NFT Culture Proof had several performances between 2021 and 2022. It is:

1. a participatory performance on the Blockchain
2. a completely on-chain collaborative text
3. a collective artwork and crypto-native NFT series

NFT Culture Proof was originally a 32-day Blockchain performance, where every participant continuously adds to a collaborative stream of live but immutable text, which will be permanently placed on-chain. Each day, there are “writing prompts” from artists, thinkers, and writers in the cryptoverse, which will both focus and drive the texts we produce. It was the first large-scale Blockchain work of its kind, making the public ledger an active stage for collective creativity. It was performed several times between 2021 and 2022.

Every text-block submitted generates a unique NFT for the participant. These will also live completely on-chain, as crypto-native SVGs. They are generated in real-time to include the date, day of participation (out of 32), edition number, and your submitted text (up to 128 characters), as well as the 7 lines that preceded your own. (And some generatively produced colors, and rare attributes. Read more about the NFTs.) With every participation token purchased, a second will be given away to previous buyers. We encourage communication and collaboration with others!

NFT Culture Proof was part of Refraction Festival and the RefractionDAO, also at NFT.NYC, and is a collaboration between Nathaniel Stern and Scott Kildall.

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Our project is inspired by On Kawara’s Date Paintings, which attested to his participation in the world on any given day, and various ongoing projects by crypto-writers more generally. It also follows text-based Blockchain projects like Loot, Token Equals Text, Art Blocks, and Untitled Frontier, which respectively facilitated storytelling and collaboration, stored on-chain text for NFT images, generated code-based NFTs on-chain, and moved between collective writing and image-based art. We refer to our NFTs as Cultures: they are your proof of participation, proof of collective performance, proof of ownership, and proof of culture.

There will be 256 text-blocks available for purchase on day one, and another 256 added each day. With each purchase, a second text-block will be given away to previous participants. This is to encourage intensive, community-oriented, and ongoing dialog. It also means that after you participate, you may be randomly selected to contribute again, at no extra cost. Get in early, and often, for greater chances at more collaboration and more NFTs!

After 32 days, the NFT Culture Proof main performance will be considered complete; there will be no more on-chain dialog or NFTs produced. But the work will continue its life along with the Blockchain. The stories will continue on the secondary NFT market, with performance histories, in art collection legacies, and through as-yet-unknown ad-hoc communities and dialogical exchange.

More information: https://nftculture.art/