an nft i publicly burned and, against every rule, brought back to life. what should have vanished forever returned unchanged: strict blockchain rules turned into a moment of stage magic.

the act forged a bond with the collector that mirrors the greek tale of the androgyne, two halves torn apart and forever longing to meet again.

the resurrection relied on a since-fixed exploit in early nft contracts. working with rarible's smart contract, i executed a one-time sequence that let the token die onchain and return under the same identity, preserving the collector's original bid.

the loophole has been patched, so the piece is a time capsule from a short period when nft platforms and their rules could still be bent.

vitruvian androgyne uses smart contract exploits as its canvas.

in greek myth, zeus split the first androgyne, leaving two halves forever searching for each other: the birth of love.

vitruvian androgyne reenacts that story with the blockchain as a medium (baam).

the art is not in the visual, and not in the smart contract. the artwork is the chain of transactions: mint, burn, rebirth.

every block that records those events is part of the piece. that is what makes vitruvian androgyne native blockchain art.