The "🐰" series works are a series of works created by the artist Wang Meng during the Year of the Rabbit (from January 22, 2023 to February 9, 2024, a total of 384 days). This series of works will use the "🐰" symbol for creation and will be released as an NFT on Objkt every day.
The "🐰" series is a creation series completed by Wang Meng using AI tools. Wang Meng hopes to explore the "style" of the artist through this series of works. In the past, an artist may have only painted one style of work in their lifetime, or even repeated one theme and one symbol throughout their life, due to various reasons such as technique, talent, time, and market recognition. AI has provided the possibility for style diversity and through AI-generated technology, Wang Meng's "🐰" series will be presented in different styles, which is a self-challenge for Wang Meng.
The content of the "🐰" series may revolve around Wang Meng's daily life inspiration, or may be related to current events. Each work may be an independent expression, or some may form a small theme, and the final 384 works will be unified in the "rabbit" series. In terms of form, there may be images, videos, sound and text besides.
Wang Meng says, "As this challenge is casual, my work style may continue a certain style for a period of time, or you may see the style gradually changing, or even the style may change dramatically from the day before and the day after, but all the works will definitely be my aesthetic taste and I am looking forward to this year.”
The Chinese lunar calendar is based on the cycle of the moon's fullness and emptiness, with one new moon marking one month, approximately 29.53 days. A year usually has 354 or 355 days, which is 11 days less than a solar year (also known as a tropical year) that has 365 or 366 days. To make the length of a lunar year similar to that of a solar year, ancient people added leap months, which means that in 19 lunar years, there are 7 leap months. A leap year has 13 months and is usually 384 or 385 days long. This way, the length of 19 lunar years is almost the same as that of 19 solar years.
In Chinese culture, there is the concept of the 12 zodiac signs, which are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. These zodiac signs are based on Chinese historical legends and myths, and each year is associated with one of them in a rotating cycle. The rabbit is one of the 12 zodiac signs and symbolizes happiness, wisdom, and prosperity.
ChatGPT January 21, 2023, New Year's Eve.
