Pierre Gervois, INCOME I (2021), GIF image, 640 x 640 pixels, 1/1.

Pierre Gervois is an NYC-based crypto artist using language to describe our society without judgment, emotion, empathy, or stated point of view. The elements of language appearing in his works are physically embedded in geometric figures of undefined scale, and lose their meaning should they be considered separately. His work explores the relations of power between humans, a well as between humans and their favorite physical objects markers of social status.

“I would have liked to have friends with a similar income (+/- 10%), the same equally socially valued type of job, the same car category, the same moderately high professional expectations, the same upper-middle-class type of home in the same relatively affluent neighborhood, so we can have open conversations and share authentic smiles.”

This series is part of the inaugural collection of the VERSEverse.