Within a very short space of time, a tulip bulb was worth more than a detached house in Amsterdam. But the bubble burst and the recession began. A few days later, the tulip trade in the Netherlands was banned by the king. Tulips disappeared completely from the Dutch scene. 

The art market has also become a large-scale speculative business. In the past, it would have been unthinkable to express a purely economic interest in art. But today, the question is increasingly being asked: "What will this work be worth in two years' time?" The speculator has joined the ranks of the classic collector. 

With his NFTs, Sven Sauer creates works that expose speculators. A self-destruction mechanism is built into the artworks via a smart contract. With each resale of the pictures, they destroy themselves piece by piece. With these works, the responsibility for a work of art is transferred to the collector.

The collector has to decide: Is he interested in making a quick buck or does he want to preserve the artwork for future generations?

Smart contract technology makes it possible to document how this experiment will turn out.