3 days left ⏱ Rewards if you collect the winning art
And the Evolving Landscape of NFTs
Read more about the winning artwork below, and collect yours while it’s available!
We are allocating part of the DeFi Days prize pool to the wallets that purchase and hold the following works of art. Snapshot will take place next week. The reward will be evenly distributed for each work of art, so you can get a reward for each of the winning artworks that you collect!*
Last week, we caught up with IRL in Bangkok with cocktails and art, and we had an inspired conversation with Rarible, Arbitrum, Shavonne Wong, and Codex Projects about the current state of NFTs.
The landscape is evolving, and you’ll want to be along for the ride.
Read the full TL;DR from our blog 👇
The event highlighted ten winning artists from the DeFi Studio Art Contest, curated by Refraction and Codex Projects. From around 100 submissions, the curation team had difficulty selecting the standouts. Some were featured as a drop on Rarible, available through Friday November 22nd at 9am ET.
Now, meet the artists…
Rebecca Rose
Rebecca Rose is an award-winning new media artist who explores human narratives using various collage methods. Rebecca’s work has been shown domestically and abroad, including at The Whitney Museum, Miami Art Week, The Kennedy Space Center, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe.
"Hooch-Zozzled Ripe Tomatoes" LE of 25 | .1 ETH
“Quick, hide the giggle water under the floorboards before them coppers take a gander. Don't wanna get pinched by some flatfoot and thrown in the cooler. We got a sweet bootlegging racket here and can't let 'em razz our berries so keep it mum or we're all gonna be up the river!”
Elisabeth Sweet
Elisabeth Sweet is a poet exploring patterns of randomness, who produces and co-curates widely exhibited collections of poetry while regularly experimenting with non-traditional interview formats.
"Stripped" LE of 3 | .1 ETH
"At low tide, a new poem drifted in to examine old wounds & patterns with sun and a soft breeze. Low tide shows you everything, even the light. 🌊
Dina Chang
Dina Chang is an American artist and curator. Her work is an experimental fusion of traditional photography mixed with machine learning, video, misused software and science.
"CHORUS ONE" LE of 10 | .025 ETH
Nygilia
Nygilia is a visual artist whose practice involves merging elements of fantasy, gaming, and diverse cultural influences, offering immersive experiences that go beyond traditional art.
"Dreamcore Destiny" OE | .00444 ETH
“In the end, it is a new beginning again. Remembering all the wishes that once existed. You make your own story.”
Gabe Weis
Gabe Weis is a renowned mixed-media artist returning to RARI Chain. He is inspired by street art and stoic philosophy and uses a stream-of-consciousness approach to his work to explore perceptions of reality.
“Hivemind” OE | .0069 ETH
“What happens when we work together?”
Shavonne Wong
Shavonne Wong is a digital artist and 3D Virtual Model Creator with a background in Fashion and Advertising Photography. Her work, recognized in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia in 2020, often features life-like virtual models in surreal digital landscapes.
"The Illusion of Connection" OE | .02 ETH
"The Illusion of Connection" is a work that delves into the paradox of our hyper-connected era. It focuses on the irony of our times where we are surrounded by devices that promise constant connectivity, yet often leaving us feeling more isolated than ever.”
Nathaniel Stern
Nathaniel Stern is an artist, writer, NEA, Fulbright, NSF grantee, professor, interventionist, and public citizen.
“i-town” OE | .1 ETH
“I was a very early producer of net.art poetry, and am slowly re-releasing many video works from the late 90s and early 2000s as NFTs. i-town is part of "the odys series" - digital video poems on small screens for nonlinear one-on-one experiences”
Nnaji Kelsen
Nnaji Kelsen (Kelsen Arts) an artist fusing charcoal and digital art. A DeFi Days Lagos workshop attendee, he became the community vote winner of the contest. Kelsen also took our spot reserved for an artist who dropped a grail with his one of one piece.
“TAIRE” | 0.7 ETH
“The buyer of this NFT will have the physical artwork shipped to them at no extra cost. 'Taire' is a charcoal drawing on archival paper which I created as a result of questioning and observations.”
Forexus
Forexus is a 3D artist, Web3 degen and an OG member of RARI DAO. His work won the runner-up community vote in the DeFi Studio contest. Oh, and he’s also a RARI Foundation Delegate 😆
“Farming transaction fees on the Rari Chain, visualized in 3D.”
Big Dan
Big Dan is an audiovisual artist from Thailand and the winner of the spot reserved for DeFi Days workshop attendees.
“HyperWeb” | 0.04 ETH
“Hyperweb translates the intricate microrhythms inspired by Autechre and Aphex Twin into a visual language of grids and webs. Each pulse and glitch is mapped onto shifting geometric patterns, creating a minimalist yet intense exploration of digital texture and structure.”
Collect and get rewarded
We are allocating part of the DeFi Days prize pool to the wallets that purchase and hold the works of art above. Snapshot will take place next week. The reward will be evenly distributed for each work of art, so you can get a reward for each of the winning artworks that you collect!*
*Rewards are granted for purchasing one of the artworks above on Rarible and holding it during the snapshot period next week (November 25-29 2024). Rewards are granted per artwork and per wallet; holding multiple NFTs of the same work of art in the same wallet will not increase your reward, but holding several works of art does!