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.
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 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.