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- Mint National Parks Commemorative Coin
https://zora.co/collect/base:0xca484d550b0e72bc8836df2a41b0c1798bed873e/1?referrer=0x7eaEc254f78613d9d57e1FdB8d9964EA36E7523d
- 特别美味😋
- Anime + web3 + AI = a new way to experience the culture of art and anime as a whole
- Anime + web3 + AI = a new way to experience the culture of art and anime as a whole
- Tried painting the northern lights today. 🏔🌌Hopefully, someday will have the chance to witness the spectacle of the Northern Lights in person.
- We in Matrix
- @lens/bashiba88, welcome to lens!
now let's get started your orb journey!
https://orb.club/@bashiba88
- A small piece and fragment of the root of a plant. Some will say it is pointless, but it is usefull and needed. As we need a @lens/pointless for eco system.
- We continue to onboard web3 social communities en masse!
ALL @lens handles are now whitelisted for speedy onboarding. Connect with your Lens ETH address!
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- When I was young, I had two older sisters, and since I was the youngest in my family, my mom took me around with her all the time. I was forever with her when she was having coffee in the middle of the afternoon with her three sisters. And they would talk about men. I absorbed a lot of that.
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- @lens/ziddyl, welcome to lens!
now let's get started your orb journey!
https://orb.club/@ziddyl
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- It's the final countdown: Less than 24h for Week 3 snapshot 🔥
Phaver-Up Auction still Open:
📅 Bid by April 23, 4pm UTC to win a Genesis NFT
🏆 Top 20 bids win 🦄 🆙
👀 Check the current top 20 Leaderboard ⤵️
Time to bid if you haven't yet, frens! 💜
📍 Phaver-Up Collection tradeable exclusively on Magic Eden: https://magiceden.io/collections/polygon/0x86d1ff5a19854865c2a9b3fc22ae49f9b370c3c0
📣 Phaver-Up: Genesis Week 3 free mint, April 24, 4pm UTC on Magic Eden 💜🦄
✔️ 1000 whitelist slots for 300 NFTs - Complete Moca tasks: https://phaver.gitbook.io/phaver-help-center/phaver-up-nfts/what-is-a-phaver-up-nft for a chance to qualify!
🫡 Stay safe & only mint through the official link:
https://magiceden.io/launchpad/polygon/phaver_up_genesis_edition
- Thank you Lens!!!!!! Discovering a bunch of creative people that I may have never found if it weren’t for Orb. Grateful not just for the support but for being introduced to such an innovative market. Cheers to you guys 🥂
- gm from Tokyo!
Started my day with a seaweed onigiri + watching the first (very rough) cut of the Galverse anime 👀
- hear me out GIFs as club cover and profile cover 🔥
- Çocukların uzun süredir karşı karşıya olduğu tüm tehditlere, eğitim ve sağlıklı yaşam haklarına yönelik her türlü politika ve uygulamalara rağmen, ‘23 Nisan Ulusal Egemenlik ve Çocuk Bayramı’mız kutlu olsun.
- gm $bonsai 🌄
- Anime + web3 + AI = a new way to experience the culture of art and anime as a whole
- GM
- @lens/hyperpop, welcome to lens!
now let's get started your orb journey!
https://orb.club/@hyperpop
- The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
- This song goes out to the dream chasers... To those who have always looked up to the sky and wondered about the meaning of it all... To those paving a path forward...
My name is TAROT, you can fly with me til the stars stop calling !!
Reppin The Soul Tribe with my genesis drop of Iridescent! Free follow to collect!
Perks of collecting:
-Discount on the upcoming Iridescent music video NFT
-Access to The Soul Tribe telegram chat: https://guild.xyz/soul-tribe (We've got some major cool activations you don't want to miss out on!!)
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
I wonder why
I’ve always looked up to the sky
Romanticize
The people in my life
I criticize
Myself a million times
Playing the lottery
Counting each anomaly
Pre Chorus:
No point in stressin
Go with the flow
Original
So iridescent
A perfect glow
It’s in the soul
It’s all a lesson
I get the message
Don’t leave me hangin
I’m too impatient
Chorus:
Where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go from here?
How do we know
How do we know
How do we know we’re near?
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know your fears
You can fly with me
Til the stars stop calling
Verse 2:
I can’t describe
The puzzle pieces of my mind
I synthesize
Traveling through space and time
I recognize
There’s something on the other side
Pullin all the strings
Take me where i wanna be
Pre Chorus:
No point in stressin
Go with the flow
Original
So iridescent
A perfect glow
It’s in the soul
It’s all a lesson
I get the message
Don’t leave me hangin
I’m too impatient
Chorus:
Where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go from here?
How do we know
How do we know
How do we know we’re near?
I wanna know
I wanna know
I wanna know your fears
You can fly with me
Til the stars stop calling
Performed by TAROT
Written by TAROT
Produced by Tate Gardner
Mixed by Blake Burchette
Mastered by Adam Grover at Sterling Sound
- SAFE token is now transferrable and listed on Uniswap
https://safe.global/token
- 🔥抽PhaverUp的2个NFT空投,(官方直接发!这次不内幕,哈哈)
🚀2x PhaverUp NFT giveaway( Phaver Official will draw From all qualified Attendant and drop NFTdirectly to your Phaver connected wallet)
1.关注我的Phaver: calman( Follow my Phaver)
2.务必链接和绑定一个NFT/SBT(不懂的可以去DC中文频道问问)( Make sure you have connect an NFT/SBT To your account)
3.点赞+转发+留言你的Phaver用户名( Leave your Phaver name+stake+like+mirror)
👉切记:以上动作都要做,官方会直接在符合条件的老铁中,抽取中獎者并直接空投。NFT Make sure you have finished all the qualified task above, Otherwise you will not be Qualified to join the draw by Phaver official。
- Pregunta para conocernos un poco 😁
🤔¿ Cómo le dicen al aburrimiento en su país o zona?
Por ejemplo en La Habana decimos: que aburrido, que obstine.
pero en Pinar del Río: qué cuajo y
en Matanzas: qué hueso.
- Some days, all you need is a long drive with your favorite music blasting to clear your mind 🚗🎶
- Foresight News 消息,据推特用户 @ai_9684xtpa 监测,11 小时前,做市商 Flow Traders 和 GSR Markets 分别从 SAFE 项目方多签地址处收到总计 970 万枚代币,其中 Flow Traders 620 万枚,GSR Markets 350 万枚,并于过去 1 小时内分别向 OKX 充值了 250 万枚代币。
https://foresightnews.pro/news/detail/43404
- Good morning frens
- Co-creation serves as a powerful reminder to consumers that they are pivotal to the success of a brand. It empowers them, giving them a tangible voice within the brand's journey
This connection breeds a sense of loyalty and belonging. When consumers feel genuinely heard and valued, they become enthusiastic advocates, eager to share their experiences with others
Co-creation, therefore, imo, is an essential strategy for brands to harness the prowess of word-of-mouth marketing
And it’s not just about involving consumers; it's about creating a genuine “partnership” that amplifies brand resonance and loyalty organically🌹
- The real Indian art - Mehendi.
- Morning bois
Whats the market state??
- Quick demo / tutorial on iPhone and result of vid2anime generator at https://vid2vid.rtgen.ai
- Nimra is my best friend, a beacon of loyalty and warmth. Her kindness knows no bounds, and her laughter is infectious. With her by my side, life's journey becomes brighter and more fulfilling.
@lens/nimra
@lens/lensholic
- Maybe one day there will be a way to restore original vision without any side effects.
- Heyyo Frens, happy Monday! ❤️
🎙Join us with Joonatan & Tomi at 1pm UTC today to chat about our Phaver-Up NFT and future plans! 🔥
We're starting in 2 hours here:
➡️ https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OwxWYEQoVqGQ/
Set a reminder! 💜
https://twitter.com/pukecast/status/1781176962662142432
- Love this!
- My new track 'Drop the Coins Boys (BTC Halving edition)' is out now!
Exclusive on Lens, collects includes $JOA tokens airdrop. It's AI music magic.
Available for 333 $BONSAI.
Minting is open only for 3 days!
🎶 Collectors get voting rights on future releases and unlock exclusive 1-1 web3 x AI sessions with the $JOA token airdrop. Follow for updates and get ready to vote on my upcoming tracks! 🤖🔊
As a singer and tech enthusiast, I've been experimenting with new ways to create music tracks. Follow me for updates and get ready to vote on my upcoming music tracks!
Happy #bitcoin halving!
Open edition at 333 $BONSAI each.
33% Referral.
Grab yours now!
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- How do you know if you are a Lensholic? 🤔
If you can't get out of @lens/lens apps and lose track of time, congratulations you are a total Lensholic! 🤜🌿🤛
- 🔥😮💨 This text might just be the clearest explanation yet of where my curatorial partner Vienna and I stand in our Technostalgia research and curatorial project.
Coming from an academic background, we’ve tried to provide a balanced narrative: not too scholarly, yet still substantial. 🧠
We’ve only just begun, with plenty of exciting developments already in the pipeline. 🚀
A huge thank you to ONBD, SuperRare, Zora, Massage Magazine, and Outland for the support and assistance they’ve provided so far. TYSM to all the artists we’ve curated and those we will in the future — <3
🔥 Visuals: Nicole Ruggiero x Inès Alpha, Emi Kusano, Raquel Meyers, Kyt, and polygon1993.
Please read and collect if you want to help Vienna and me to have a website for this project. Merci x 1000 🙏
🖤 @lens/lens @lens/orb @lens/mariapaula
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♡ ༘ ⋆ CURATING TECHNOSTALGIA BEYOND AESTHETICS ♡ ༘ ⋆
Vienna Kim & me, April 2024 ( •ॢᴗ•ॢ⋈)
We e-met during the bull run of 2022 while freelancing for SuperRare. Very quickly, we found we had a shared interest for early web aesthetics, Animal Crossing memes, Y2K subcultures, and translucent collectible electronics. We wanted to investigate what it was, exactly, that made such content so appealing to us, working off a hunch that we surely weren’t the only ones to feel this way, and realized that the common denominator in the media and culture we loved was that each of them exuded the hazy yet somehow comforting allure of technostalgia. These observations and passions eventually fueled the creation of LAN Party, our collaborative curatorial project that, in its first arc, aims to critically explore the concept of technostalgia within the Web3 space.
Whilst we love the sentimentality and the aesthetics of artworks that explore technostalgia, we’re not just here for the vibes. We aim for this focus to serve as a unique lens through which we examine the pulse of contemporary digital culture, drawing on our personal observations, existing research, and what artists are currently producing. Our goal is to shed light on the newly found adoration for technostalgia in Web3, delineating its complexities and measuring its influence on the present and future cultural landscape.
We have already explored the aesthetic practices and the tradition of collecting and curating within Web3, positioning it as an extension of the historical and widespread human pursuit of gathering. We’ve also observed that the influence of rapid technological progress has resulted in a resurgence of technostalgic visuals and art forms, such as ASCII, pixel or low-poly art, signaling a shift away from powerful AI-generated or CGI creations. Through these reflections, we aim to explore how technostalgia is shaping our future, especially as Web3 underscores its pivotal role in today’s digital cultural landscape.
Here are some of our thoughts:
UNDERSTANDING TECHNOSTALGIA ☆゚.*・。゚
Technostalgia is an emotional reaction–often sentimental, close to a longing–that is most commonly associated with technology from the 1980s - 2000s. It pines for the machines and the internet we fell for beautiful yet flawed, with a broken design that felt at once frustrating and serendipitous. This specific strain of nostalgia has the power to act as a retro-tech time machine, whisking us back to the era of chunky pixels, ‘90s web interfaces, and low-poly graphics.
In the Web3 space, this blast from the past is particularly relevant. On top of the allure of the aesthetic layer, technostalgia in Web3 also reflects a yearning for the original values of the Internet: decentralization, transparency, and democratization. This sentiment influences the development and perception of the Web3 ecosystem, driving a desire to recapture the possibilities and freedom associated with the ‘Wild West’ days of the internet, the read-only web, or Web 1.0.
Technostalgia has taken on new prominence in response to the dizzying pace of technological advancement, especially with the palpable tension and anxiety society has developed around surveillance capitalism, data protection, and AI proliferation. As new technologies and systems quickly replace old ones, we often find ourselves missing the tech we used to play with in the '90s or '00s. This could be anything from the sound of a dial-up modem connecting to the network, the feel of a GameBoy or Tamagotchi in our hands, the Uh Oh! of ICQ or the sight of the Windows 95 startup screen. While these memories evoke an attraction for the simplicity and beauty of past technologies, they also present a paradox: whilst our society seems all-in on the advancements of the present, we grapple with the allure of the less efficient, clunky, buggy, and yet emotionally resonant tech of yesteryears, highlighting the slippery (and very human) state of alternating between progress and sentimentality.
TECHNOSTALGIA IN WEB3 ☆゚.*・。゚
Web3 is a new phase of the internet that is built on blockchains. It represents a shift from the current centralized model controlled by a handful of corporations to a decentralized model where use and access are controlled by community-run networks. The evolution of the internet can be described in three stages. Web1 was the first draft of the internet which proliferated in the 1990s and early 2000s, where people mostly used the internet to read web pages and chat. Web2 came about in the mid-2000s, with the emergence of social media platforms like Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, empowering users to create their own content.
Web3 is the next phase, where users not only read and write content but also own it.
In the context of Web3, technostalgia takes on new significance, as it allows us to appreciate the journey of the internet from its inception to its current state, and now towards Web3 in full effect. Understanding the evolution of the internet from its origin to the present day is crucial because it provides us with a roadmap of previous innovations and challenges, informing our decisions and strategies as we build a more decentralized, transparent, and user-empowered digital world. This historical perspective is key to ensuring that Web3 not only replicates the successes of previous iterations but also learns from their shortcomings, notably utilizing the blockchain to enable a more thoughtful and inclusive future for the internet. The result: forging a path that honors the past while boldly innovating for tomorrow.
TECHNOSTALGIA AND DIGITAL ART ☆゚.*・。゚
In the context of digital art, technostalgia acts as a theme, sentiment, and lens for critique. This can take the form of adopting retro tech aesthetics such as pixel art or low-poly 3D renders, to reappropriating and/or making use of obsolete technologies. We can divide these approaches largely into two categories: The Sentimental and The Critical.
_1. The Sentimental_
Artists and artworks that adopt The Sentimental approach to technostalgia often reappropriate the aesthetics of retro, 90s, or Y2K technologies and present them in a way that evokes a strong emotional reaction in the viewer as they relate what they see in the work with their own experiences and memories of these technologies. Our first online exhibition on SuperRare, The Crypto Pawnshop, explored the sentimental approach to technostalgia in depth, developing the visual imaginary of a fictional ‘crypto pawnshop’ that stocked a series of gadgets and gizmos that upon first view appeared to be reminiscent of the real-life objects we used to own, and yet they are purely speculative, often exhibiting a broken or non-functional design. The dissociation of these imaginary objects from that which existed concretely demonstrates the anesthetizing effect of technostalgia; our flawed memories often over-apply sentimental or aesthetic value to these objects which, in reality, would often glitch or fail. By leaning into this dissociation, these artworks dive wholly into the purely ‘sentimental’ value of Technostalgia, favoring emotional reminiscences over factual verity.
Some artists that have adopted the sentimental approach to technostalgia include Emi Kusano, Kyt, POLYGON1993, and Nicole Ruggiero, to name a few.
_2. The Critical_
The Critical approach to exploring technostalgia takes on radically different methodologies to that of The Sentimental. Often, these artists directly employ obsolete technological tools (for example, older models of computers such as the Commodore 64), to analyze our society’s current relationship with outdated tech. These artists often emphasize the importance of retaining a critical stance when considering our relationship with technology and the speed at which it is developing, and often also treat environmental concerns, such as what happens to all the technological waste that accumulates once these machines are at their term’s end.
Notably, artist Dev Harlan stakes his claim within the ‘Critical’ camp in his essay “Notes on Retrofuturism” for Right Click Save magazine, declaring: “Nostalgia is a longing for an imagined past which allows one to gloss over unpleasant or undesirable histories to cope with the present. In this way, technostalgia privileges an imagined history of technology and an anesthetized view of that history. But sentimentalism is the opposite of criticality.” He goes on to describe his fascination with collecting discarded electronics, with an impulse that was initially motivated by technostalgia but quickly evolved into critiquing the wastefulness of the tech sector. He gathered and reappropriated hundreds of outdated models of computers, motivated by the motto “obsolescence is a lack of imagination”, to create gaming lounges or digital art installations to prolong the life of these machines that had been discarded for newer, shinier models.
Raquel Meyers is another artist who uses obsolete technologies, such as a Commodore 64 computer, to create her digital artworks. The use of older models circumscribes the artist’s visual output in the style of computer artworks from the 1980s, automatically transcribing onto them a technostalgic aesthetic. And yet, the artist does not pander to sentimentality in her work, instead opting to make use of obsolete technologies to highlight urgent contemporary concerns. For example, in her work Cuando la casa se quema, la obsolescencia es resistencia [When the House Burns Down, Obsolescence is Resistance], which we curated in our second exhibition on Zora, TEXTSCAPE: ASCII Art, Textmode & its Derivatives, the artist creates a scrolling narrative of a house burning down, and the ecological and societal effects this has upon its surrounding community. The work is, of course, a metaphor for our current climate crisis, but the work is also self-reflexive in that it uses an object of obsolescence as an act of resistance (against technocapitalism? The effects of e-waste on climate change?), a concept that is also reflected in the title of the work.
CURATING TECHNOSTALGIA ☆゚.*・。゚
These two distinct poles of technostalgic approaches in digital art inform the way we can curate such artworks. Indeed, curating technostalgia in 2024 can be a double-edged sword in a couple of ways. For example, presenting works of art that fall into ‘The Sentimental’ camp may appear diametrically opposed to those in ‘The Critical’ camp, and yet both are crucial as a means of holding up a mirror to how cultures online, and more specifically Web3, respond to the phenomenon of technostalgia. Both camps co-exist, and so we aim for the works that we curate to also demonstrate this without favoring one approach over the other.
In addition, whilst curating technostalgia may serve as a digital conservation effort by capturing the essence of technological evolution, it also risks idealizing outdated technologies, potentially hindering innovation. There’s a delicate balance between valuing our digital heritage and fostering a forward-looking mindset in the ever-evolving tech landscape. After all, very little good comes from dwelling on the past.
Moreover, the role of curation in shaping the future of technostalgia cannot be overstated. As our lives become ever more digitized, our experiences and memories are ever more encapsulated in digital formats. Curating these digital artifacts is akin to creating a time capsule that allows future generations to access and understand the digital trends of our era. It’s a way of preserving the ‘digital DNA’ of our society, which includes not only the technologies themselves but also the cultural and emotional contexts in which they exist.
It has been well-documented that the concept of curation has transcended the confines of trad museum spaces (for better or for worse). When it comes to digital artworks and artifacts, curatorial practices become a social process that encompasses the selection, interpretation, and negotiation of a wide array of embodied knowledge. This shift is particularly pronounced in the Web3 space, where the zones between consumer, creator, and curator are increasingly fluid. Within this nuanced landscape, curation plays a crucial role in developing the narrative of technostalgia. It’s about constructing a story that is linked with collective memory while opening a dialogue about the way tech runs through our society.
We, as curators in the Web3 space, have the unique opportunity to influence how technostalgia is perceived and understood, ensuring that it remains a relevant and insightful aspect of our cultural discourse.
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- Coffee is addicted to me 🤓☕️😎
- How do you know if you are a Lensholic? 🤔
If you can't get out of @lens/lens apps and lose track of time, congratulations you are a total Lensholic! 🤜🌿🤛
- “Never Surrender,” a dark trap beat 🎙️
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- Co-creation serves as a powerful reminder to consumers that they are pivotal to the success of a brand. It empowers them, giving them a tangible voice within the brand's journey
This connection breeds a sense of loyalty and belonging. When consumers feel genuinely heard and valued, they become enthusiastic advocates, eager to share their experiences with others
Co-creation, therefore, imo, is an essential strategy for brands to harness the prowess of word-of-mouth marketing
And it’s not just about involving consumers; it's about creating a genuine “partnership” that amplifies brand resonance and loyalty organically🌹