Writing / April 2025
Spryk x Fetus — 404 Artifact
404 Artifact is a collectible coin made in collaboration with artist Fetus, conceived as a physical object that doubles as a narrative gateway. Rather than a piece of merchandise, the coin functions as a meditation on chance and possibility, an object you hold rather than a story you're simply told.
The collaboration is limited to 50 units, each one cast in zinc alloy with a brass polish finish, 2.5 inches in diameter, and treated with a rustic ochre patina that gives every coin its own weathered character.
An Object as Gateway
404 Artifact continues skip-a-beat's interest in physical objects that carry narrative weight beyond their material form. Where most of the label's output lives online or on stage, this piece asks to be held, passed around and kept, a small, tactile counterpoint to a catalogue otherwise built from sound and screen.
With only 50 units in circulation, the artifact sits closer to a collectible than a release, available while the limited run lasts.