SHL0MS' 'SECURITY' Art Project Transitions to Blockchain with 98 Digital Non-Shares

The conceptual art project "SECURITY by SHL0MS," presented by SOLOS, has officially transitioned into the digital realm, leveraging blockchain technology. This move, which saw its digital release on October 17, 2025, was highlighted by a social media post from user @moodSlime_ on October 20, 2025, stating, "> We’re in business. 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 @SHL0MS." The project is an ongoing work of financial performance art, now offering 98 tokenized digital non-shares.

Initially launched in Q4 2024, "SECURITY" began as a physical performance where the SOLOS team operated a makeshift trading desk outside prominent art fairs like Frieze and Art Basel. Patrons were offered paper certificates based on an exponential manually-tracked bonding curve, with the promise of buy-back options during specific trading windows. This setup was designed to satirize the art market's often hyper-financialized nature.

The migration to digital introduces "tokenised digital non-shares" built on the Ethereum blockchain, utilizing the ERC-721 standard and IPFS for storage. This digital iteration aims to replicate the volatile immediacy of the original guerilla exchanges, allowing market participants to trade online. Unlike traditional art, these digital non-shares face no secondary-market restrictions, with their value directly influenced by the market's collective appetite for satire and speculation.

The project, conceived by artist SHL0MS, challenges conventional notions of art ownership and value within a speculative market. Its long-term exhibition is slated to continue until December 2034. This digital expansion underscores a growing trend in the art world to explore new mediums and financial models through blockchain, pushing the boundaries of performance art and market interaction.