I’m very excited to announce we are working on a new cryptoart metaverse show titled Utopia / Dystopia.
As you may know my project Gigatura is about a dystopian future in which we all may suddenly find ourselves. It’s also about the power of working together in hostile environments and breaking free from authoritarian regimes. My project explores both of these opposite worlds, so it’s quite fitting to have a community art show that explores both concepts.
Part of the reason I’m interested in doing this show, is that artists much choose which theme to depict: utopia or dystopia. I’m interested in learning what artists think the future will be like….
My team and I will be working with MOCA on this exhibition.
ALL ART SUBMISSIONS WILL BE EXHIBITED WITH THE MAX NUMBER SET AT 198.4.
This exhibition follows the design that I innovated back in 2021, with half of it being a community art show (all entries are exhibited) and half of it being a curated show.
MOCA will display the community art show, and the curated show will be in my Stellabelle Voxels gallery. If you want to learn more about this style of exhibition read my article about the Fuck Wall Street Show.
All submissions will be exhibited in the MOCA Hyperfy galleries on a first come first serve basis with the first 198.4 being shown. I along with my team will pick our favorites to be in the curated show, in my Stellabelle Voxels gallery.
The first 198.4 entries will be accepted as long as the rules are followed:
Rule 1: Each artist must pick only one theme: Utopia or Dystopia for their artwork.
Rule 2: Only one piece of art can be submitted per artist.
Rule 3: Your art must be minted and you can use any chain, any platform.
Deadline for art submission: December 10, 2023
Date of Utopia / Dystopia Art Shows: January 1, 2024
To submit your art please fill out this typeformbefore December 10, 2023:
https://9z5nb2mavd5.typeform.com/to/Nkl0PXLw
For Artists: Here’s a template you can use to share your art on social media so go ahead and download it and add your art plus your artist name:
Here's the poster:
Let’s find out what we think the future will be like,
Stellabelle
ps: If you think my work is important for the crypto art culture, consider buying one of our Artizen nfts for .01 ETH: https://www.artizen.fund/project/gigatura
Looks interesting!!!
I ll be checking It out, i would love to participate! ❤️🤖
yeah go ahead and fill out the typeform, as i mentioned all art submissions will be exhibited as long as it's submitted in time...
i want to make something for this!
yes you definitely should!!!!
I'm going to try to make something for this 🎉
thanks Julia! It should be fun, as MOCA will put together two different galleries, one for utopia, one for dystopia, and then we will make a curated show in my gallery..
Is there one place where I can read all the Lore? I went to the website but didn't find everything like GOMA and some of the other terms I've seen on twitter?
i'm still working on it, writing it. i'll let you know when it is more fleshed out. Thanks for reading about it...organizing is still a hard thing for me....i have started writing the story..
Ok cool, I was thinking of making a song to enter so I was looking for story inspiration 😀
ok, here's what i've written so far:
Enter the world of Mirage in the year 2045, a Dark Enlightenment hellscape where one mega corporation, Gigacorp has seized control of the government and simple freedoms that were once enjoyed are now just a memory. A lot of the story centers around artists who get replaced by AI. Since AI is thousands of times better at art than any human, artists no longer make art, and most end up working in factories, prompt prisons and the WAGMI fast-food restaurant chain.
In order to control the citizens of Mirage, Gigacorp launched its social credit score system called the Giga Score, on a scale of 0-1000. As long as their score remains above 300, citizens are provided with a free monthly distribution of GOMA, a medicated gum that induces happiness, and diminishes negative thoughts. GOMA is highly addictive and withdrawals are bad enough that most people don’t ever want to go through that. Getting free GOMA is a big deal to the citizens of Mirage especially since most people are poor and a bit on the miserable side. Anyone who dips below a Giga Score of 300 will be automatically added to a list that prevents them from flying, taking trains, leaving Mirage, getting a house or a lucrative job.
The Gigatura project centers around a young woman named Tura, an artist who loses her art career to AI in 2040. Tura, like many artists who were replaced by AI had to find employment and getting a job at the WAGMI restaurant was the easiest route.
Tura’s life turns completely upside down when her mother is killed by robots in a WAGMI meat factory. Tura learns that her mother often disobeyed her manager’s orders. After she was killed, they hung her body underneath a WAGMI billboard, to set an example for other workers. But actually, no one in Mirage noticed her hanging body. They thought it was part of the WAGMI marketing on the billboard.
The killing of her mom was Tura’s life changing moment, when she began to question everything. As her Giga Score plummets, and she loses access to her GOMA, she experiences bad withdrawals, and delirium. It is during her GOMA withdrawals that she wanders into a forest and by chance discovers a flying rabbit. The flying rabbit leads her to the door of the Freezone.
This is very helpful!