Dubai: There is something magical about it. What you see in front of you is a physical form of a painting, but when you go through an app on your mobile phone, a video shows the painting transform into multiple artistic elements — a splash of colours, moving objects, animation and graphics.
What is more interesting is the fact that you can see both the static painting and the motion video at the same time, unlike a QR Code that takes you to a webpage to show what is embedded in the code.
Welcome to the world of NFT (Non-Fungible Token) art. Augmented Reality (AR) is revolutionising paintings — thanks to artist Petra Kaltenbach, 60, who is transforming Dubai’s art scene.
To see the transformation of some of the paintings from Kaltenbach’s latest hybrid art series called ‘NFT_LOVE LETTERS’ featured in this report, readers can download the free app, Artivive, and scan the paintings through the app. Working with cutting-edge technology since 2015, Kaltenbach says she always loved to go into three-dimensionality, initially with thick paint application and later with the help of the UV-print technology.
Obsessed with ‘transformation’
The award-winning artist and curator from Germany with expertise in graphic designing and video art moved to Dubai in 2004 with two decades of experience in running an advertising agency back home.
“That was the time the transforming period of this city had begun. This process from the old into the new inspired me for my core theme “transformation,” Kaltenbach said in an exclusive interview with Gulf News.
Image Credit: Stefan Lindeque/Gulf News
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