KI:AI – Pussy Riot / Palm NFT
- Year
- 2023
- Medium
- Video art / NFT, 1 min
- Exhibition
- Nadya Riot Call x Feminist Art, Lume Studio, Broadway, New York
The kiai of a female karateka – one of 19 artists chosen out of 150 by Nadya Tolokonnikova's community vote.
Nadya Riot Call x Feminist Art. Exhibition at Lume Studio, New York. Curated by Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot. Palm Foundation.
The community vote on Nadya Tolokonnikova's PalmDAO app at NFTNYC elected 19 artists out of 150 to a worldwide, digitally exposed exhibition as well as a physical exhibition on Broadway, New York.
KI AI #1
The video art portrait of Nadja's KIAI is the kiai of a female karateka. The KIAI sound is the concentration of all the karate practitioner's energy in one movement. "KI" 気 denotes inner energy, soul and spirit. "AI" 合 means to gather, to unite.
If done properly, KIAI anatomically causes a contraction of most of the muscles in the torso and abdomen, which can dampen the effect of the blows the karateka can expect to receive in combat – and simultaneously send the fighting energy against the opponent.
Nadja has 1st Dan, black belt, in full-contact karate. She has been training for 10 years. She is 48 years old and 157 cm tall, and the first woman in the club's 40-year history to achieve this degree.