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A community of music, art, and culture enthusiasts building a decentralized, participatory ecosystem for the future of art and culture. 🌏
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- Calling all artists, community and impact driven builders— the Celo Creator Fund is accepting applications until TONIGHT @ 11:59pm ET.
Don’t miss your chance to apply for up to $ 1k in funding for your creative project, community build, or impact initiative.
Apply now: https://celocreators.fund/
- Bravo to Carla Gannis, Claudia Hart & Lorna Mills, Refraction members whose artwork achieved stunning prices on Tezos:
✦ Lorna Mills sold ‘Yellowwhirlaway’ for $ 22,000: https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1MqNbtomimhrhBCtPrLDkdAWAUJmZpqrtw/0
✦ Carla Gannis established a new record for a 1/1 artwork by a womxn artist on Tezos: ‘The Garden of Emoji Delights’ sold for $ 31,200.
https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1K1DCgK5VAtQskJjYWdbwfX312bwUqDUvw/0
✦ Claudia Hart's ‘Dollsbox.03’ achieved a sale price of $ 26,000. https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1Stni8hyzT27DZ2b9q9e164gSJ3YQp8xkV/0
- This Whitney Biennial is essential if you’re in NY!
- **Sasha Stiles**, an award-winning poet, language artist, AI researcher, and a valued member of Refraction’s community of artists, recently released FOUR CORE TEXTS: THE AUDIOBOOK Collector's Edition - ‘an AI-powered literary artifact is a next-gen addition to any personal library.’
Four Core Texts was also featured at Bang & Olufsen during NFTNYC 2024, providing an immersive experience. Sasha Stiles' AI-generated poems were captivating both visually & sonically through Bang & Olufsen speakers.
https://makersplace.com/drops/four-core-texts/
📸 by
@lens/digitalartsblg
- **Refraction Newsletter 71**
Lots of excitement in our latest update - Public Records afterglow & Benji B shoutout. Open call for ETHBerlin artists. Rick Silva ‘Totality’ airdrop.
https://refraction.cmail19.com/t/y-e-xujkjjl-ddujtrhjll-v/
- **Refraction + Department of Decentralization Open Call for ETHBerlin, May 24-26
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Artists please submit via link below Apr 10 - May 10
The exhibition is inspired by the "Bring-Your-Own-Beamer" initiative, so artists who can be physically present w/ a display device for their work will be prioritized
https://bit.ly/4cVvUqY
- **Celo Creators Fund $ 150K Open Call**
Celosphere, is the new NFT marketplace powered by Rarible, built on the Celo Blockchain, that will provide creators with the tools to bring their diverse digital collectibles to communities around the world.
To celebrate Celo is collaborating with Refraction, Boys Club, The HUG & Rug Radio in an Open Call to distribute $ 150,000 from the Celo Creators Fund to artists, designers, and makers around the world, to produce projects with a focus on art, community & impact.
Apply by April 24:
https://celocreators.fund/
- Welcome 2 Orb! Great to have more talented 📸in the space.
- Be blessed at Fest
- **Refraction x Lens Fellowship Artist - Felipe Lins**
- Phenomenal night of breathtaking art & heart pounding music. Wonderful joining forces w/ @lens/lens, @lens/orb, & Towns to celebrate our beautiful community. Thanks to each & everyone who came out, we can’t wait to run it back again.
- What a night. NYC.
- See you tonight, New York. Doors open 9pm @ Public Records.
We’ve just added a limited number of tickets to Resident Advisor, grab them before they’re gone https://es.ra.co/events/1879805
Refract Pass holders can still RSVP to gain entry: https://www.refractpass.app/
Mint now: https://www.refractionfestival.com/refract-pass
- **'ONCHAIN RAVE CONTINUUM’ Long Sleeve Tee by Harmony-NY+ Refraction**
To mark our glorious return to Public Records April 4th we've collaborated with Brooklyn's Harmony-NY for a one-off piece featuring visual artists and musicians, including @lens/lens Fellowship creators:
@lens/abieyuwa @lens/photoevaporation @lens/artbyjah @lens/laine_butler @lens/mazmaz @lens/nickellygarbaje @lens/noko_ @lens/nygilia @lens/performance @lens/notgonnamakeit @lens/zaakk
Get in on this special collab while you can:
https://www.crowdmuse.xyz/collect/onchain-rave-continuum-harmony-refraction
- Metamedia is an interactive, multi-layer digital presentation format designed to encourage new modes of digital-native multimedia work from artists of all backgrounds and disciplines, envisioned by @lens/noahpred.
View all pieces and mint the collection now on Zora: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xe84c1658db8e9a3817cf9159f9a134d6368b2cb3
Metamedia and the collection artwork will be exhibited exclusively at our Public Records event tomorrow night. Tickets are sold out, but Refract Pass holders can still RSVP to see the artworks in person.
Mint your Refract Pass: https://www.refractionfestival.com/refract-pass
RSVP: https://refractpass.app
- ⋆☾⋆ ‘Totality’ is now exclusively available for Refract Pass holders. Rick Silva is a Brazilian-American artist whose videos, websites, and installations explore virtuality, futurology, and speculative ecologies.
The artwork will be exhibited for the first time at our New York event at Public Records on April 4th.
Read the interview to learn more about this piece, and the moon as an inspiration around timekeeping and modern science. Includes links to the work, Pass and event tix.
https://www.refractionfestival.com/editorial/refract-pass-drop-rick-silva---totality
- ⋆☾⋆ ‘Totality’ Rick Silva’s exclusive drop available now for Refract Pass holders ⋆☾⋆
‘Totality’ is an anticipation of the upcoming total solar eclipse happening on April 8, 2024.
The artwork will be exhibited for the first time at our New York event at Public Records on April 4th.
Mint now: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x588c86f5f1769b00618de2dc07709a4fdd9fc1e3/1
Purchase a Refract Pass to get access to Rick Silva’s exclusive piece, ‘Totality’:
https://www.refractionfestival.com/refract-pass
Read the interview & editorial we prepared to learn more about this piece, and the moon as an inspiration around timekeeping and modern science:
https://www.refractionfestival.com/editorial/refract-pass-drop-rick-silva---totality
- Refraction x Lens Fellowship Artist - Laine Butler
- 🐠 🎣
- 🎫🎫🎫 Win tickets to our upcoming party at Public Records, Brooklyn 🎫🎫🎫
To participate:
Post a photo from your favorite NYC party for a chance to win.
We will announce the winners here.
- 🎫🎫🎫 Win tickets to our upcoming party at Public Records, Brooklyn 🎫🎫🎫
To participate:
Post a photo from your favorite NYC party for a chance to win.
We will announce the winners here.
- 🎫🎫🎫 Win tickets to our upcoming party at Public Records, Brooklyn 🎫🎫🎫
To participate:
Post a photo from your favorite NYC party for a chance to win.
We will announce the winners here.
- Meet Prince Language, the Brooklyn DJ in charge of the second floor of our NY event at Public Records.
Member of Séance Centre Label, Prince Language is known for his active grooves and global disco vibe, his sets exude energy while maintaining a contemplative tempo.
Check out one of Prince Language sets at the Lot Radio:
https://youtu.be/1qTnV5Zixv8?si=xKL7rJDYlkMOqyC4
- Refraction x Lens Fellowship Artist - @lens/artbyjah
- First release tickets SOLD OUT.
Get your 2nd release tickets today & catch a good deal.
https://ra.co/events/1879805
- In advance of our upcoming party at Public Records - ONCHAIN RAVE CONTINUUM’ Long Sleeve Tee by Refraction + Harmony + @lens/crowdmuse.
Limited edition of 55 Available only for US market orders. Pick up option Public Records, NYC April 4th.
Mint on @lens/base: https://www.crowdmuse.xyz/collect/onchain-rave-continuum-harmony-refraction
- Our latest research project, conducted in partnership with @lens/livepeer investigates the crucial role of, and disparities in, live streaming.
Read Henry Ivry's take in Refraction's newest editorial, which examines the challenges artists face with audio-visual tools and how technologies like Livepeer can equalize live streaming to advance artists' careers.
https://refractionfestival.com/editorial/beyond-boilerroom-exploring-the-future-of-creator-led-streaming
- NYC VERY exciting news ❤️🔥
In celebration of our upcoming Brooklyn event, we've teamed up with @lens/crowdmuse & Harmony to craft a bespoke merchandise item, created and printed locally in NYC.
This exclusive drop will be accessible on the Crowdmuse (beta) marketplace for a limited time, exclusively for collectors in the US.
Stay tuned for more details on this unique collector's piece.
https://mirror.xyz/crowdmuse.eth/y5vweKWrPaFd8DH3EaR55PziBVEDQzswTWipcFkHyWg
- Refract Pass holders will have the exclusive opportunity to collect a new work from Rick Silva, dropping on April 2nd ahead of our NYC event.
Rick Silva's work: https://ricksilva.net
By purchasing a Refract Pass, you not only receive exclusive artwork pieces like the upcoming Rick Silva collection but get free access to our events + contributing to a future that values economic independence for artists.
Mint: https://www.refractionfestival.com/refract-pass
- Refraction x Lens Fellowship Artist - @lens/abieyuwa
- Early Bird tickets SOLD OUT. 🔥
Grab your 1st release tickets now: https://ra.co/events/1879805
Refract Pass members get in for free.
RSVP: https://refractpass.app
- 𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐌𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦
Immersive, new work from Refraction artist KÖI. Be sure to grab the free 30-day free mint on Zora.
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x6cfd003dade0b1c3f3620705082f341611f08655/3
- Hitting NFTNYC? Make sure to join our new group to stay in the loop for one of the biggest weeks in web3.
Plus, join and you'll have a chance to win exclusive tickets to our Refraction x Towns event on April 4th.
https://orb.club/c/nftnyc
- Joy dances circles around hate
- UPDATE: Get ready for an epic night on April 4th! We're back at the stunning Public Records in Brooklyn and here’s our massive music lineup.
Downstairs: Benji B headlines with killer support from 063N13 & Athena Yasaman.
Upstairs: Seance Centre & Prince Language bring the heaters!
Eye-popping visuals from Berlin to Brazil curated by Refraction & ALLSHIPS.
👉 Full lineup & tickets:
https://ra.co/events/1879805
- Pioneering 📸is a must-follow
- **Refraction Newsletter 67**
LUKSO x Refraction Austin event rewind | Early-bird tix for our NYC Public Records return | The world of Refract Pass
https://refractiondao.substack.com/p/refraction-newsletter-67
- **Kinoki**, one of the leading platforms for video & art, is showcasing an exclusive selection of digital art exhibited on the large video screen above the iconic Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo during Dig Shibuya 2024. This exhibition was curated by some of the Refraction crew. 🩷
Explore this selection, starting with Manami Sakamoto's work:
https://www.kinoki.co/screen/
Join Kinoki's Telegram channel to learn more:
https://t.me/kinoki_international
- **Refraction x Towns Ignite NYC April 4**
We're returning to our special Brooklyn home, Public Records! Refraction is teaming up with Towns for an all-night sonic adventure across two floors. The ALLSHIPS crew joins us in curating a stunning visual arts journey.
Music line-up coming soon!
Limited tickets on sale NOW:
https://es.ra.co/events/1879805
- Looks mind blowing!
- **Navigating Identity and Ownership in Digital Art and the New Creative Economies with LUKSO**
Touching down in Austin on March 13th, we’ll be exploring themes of identity and ownership alongside artists Cibelle Cavalli Bastos and Tabitha Swanson in a digital art exhibition designed by Craig Barrow, curated by Malcolm Levy and Kaitlyn Davies. Exhibited digital artworks will be distributed exclusively to all event attendees on their very own Universal Profiles, powered by the LUKSO blockchain.
Read more and RSVP here:
https://www.refractionfestival.com/editorial/navigating-identity-and-ownership-in-digital-art-and-the-new-creative-economies-with-lukso
- “I would describe [my art] as Y2K aesthetic meets gaming and culture. I enjoy creating worlds and immersive character art that is inspired by my roots.”
Refraction x Lens Fellowship artist and soaring space-age world-builder, @lens/nygilia, featured in @lens/nftnow Next Up. 👀
https://nftnow.com/next-up/next-up-nygilia-crafts-posthuman-visions-in-pixelated-dreams/
- Refraction x @lens/base Hunt Denver made web3 music history! Over 28k mints, 13k wallets, & 11 ETH in creator rewards. Incredible music + visual works by Jimmy Edgar, Regularfantasy, PeaceNode, Latasha, jeremy, & Rowan.
Don't miss your chance to nab one of the most successful onchain music drops ever:
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x2e0017626a4de9d09e54ebd013ec83827ba68a6b
- Refraction founding artist **Nathaniel Stern** drops another sublime conceptual work…one potential mint each day.
“**Imperfect Lovers** performs two coded, on-chain Lovers, each giving the other "everything they have," until there is literally "nothing left to give." Even then, they continue to attempt trans-actions to and for one another, failing unless and until they are somehow replenished.”
https://imperfectlovers.art/
- **Exclusive Base Hunt Drop**
We're kicking off ETH Denver week with our first Refraction artist drops in partnership with @lens/base
Available to mint exclusively on Zora, you can collect NOW ahead of the Denver IRL Base Hunt:
Jimmy Edgar unleashes the hypnotizing A/V work ‘ROTATOR’:
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x2e0017626a4de9d09e54ebd013ec83827ba68a6b/3
Collaborators Regularfantasy and PeaceNode team up on ‘Refactoring Breeze, 100% OFF’:
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x2e0017626a4de9d09e54ebd013ec83827ba68a6b/1
Ahead of her performance at our Black Box party, Latasha drops ‘Hotness’, produced by Kaui:
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x2e0017626a4de9d09e54ebd013ec83827ba68a6b/2
- Artist owning their unlimited futures
- **S.E.E.D.: ZORA COLLECTIVE DROP V1.0 **
Be sure to check this upcoming collaboration between S.E.E.D. and @lens/Zora marketplace. This collection highlights the unique, vibrant visions of Brazilian and Global South creators. Launching February 26th on ZORA, prepare for never-before-seen works inventively merging technology and art.
- **FWB Fest 24**
We're thrilled to return to Idyllwild with our fave internet friends @lens/fwb — August 1-4, see you on the dance floor.
https://fwbfest.xyz/book
- Found object art raising climate change awareness
- This Black History Month we've teamed up with ancurated and Zora to showcase the collaborative Internet Odyssey - “A celebration of Black culture through social media experiences, storytelling, and reimagination.”
We'll be featuring the talented artists of this collection right here on Lens. The open-edition mint is live Feb 19-29th:
https://zora.co/collect/zora:0x63b9dbcdcc075fbc2394c3d51579785f6e7013d5