In the films of David Cronenberg, the body’s innards often find their way out. Wouldn’t you know it, the director’s newest crypto-art project adheres to a similar theme.
Right now, Cronenberg is offering a picture of his recently passed kidney stones as a one-of-a-kind NFT. Available on the SuperRare platform, the starting bid for the artwork is 10 Ethereum, or roughly $30,000. If anyone makes an offer at that price or higher, they will kickstart a 24-hour auction for final ownership of the token. Cronenberg is even considering throwing in the actual stones.
In a recent post on an online forum for Cronenberg-heads, the filmmaker behind sci-fi flicks like Videodrome and The Fly explained how he came to see the collection of mineral deposits—passed through his person over the last two years—as objects with artistic potential.
“My doctor said: ‘You know, I would like to have your kidney stones so that we can do a chemical analysis and see if there’s…
