Kalen Iwamoto and Julien Silvano have worked together on text-based art since 2021, and launched Wen New, an experimental art and language atelier, to create and experiment at the meeting-point of art, language, web3, digital and physical art.
Kalen Iwamoto is a conceptual writer and artist. Her concept-driven work is based on a transdisciplinary and transmedia practice at the intersection of art, writing, and technology. She takes a playful and experimental approach in exploring new, blockchain-native writing practices and reading experiences. In addition to her literary and artistic practice, Iwamoto is the founder of the crypto writers discord and co-founder of theVERSEverse, a literary gallery where poems are works of art.
Julien Silvano is a pluridisciplinary artist who explores the intersection of art, technology, and our relationship to systems of communication, data creation, and distribution.
