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Faucet #2

2026Pedro Victor Brandão / Portas Vilasecahttps://faucet.moreabstract.xyz

Faucet #2 is an interactive work by Brazilian artist Pedro Victor Brandão, from his Prepared Screen series, presented by Portas Vilaseca at PROSPECT Cologne (Köln, Germany) from November 5 to 7, 2026. uint studio designed and built the website for its digital edition: a free, limited collection that anyone can claim with nothing more than an email address.

Faucet #2, installation view
Faucet #2 | Pedro Victor Brandão, presented by Portas Vilaseca

The physical piece is a white-light television laid flat on a steel table, covered with cellulose elements. Visitors pick up magnifying glasses fitted with polarizing filters, a tool from materials science and forensic photography, and move them over the screen. The colours that appear are the work, and each gesture produces a different image.

A visitor examining the screen with a magnifying glass
A visitor examining the screen with a polarizing magnifying glass
A magnifying glass over the screen revealing colour
Through the filter, pale cellulose rings turn into colour
The table with four magnifying glasses
The table with its four magnifying glasses

Two natures, one work

Faucet #2 connects analog image-making techniques with the digital technology of web3, which makes it possible to produce editions of cryptographically authenticated copies. The two halves complement each other. The table generates images through light, filters and hands; the website turns that experience into something that can be owned, kept and passed on, without the gallery visit being a precondition.

The edition is limited to 1,200 copies, each a token on the Ethereum blockchain. At the close of the fair, every copy is updated with the image resulting from the visitors' interaction with the physical work, so what happened on the table in Cologne becomes the content of every collected copy.

A hand over the screen, colours seen through the filters
Colours seen through the polarizing filters
Close-up of overlapping coloured rings
Close-up of the rings: the image each visitor leaves behind

The website

The site works as the work's second room. Its structure is deliberately small: an intro, an About section explaining the proposal, a FAQ (answering the most common questions from people unfamiliar with web3) and the collect area, all in English and Portuguese. The collect page shows the edition (0 ETH, how many of the 1,200 copies remain, the countdown to opening), the token with its text, the output of Faucet #2 documenting visitor interactions at PROSPECT Cologne, and its contract address, linked to Etherscan so every claim can be verified on-chain.

The collect page of faucet.moreabstract.xyz
The collect page of faucet.moreabstract.xyz
faucet.moreabstract.xyz
faucet.moreabstract.xyz

Collecting without friction

Web3 collecting usually asks newcomers for a wallet, funds and technical vocabulary before they can take any action. Thanks to embedded wallets and gas sponsorship (powered by Privy), we were able to considerably reduce that friction in the user experience. A "Connect and collect" modal offers two paths:

  • Continue with email. No crypto needed. A wallet is created automatically through Privy and gas fees are sponsored, so collecting really costs nothing. This is the path for people with no basic web3 knowledge.
  • Connect your wallet. Ethereum-compatible wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet or Rabby work; the collector pays the small network fee. This is the path for people already used to blockchain transactions.

Each person can opt for up to five "copies" and confirm with one click.

For users who still have questions, the FAQ section answers in plain language: what a gas fee is (a payment to the network, not to the artist or gallery); where the editions live (on the Ethereum blockchain, tied to the wallet, visible on Etherscan or any compatible platform); and how to transfer or sell them. Email collectors can export their Privy wallet's keys and import them into a wallet app to take full custody. It also states clearly that collectors own the token while copyright and reproduction rights remain with the artist, and who to write to for help.

Credits. Artist: Pedro Victor Brandão. Gallery: Portas Vilaseca. Fair: PROSPECT Cologne. Website: uint studio. Acknowledgments: Alayde Alves Collection, Clara Gehlen and the Prospect Cologne team, Daniel Gorin, Lucas Albuquerque, Portas Vilaseca team, Ralph Pinheiro, Salve Cultural.