Description

1. a participatory performance on the Blockchain
2. a completely on-chain collaborative text
3. a collective artwork and crypto-native NFT series

NFT Culture Proof is a 32-day Blockchain performance, where every participant continuously adds to a collaborative stream of live but immutable text, which will be permanently placed on-chain. Each day, there are “writing prompts” from artists, thinkers, and writers in the cryptoverse, which will both focus and drive the texts we produce. It is the first large-scale Blockchain work of its kind, making the public ledger an active stage for collective creativity.

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Every text-block submitted generates a unique NFT for the participant. These will also live completely on-chain, as crypto-native SVGs. They are generated in real-time to include the date, day of participation (out of 32), edition number, and your submitted text (up to 128 characters), as well as the 7 lines that preceded your own. We encourage communication and collaboration with others!

NFT Culture Proof is part of the Refraction Festival and RefractionDAO. Prompt-writers included @RefractionDAO, @nathanielstern, @kildall, @_deafbeef, @sashastiles, @MezBreezeDesign, @simondlr, @p1xelfool, @artnome, @______jpg______, @annespalter, @ReginaHarsanyi, @shumonbasar, @cibellecibelle, @KalenIwamoto, @rheaplex, @kaigani, @gabriellemic, @sterlingcrispin, @kzathe, @TRANSFERgallery (Kelani Nichole and Wade Wallerstein), @thesarahshow, @CaballeroAnaMa, @katecursed, @kildall, @pridesai, @1nterdependence (Mat Dryhurst and Holly Herndon), @isthisanart_, @dhof, @aGENDAdao, @m00sv1, and @songadaymann.

Our project is inspired by On Kawara’s Date Paintings, which attested to his participation in the world on any given day. It also follows text-based Blockchain projects like Loot, Token Equals Text, Art Blocks, and Untitled Frontier, which respectively facilitated storytelling and collaboration, stored on-chain text for NFT images, generated code-based NFTs on-chain, and moved between collective writing and image-based art. We refer to our NFTs as Cultures: they are your proof of participation, proof of collective performance, proof of ownership, and proof of culture.

There are limited available text-blocks for purchase, and with each purchase, a second

Our project is inspired by On Kawara’s Date Paintings, which attested to his participation in the world on any given day, and various ongoing projects by crypto-writers more generally. It also follows text-based Blockchain projects like Loot, Token Equals Text, Art Blocks, and Untitled Frontier, which respectively facilitated storytelling and collaboration, stored on-chain text for NFT images, generated code-based NFTs on-chain, and moved between collective writing and image-based art. We refer to our NFTs as Cultures: they are your proof of participation, proof of collective performance, proof of ownership, and proof of culture.

There are limited available text-blocks for purchase, and with each purchase, a second text-block is given away to previous participants. This ongoing air drop is to encourage intensive, community-oriented, and ongoing dialog. It also means that after you participate, you may be randomly selected to contribute again, at no extra cost.

After 32 days, the NFT Culture Proof main performance will be considered complete; there will be no more on-chain dialog or NFTs produced. But the work will continue its life along with the Blockchain. The stories will continue on the secondary NFT market, with performance histories, in art collection legacies, and through as-yet-unknown ad-hoc communities and dialogical exchange.