WAGMIAMI
WAGMIAMI’s presentation includes The Ross Ulbricht Genesis Collection via SuperRare, a unique NFT assemblage of ten artworks by Ross Ulbricht, from early childhood to teen to prisoner, in addition to an original animation by Levitate, inspired by Ulbricht’s time in prison. This collection will be auctioned with proceeds used to support prisoners and their families in various ways and to fund a trust dedicated to efforts to free Ross from a life in prison. The ten works will be assembled on-chain using Kanon’s KSPEC protocol.
WAGMIAMI will showcase K21, the inaugural collection of Kanon: 21 unique and original NFT artworks by a diverse roster of influential and pioneering contemporary, digital, and cryptonative artists. The exhibition will also feature notable experimental artwork from a wide range of legendary and rising artists. Alex Grey will release "Lightbody," a collection of 133 previously unreleased figure drawings captured across five continents since 1995. Each work captures the aura and subtle energy centers with colors that spectrally ascend the spine and surround the figure. Allyson Grey's “Chaos Order Secret Writing,” is a collection of 222 images composed from fundamental components of her work. Inspired by a psychedelic eschaton, an experience that has influenced her unique visual depiction of the sacred evolving in her paintings for five decades. Together, this will be the first releases since their genesis drop raised 7 figures for CoSM in April. Joy Odyssey, will be debuting the new collection, “Metanoia,” featuring 333 unique meditative soundscapes evolving over AI generated butterflies crafted by visual artist NudeRobot.
Several genesis NFT projects will be on display, including Trippy’s “Art Blocks Mandalas,” “Deformations” by Boilman, “IRL” by BRTHR, and “Gradients” by Beaming. Also on exhibit will be various exploratory NFT collections: “ACAB” by Pussy Riot, the female performance artist and activist recently honored in the “100 Women Of The Year” project by Time magazine, Trippy Labs’ AI experimentation, “Blotter Party,” “Windows of Souls” by Lowdash, and “Daemonica,” a set of occult operations as a new on-chain artwork anonymously created by an artist in the K21 Collection with Kanon.
There are many collaborations involving Trippy being announced or revealed throughout the week including “Jadu Hoverboards” w/ Snoop Dogg, Grimes, Lewis Hamilton & Mimi Onuoha, “NPC” w/ Coldie × Beer Candid, “Dekotora” w/ Boilman & “TBA” w/ Pussy Riot × Gremplin.
The largest NFT Photography Show yet will convene with over 35 of the top leading photographers in the NFT space. Featuring John Knopf, Cath Simard, Drift, Reuben Wu, Dave Krugman, JN Silva, Ben Strauss, Alejandro Cartagena, and Ravi Vora. NFT community favorite Nathan Beer (beercandid) will be setting precedent with his new photography project “MetaObscura.”
For further entertainment and pure enjoyment, Link Miami Rebels has gathered an exceptional musical roster of our very favorites to join the event, including Rüfüs Du Sol, Mayan Warrior, Anyma, Monolink, Saint Vie, Joy Odyssey, Claptone, Purple Disco Machine, Loco Dice b2b Michael Bibi, Luciano, and Art Department.
On the concluding night of the festival, WAGMIAMI is honored to host Masisi, a Black Queer Caribbean Party, Creative Content Collective, and Online Platform that explores a range of different talents, histories, lineages, and narratives across the Afro-Caribbean diasporas through different events and programming. In co-curation with Seet Deh Productions, a locally anchored POC Queer artist collective, Masisi will bring together artists of the Miami community for an evening of art, music and performance.
WAGMIAMI is the first of its kind in the NFT genre, organized as a mix of discovery, reflection, interaction, experimentation and fun. Open to all, guided visits will be available in the main gallery: small groups will be invited to enjoy the installations in an intimate and immersive experience. The exhibition on display in the main gallery will be augmented by a series of satellite installations throughout the festival venue. The overall space will invite visitors to explore and interact with the event as a whole, and audiences can expect unannounced exhibits and surprises.
WAGMIAMI NFT Festival by Entoptic × Kanon is made possible through the community and team support of Trippy Labs. Sponsorship is solely from entities that don’t pillage the world. It’s the perfect venue to connect and network with motivated and imaginative creatives immersed in the exciting and transformative NFT domain, a future anyone can help shape.
Entoptic is an extension of Trippy Labs, a metaverse laboratory, dedicated to initiating new formats in the NFT sphere that bring together multiple disciplines and mediums. Deeply rooted in community connections, Entoptic strives to facilitate experimentation, exchange, and activism in an effort to open up NFTs to a wider and artworld native audience. This developing collective bridges artists from the unknown to the museum-recognized. WAGMIAMI constitutes the first of Entoptic’s endeavours.
Kanon is a collective of art, design, and cryptonative technology professionals dedicated to establishing enduring protocols and products for the art of the next 100 years. Kanon leverages the decentralized finance ecosystem to recast patronage, philanthropy, curation, and custodianship. In doing so, Kanon is creating a new model in which artistic expression, structural experimentation, and financial return are mutually reinforcing.
In March 2021, Kanon launched the K21 Collection, a closed-end art vault of 21 unique and original NFT artworks by a diverse roster of influential and pioneering contemporary, digital, and cryptonative artists. In August 2021, Kanon launched KSPEC, an open-source, permissionless protocol that provides institutional-grade provenance to any NFT and allows creators to make any NFT extensible and updatable.
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Purchase one of the required NFTs for entry at:
https://wagmiami.io (Mint a .1 Week Pass)
https://opensea.io/collection/pussyriotacab
https://opensea.io/collection/jadu-jetpack
https://opensea.io/collection/genesis-gradients-by-beaming