The UnBearables
The UnBearables are essentially horrifically cute collectible bears, as well as an odd manifestation of hopes and anxieties of the present moment.
Coronavirus threats and potential consequences are unbearable.
Oil prices and their impact on the global economy, especially my homeland, are unbearable.
The toxicity of the media and disinformation are unbearable.
Isolation and loneliness are unbearable.
Economic recession and its inevitability are unbearable.
Dysfunctional government is unbearable.
The deficit of hand sanitizers and respiratory masks is unbearable.
The prevailing feeling of uncertainty is unbearable.
Tomorrow is postponed indefinitely. And it’s unbearable.
Essential Bear
80 exist. 30.18% chance
“Amazond: We’re sorry, your life was deemed non-essential. We must take back this musty roll”
Modern Bear
65 exist. 24.52% chance
“6 Feet!!”
Hungry Bear
50 exist. 18.86% chance
“Whoever said one person can’t change the World never ate an undercooked bat”
Market Bear
35 exist. 13.2% chance
“Your investment portfolio fell below zero. Aww…But, hey, check your mail for that stimulus check!”
Oily Bear
20 exist. 7.54% chance
“Oily oil has been unwell… How crude Corona!”
Media Bear
12 exist. 4.52% chance
“Nothing can compete with the juiciness of the freshly faked evening news”
BEARnie Bear
3 exist. 1.13% chance
“What about 0.01% Purell can’t kill? We must go after those germs!”
More to Know about The UnBearables. Rules for Collecting the Artwork
— The UnBearables is a gamified artwork. At the time of purchase a collector doesn’t know which bear she is going to get. It’s a game of chance. Some bears are more rare and valuable than others. All bears gathered together at the New York subway station is the artwork itself. The work is “complete” only when all 7 bears are collected. So, theoretically there could only be 3 complete artworks. However, all bears are valuable and collectible in their own right.
— Total number of issued collectibles is 265.
— Art piece is powered by Blockchain technology. It allows to store the provenance (including ownership) and other metadata of a digital object securely - so the file won't ever be lost or replicated.