Hackatao

“Queen of Colors is the muse of my collection. I always say she’s watching over it. I thought about her when I was selecting the colors for my sculptural bags, that spinning color wheel stayed with me. And the fact that Hackatao is a duo, like my husband and I, makes it even more special.”

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Erin Saluti

ABOUT

Hackatao is a collaboration between designer Nadia Squarci and artist Sergio Scarlet that was born in Milan, 2007. Inspired by art history, cultural innovation and the blockchain, Hackatao is one of the foremost artists of the Crypto Art genre. The nom de plume - ‘Hackatao’ - combines definitions of ‘Hack’ (which is to ‘go under the skin’) and ‘Tao’ - a Chinese expression that unites Ying and Yang to form ‘One’ - the unparallelled dynamic balance and agency of S+N.

Embracing the movement and the idea that the artistic and social potential of the space could be exponential, in 2018 Hackatao are amongst the few who firmly believe in the future power of Crypto Art. With their first NFT ‘Girl Next door’ - an animated GIF tokenized on SuperRare - they make their entrance, dedicated to the rusty part of the traditional art world, as well as to the paralysed structures and systems that keep slowing down progress and improvement.

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