SALE ENDED & PRODUCT SHIPPED TO ARTWORK HOLDERS
:: Celebrating a crossroads of both tradition and technology, contemporary artist Kevin Abosch partnered with CreativeWorkStudios and premium Japanese sake producer AsahiShuzo. In a unique collaboration, creating a series of Digital Artworks. Collectors were then given an opportunity to claim bottles of a limited, exclusive and premium Dassai product created during this collaboration.
For this collaboration, Kevin Abosch created a collection of unique and original 1 of 1 digital artworks, the result of the artist’s engagement with millions of data-points related to both the Dassai sake brewing process and Asahi Shuzo’s values. Inspired by Abosch’s art, AsahiShuzo then created a limited, corresponding run of this specially brewed premium sake. Previous limited editions from the brand have been highly sought after, one bottle fetching 843,750 yen ($8,026) at auction in Hong Kong.
As a renowned contemporary artist, Kevin Abosch is both a pioneer in digital art and heavily involved in the web3 space since 2016. His work embraces both traditional and generative methods, particularly Ai and blockchain, and has been exhibited in many of the world’s most important museums, galleries and art institutions.
Embracing innovation, for this initiative AsahiShuzo combined the highest level of traditional craft with detailed technological insights, enabling them to brew sake of unprecedented refinement. By using complex, precision data, in tandem with the extraordinary skill and experience of their workforce, they manage and monitor the development of their sake at every stage of the brewing process to create a truly best-in-class product.
Artworks holders had a window in which to claim these limited-edition physical bottles that were then shipped to collectors.
//About the Artist :: Kevin Abosch.
Kevin Abosch, born in 1969 in Los Angeles, is an Irish conceptual artist and pioneer in cryptoart known for his works in photography, blockchain, sculpture, installation, AI and film. Abosch's work addresses the nature of identity and value by posing ontological questions and responding to sociological dilemmas.
His work has been exhibited throughout the world, often in civic spaces, including The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, The National Museum of China, The National Gallery of Ireland, Jeu de Paume ( Paris), The Irish Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art, ZKM (Zentrum für Kunst und Medien) and Dublin Airport.
The Brand :: Dassai
DASSAI is a series of sake produced by Asahi Shuzo.
A brewery based in Yamaguchi Prefecture in the south of Honshu, Japan’s main island.
The name 'DASSAI' reflects the ancient name for this region of Japan. The brewery’s philosophy is founded on avoiding complacency to ensure that existing techniques are constantly reformed and revolutionised. Asahi Shuzo pride themselves on brewing sake year-round - something often unheard of in the sake industry - using only the finest quality Yamada Nishiki rice across their sake range.
Dassai is made using a careful combination of tradition and cutting-edge technology. At Asahi Shuzo, they have come to use what works and have left behind what does not, choosing what their experience dictates is best from both the old world and the new.
