions affect the representation, making the final result a perpetual live stream of digital assets dancing to the rhythm of the new economy. In 2022, Dim was invited to show Rarevision at the Kunsthalle in Zürich during one of the first show by a major institution about historical NFTs.
Raredream is the sequel to Rarevision and another exploration of the relationship between the activity on the Bitcoin network, digital animations and how a work can be made unique to collectors. All digital assets created for Raredream are playable with Rarevision and vice-versa.
PLEBZ is a series of imaginary figures despicting archetypes born from the new economy. Through a series of naive portraits, the collection is a window to the heart and soul of a community and how financial revolution affected us as human beings .
The portraits are painted over pages from vintage National Geographic magazines from the 40s and 50s about now-forgotten stories of ancient civilizations and post-war industrialization. These vintage articles are hijacked and repurposed to showcase contemporary behaviors. Each pleb also comes with a digital animation minted on Bitcoin.
In 2021, a man named Craig Wright who falsely pretended to be the inventor of Bitcoin tried to claim intellectual property over Bitcoin's whitepaper and started suing everyone who hosted a copy of it online. As a response, Dim asked 131 people from the space to recite a section from the whitepaper. The result was this collaborative video to show that Bitcoin is a community based currency that belongs to everyone and that nobody can claim ownership over it.
In parallel, that statement also underlined the broad diversity in backgrounds, origins, aspirations of the community and that the meaning of the “Vires in Numeris” motto is contextually as computational as it is human.
Bulltardia is a comic series created by Dim about Bitcoin. Set as a fable, Bulltardia weaves the lore of Bitcoin into the epic tale of a honey badger named Bit tasked by his father to return a moonstone to the moon. The comic can be read for free on bulltardia.com
Rituals
A series of oil paintings produced by Dim in 2018 exploring personal explorations of raw feelings.
That city in my heart, Oil and Latex on Canvas, 2018Exorcism, Oil on wood panel, 4x8ft, 2018Spiritis, Oil on wood panel, 4x8ft, 2018Dog and Elephant, Oil on canvas, , 2019
Every Journey
Every journey is a free spirited exploration mixing without retenue abstract impressions and the figurative
Elephant Road, acrylic on canvas, 48x30in, 2016Elephant Road II, acrylic on canvas, 48x30in, 2016Sweet potatoes on Sunday, acrylic on canvas, 30x48in, 2016
Worships
Sun Worships, acrylic on canvas, 2016Sea Worships, acrylic on canvas, 2016
Vessels
By casting beams of LED lights through layers of metal grids and acrylic panels, Dim's vessels desconstruct physical light and as a byproduct invites the viewer to take an inverse journey of perceiving the analog as digital.
In 2021, there weren't any application to allow collectors and artists to view their counterparty collection in a user friednly way. Dim created dankset.io to solve that problem. Dankset became one of the most used explorers to view indepdendent XCP assets.
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