In Nike's complaint against MSCHF and Lil Nas X, the brand argued that it had "suffered harm to its goodwill, including among consumers who believe that Nike is endorsing satanism." The two companies came to a settlement in April 2021 after a U.S. The shoes garnered significant controversy, which led Nike to announce that they were suing MSCHF for trademark infringement and dilution. They featured a bronze pentagram, an inverted cross and a drop of real human blood in their sole and sold out in the first minutes of being available for sale.
The shoes sold for $1,018 USD, in an apparent reference to Bible verse Luke 10:18. Īlso, on March 29, 2021, MSCHF partnered with Lil Nas X, to release a pair of modified Nike Air Max 97 shoes called Satan Shoes, in an edition of 666. In March 2021 the group released Axe No 5, a mashup of Axe Body Spray and Chanel No. The shoes sold for between $34,000 and $76,000 USD, depending on the size of shoe purchased. Īlso in February 2021, MSCHF purchased four Birkin bags and used them to make sandals, dubbed Birkinstocks after the Birkenstock brand of shoes. After MSCHF publicly criticized the potential use of robotic dogs by police forces, Boston Dynamics released a statement criticizing the use of the robot in an artwork. The robot was used in a live performance that allowed users of the MSCHF app to control the robot and its paintball gun. In February 2021 the group purchased a Boston Dynamics robot dog, and mounted a paintball gun on it. The paintings were sold for $78,000 USD, and the proceeds used to pay down the bills the work was built upon.
#Mschf blur series#
In September 2020 MSCHF released a series of paintings that were enlargements of medical bills received by American citizens. The winner kept their finger on the phone screen for around 51 hours the second-place finisher also received a prize of $20,000. The game was reportedly so successful that a sequel titled "Finger on the App 2" was released in March 2021, featuring a grand prize of $100,000. Four people ended up winning $20,000 each after keeping their finger on the app for over 70 hours. In the game, players touch their phone screen and the last person to remove their finger from the screen wins $25,000. In June 2020 MSCHF and MrBeast released a one-time multiplayer mobile game titled "Finger on the App". In 2020, the group released a dog collar called Cuss Collar that turns a dog's barking into spoken swear words. A second work consisting of the leftover paper, titled 88 Holes, sold for $261,400 USD. After purchasing the work, MSCHF cut the individual spots out of the print, selling them for $480 each. Īn April 2020 release called Severed Spots involved the purchase of a $30,000 USD Damien Hirst spot print. Ī November 2019 release called Puff the Squeaky Chicken consisted of a rubber chicken that was also a functional bong. The programs included were those that had purportedly caused nearly $100 billion dollars in damage to the global economy.
#Mschf blur windows#
The work was a single 2008 Windows laptop loaded with six malware programs. In May 2018 MSCHF released its first work, titled The Persistence of Chaos. The group announces the availability of their work in numbered "drops". The group operates as a company under the name MSCHF Product Studio, Inc. As of January 2020, MSCHF was reported to have received $11.5 million USD in funding. The group was founded in 2016 by Gabriel Whaley, who acts as its CEO.