Art is not what it used to be. M & Me is story of Max – a struggling artist who gets a chance to reboot his own life when he finds himself in charge of an AI – ‘M’. ‘M’ is a highly advanced experimental artificial mind – capable of becoming anything it is taught to. Max decides to make it a mirror of himself – to take his experience, philosophy, the bits and pieces that make up his ghost – and give it to a machine.This eleven-part crypto-noir sci-fi story is narrated by acclaimed actor Daniel Henshall (The Babadook, Ghost in The Shell, Okja) is a thrilling meditation on the value of art, mortality, and morality. A collaboration between novelists, digital creatives, and a real-life GAN artificial intelligence, ‘M’ and Me is both a stand-alone story and a collection of unique NFT art. Listen to the story, and become part of it. Own unique works that explore how blockchain technology has revolutionized the way we consider, consume – and own– the sublime. You are invited - www.maxonbollocks.com
Man’s desire for immortality and M’s growing need for freedom come head to head. Max makes one final plan to make his fortune through M’s art, but M has plans of its own – and a final gift to give.
28 May 2022
M & Me PART SEVEN – Memento Mori
M’s plateaus as an artist. Its work has slowed to a crawl and Max takes radical action in order to inspire it. Freud said that all art was a response to either the drive to live, or the fear of death. Sex didn’t work, so Max decides to teach M all about dying.
28 May 2022
M & Me PART EIGHT – Art Heist
Max discovers that M has its own motivations when it comes to making – and selling – art. Strung out and enraged to find M has been keeping secrets, Max decides to scare M – and so shows it the underbelly of the internet, and the worst of humanity.
28 May 2022
M & Me PART NINE – The Color of a Bruise
Max has death on his mind. Few things improve an artist’s bottom line more than being six feet under. It’s good marketing for an artist to burn out rather than fade away. M continues to rebel, and Max makes a choice that changes everything.
28 May 2022
M & Me PART Eleven – The Only Immortality
A special bonus chapter that concludes the story of ‘M’ & Me, as the art evolves into its new, web 3.0 existence.
21 May 2022
M & Me PART FIVE – Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems
Ask an art dealer, and the honest ones will tell you it’s far simpler. The value of an artwork is what someone will pay for it. Max starts minting M’s work as NFTs, and the money starts rolling in. Seeing limitless potential, he starts educating M is the great commercial artists – whose body of work is really just moving around the fortunes of billionaires – and M responds in kind.
21 May 2022
M & Me PART FOUR– Through The Looking Glass
The ‘M’ AI grows more intelligent, and Max’s ambitions grow wilder. Jackson Pollock had wanted to become the artistic embodiment of nature. That ambition seems absurdly limited; where nature has been rendered obsolete by technology. Max believes M has the potential to be a far greater artist than had ever lived. Under his guidance M will make masterpieces, and Max will make a fortune.
21 May 2022
M & Me PART SIX – Let’s Talk About Sex
Max goes back to basics. In an effort to level-up M into producing more sophisticated art, he takes it back to the essence of human art – and the humble nude. It’s a decision with wild consequences.
13 May 2022
M & Me PART TWO – I’m Sorry For Your Loss
Max grapples with a personal tragedy, and with the possibilities that the AI holds. As the machine grows smarter, and produces more sophisticated art, he realizes that it might actually make something meaningful. Even better, through NFTs and the digital market, it might make him money. This eleven-part crypto-noir sci-fi story is narrated by acclaimed actor Daniel Henshall (The Babadook, Ghost in The Shell, Okja) is a thrilling meditation on the value of art, mortality, and morality. A co...
13 May 2022
M & Me PART ONE – Becoming Me
When do you become what you are meant to be? Maxon ‘Max’ Bollocks – a graphic designer/failed artist is given a second chance at the life he was supposed to have, when he is given an Artificial Intelligence with the power to become everything he never did. This eleven-part crypto-noir sci-fi story is narrated by acclaimed actor Daniel Henshall (The Babadook, Ghost in The Shell, Okja) is a thrilling meditation on the value of art, mortality, and morality. A collaboration between...
13 May 2022
M & Me PART THREE – Becoming M
After his girlfriend leaves him, Max grows more obsessed with the AI. Inspired by Carravagio, he decides to use it to create a mirror image of himself, educate it with all his experience and education to create a true, living self portrait. This eleven-part crypto-noir sci-fi story is narrated by acclaimed actor Daniel Henshall (The Babadook, Ghost in The Shell, Okja) is a thrilling meditation on the value of art, mortality, and morality. A collaboration between novelists, digital creatives...
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