Vitruvian Androgyne

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/ About the project

Vitruvian Androgyne is an NFT Nahiko publicly burned and (against every rule) brought back to life. What should have vanished forever returned unchanged, turning strict blockchain rules into a moment of stage magic.

By doing so, Nahiko forged a bond with the collector that echoes the Greek tale of the Androgyne, two halves torn apart yet forever longing to meet again.

/ METADATA

Medium:

Smart Contract Exploit

Platform:

Rarible

Collected by:

Sillytuna

Storage:

Ethereum Blockchain & IPFS

/ Year

2021

The resurrection hinged on a now-fixed exploit in early NFT contracts. Working with Rarible's smart contract, Nahiko executed a one-time sequence that let the token die on-chain and then return under the same identity, preserving the collector’s original bid.

Because that loophole has since been patched, the piece stands as a time-capsule from a brief period when NFT platforms and their rules were still being bent.

Vitruvian Androgyne is a novel Art form using Smart Contract exploits as its Canvas.

Greek myth says Zeus split the first androgyne, leaving two halves forever searching to reunite: the birth of love.

Vitruvian Androgyne reenacts that story inside using the Blockchain As A Medium (BAAM).

The art does not lie in the visual, it does not lie in the smart contract.

The true artwork is the chain of transactions: mint, burn, rebirth.

Etched forever on the Ethereum Blockchain. Every block that records those events is part of the piece, making Vitruvian Androgyne pure, native blockchain art.

The collector now holds the revived token, while the ledger preserves the drama of its death and return, binding both parties in a shared on-chain narrative of loss, renewal, and trust.