
HUMAN ONE is a kinetic video sculpture by the artist Beeple. The dynamic work showsthe first human born inside the metaverse, a 3D virtual world accessible only through the internet. The traveller in an astronaut suit treks forward in an endless, evolving virtual landscape shown in a spinning box-like structure with four LED screens. The journey is a metaphor for human progress, which reminds us of the continued blurring of our own digital and physical existence.
HUMAN ONE is an ongoing conversation in response to current events and interests over the course of the artist’s life. Beeple remotely updates the virtual landscape from time to time with elements from the internet and his own practice.
About the artist
Beeple (b. 1981, United States) is the professional moniker of Mike Winkelmann, a leading digital artist and designer active over the past twenty years. His rapid rise to public prominence in recent years helped to highlight the growing influence of digitally generated art. Diverse in style, Beeple’s work incorporates references from pop culture, science fiction, and politics, often with a sardonic edge. Central to his artistic practice is his Everydays project, for which he uploads images daily to his website for public critique and learns a new technical skill every year.
Beeple (Mike Winkelmann, born 1981) is an American digital artist whose dystopian, pop culture‑laden images and time‑based works helped push NFT art and on‑chain collecting into the mainstream in the early 2020s. He is best known for his long‑running ‘Everydays’ series, his record‑breaking NFT artwork Everydays: The First 5000 Days, and his kinetic video sculpture HUMAN ONE. In 2021, his NFT artwork Everydays: The First 5000 Days (2021) sold at Christie’s for just over US $69.3 million (including fees), making him the third‑highest‑priced living artist at auction at that time and the world’s most expensive NFT artist.





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