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June 2022

NFTSEA Takes Over NYC Seaport as the Premiere Community-Driven, Immersive Event During NFT.NYC 

New York, NY – NFTSEA is a massive indoor, outdoor, in-person, and live-streamed event featuring multiple top tier partners, sponsors, artists, and one-of-a-kind experiences taking over The Seaport on June 20, 2022. 

NFTSEA is a full-day activation and immersive NFT space combining large-scale art showcases, augmented reality (AR) experiences, panel discussions, workshops, local food, artisanal cocktails, live music, and streaming content. NFTSEA is bridging the metaverse with the IRL energy of The Seaport waterfront destination, inviting communities to participate in an ever-expanding NFT space that offers something unique for everyone. 

iPic Fulton Market, Monday 6/20, 6PM-12AM

NFTSEA is heading a first-of-its-kind takeover of iPic Fulton Market, a luxury 8 screen movie theater in The Seaport. There will be a live music theater, a Live Twitter Spaces theater, and theaters programmed by some of NFTSEA’s sponsors, including TIMEPieces, Adorama, and Parallel. Theaters will also feature emerging artists via community submissions, Collector Vaults from Deeze, Guy Norcal, etc. and a movie premiere with Julie Pacino and Cult of Pink. There will be a mixologist creating custom cocktails for each theater and an upstairs bar where we’ll have DJs all evening, and an ALLSHIPS speakeasy—only accessible via bookshelf. 

More details below:

• All participating partners have curated several interactive, artistic, and educational spaces for the community to enjoy IRL. Partners include Aku, ALLSHIPS, Animus, Artifex, Atomic Form, BlockParty, Cult of Pink, and Guppy NFT. 
• TIMEPieces, a web3 initiative from TIME, will have a showcase of artworks from their collection as well as leadership speakers. 
• Aku, the cryptonative digital character created by artist and former professional athlete Micah Johnson, will participate in the activation. An interactive and AR-enabled statue of the iconic character, who is based on Johnson’s own experience of hearing a young boy ask if astronauts could be Black, will be unveiled and displayed throughout the day.
• Atomic Form, will be featuring work on Wave displays from collections by Artifex, Guy Norcal, Bitcoin Palmer, Guppy NFT, Roger Dickerman & NFTGirl.
• Artifex Unreal will be programming a theater with a cinematic presentation of Artifex Unreal, an interactive world powered by Artifex utilizing Unreal Engine 5. 
• SHILLR will have a theater dedicated to a Meditation & Music Experience. This will be a dedicated space with audio activations and visuals that are optimized for mindfulness. Grammy Award-winning composer and sound engineer Matt Wong will program and compose meditation music and chill beats that participants will hear as they explore the space. Featuring the collection of Deeze and art by Animus, the goal of this theater is to create an environment where people can unwind and relax during NFTSEA.
• Parallel will showcase the PDIV Artwork and host a panel discussion on the power of Web3 gaming.
• Adorama will host a panel on Photography in Web3, a short film premier, and a photography exhibition curated by Ben Skaar.
• vSpace.live is bringing NFT SEA to you anywhere in the world! Shop NFTs and enjoy a livestream of the Twitter Spaces Theater while mingling with other virtual guests & friends. RSVP via vspace.live/nftsea.

A theater dedicated to Twitter Spaces will be featuring beloved spaces LIVE, including the GM Show, Norcal & Shill, Origin Stories, Ladies Night, BIPOC, and La Bodega. A live music theater will include performances from SassyBlack, Emmet Cohen, Ollie Chanin, Ed Balloon, G.Love & Chuck Treece, and Latasha.

The upstairs Tuck Room will feature sets by DJs including TOMI, REO, and Maachew Bentley. We will have mixologist curated menus, and a hidden ALLSHIPS mezcal speakeasy. 

Fulton Street, Monday 6/20, 1PM-10PM

NFTSEA will rent out Fulton Street, between South Street and Water Street, which will be open to the public with DJs, three art installations: an inflatable sculpture by Defaced, a video wall curated by some of the top Web3 artists, and a 12’ AR activated Aku Sculpture. There will also be a Tiki Bar operated by Sunday in Brooklyn and an AR scavenger hunt by Illust.  

3D artworks can be experienced up close in grand scale in the Artifex Sculpture Garden. These sculptures are designed specifically for AR and to be travel-ready for activation throughout the metaverse. 

NFTSEA movie posters designed by top digital artists will also be AR-activated and will be available to purchase through Blockparty, with proceeds donated to children’s cancer research. Featured artists include Defaced, RaviVora, Animus, POSTWOOK, Nate Hill, A.L. Grime, Tormius, and Raja Nandepu, with more to be released in the weeks preceding the event. Blockparty-goers can unlock augmented reality features via the Illust Space app.  

An outdoor stage will feature performances from DJ CYN, SCHTOMPA, CHÍC BANGS, Customodel, Latasha, REO, DJ Brownie, and MORESOUPPLEASE from 1PM until 10PM. 

Details

NFTSEA
Monday, June 20, 2022
6:00 PM – 12:00 AM 

South Street Seaport, NYC
Fulton Street

NFTSEA is produced by GuppyNFT and a team of female-identifying leaders in the Web3 space responsible for legendary installations and parties at Art Basel, NFT NYC 2021, Bitcoin Miami, ETH Denver and countless music festivals and art installations. NFTSEA’s partners include ALLSHIPS, Animus, Artifex, Atomic Form, Blockparty, Cult of Pink, GuppyNFT, and sponsors include TIMEPieces, Adorama, and Parallel. 

About Adorama

Adorama has been serving customers for almost 50 years and has grown from its flagship NYC store to include four successful online retailers: Adorama, SunnySports, Scuba.com, and Printique. Shopping is available online or at the company’s storefront in New York City and the Scuba.com storefront in Costa Mesa, CA. Orders can also be placed via our inbound and outbound sales team and Adorama personal shoppers. Our newly opened Salt Lake City warehouse and contact center offer faster shipping options across the country. The company also rents equipment through Adorama Rental Co. in Manhattan and Brooklyn and serves institutions via Adorama Business Solutions. Adorama customers can connect to a network of experts through its interactive blog 42West, through AdoramaTV and AdoramaMusic, social media, and with live online and in-person events.

About Aku

Aku is a digital explorer and crypto-native IP created by artist and former MLB player, Micah Johnson. Launched in February 2021, Aku has since become the first NFT to be optioned for film and television projects, as well as the first NFT to travel to space. Aku is a conduit to empower the next generation of astronauts, explorers, and dreamers. Aku has been named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022. 

About ALLSHIPS

ALLSHIPS is a coalition of creatives, with a focus on high quality content created by our community of vetted artists. We build bridges between brands and creators, in order to provide world class visuals via a streamlined process. Our curation of talent is based upon real community connections, which ensures that every project we build reaches its maximum potential. We believe that the best work comes from strong human connections. Creativity is a collaborative process, and every component of a creative execution reflects on the final product. We’ve built a network of creatives we trust and love working with- by mixing and matching these artists based on client needs, we are capable of making work that stands out, with deep specificity and fast turnarounds. A rising tide raises all ships- so our foundation is built upon a shared sense of community.

About Animus

Animus is an artist collective that aims to empower creatives across different disciplines and establish meaningful connections in art within the transformational technologies of Web3 and the blockchain.  Bringing the artists to center stage.  Always thinking, always adapting.  Made by Animus – built by artists.

About Artifex

Artifex is a time capsule honoring a group of top 100 NFT artists who each create a metaphorical self portrait. We believe that digital art is the future: Blockchain enables a Renaissance, where NFTs are the canvas. Artists add color to our world – they are the catalysts who light and lead the way.  Artists include Micah Johnson, Raf Grassetti, LIŔONA, Bryan Brinkman, Chewy Stoll, Tommy Wilson, Roger Kilimanjaro, Jonathan Wolfe,Josh Pierce, and more. 

About Atomic Form

Atomic Form makes hardware and software for NFTs and Web3 media. We build for a blockchain-based internet-of-property that spans networks, currencies, video games, art,  collectibles, and identification. We understand that community, shared interests, and resources are the backbone of distributed networks – be it stemming from the early Bitcoin Forums or the Trollbox or your local meet-up. We acknowledge the Internet as a proper noun and we design  our products to fit the needs of a new generation of users to manage, explore and pave the  way for what is to come while maximizing the utility of what is already here.  

About BlockParty

Blockparty has created a new class of digital collectibles across art, music, and sports to enable users to share and earn value together. Through its Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Marketplace and suite of tools, Blockparty will enable fans to fully own, sell, and trade digital assets while allowing creators to build more valuable relationships with their fans by offering incentives, rewards, and giveaways through digital collectibles. Blockparty is headquartered in New York City, NY, and available to users across the globe. For more information, visit https://www.blockparty.co/.

About GuppyNFT

GuppyNFT is an NFT Agency empowering and enabling futuristic artists. GuppyNFT works to help artists scale their ideas and realize their wildest dreams.

About Parallel

Parallel is a Sci-Fi Trading Card Game (TCG) utilizing the power of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) to give players ownership of their cards and other game assets. The cards can be used to build a deck and play in an online client / mobile game which is currently in development. 

About TIMEPieces

Since March 2021, TIME has developed initiatives in web3 that have led to the development of a passionate community of over 40,000 artists, collectors and enthusiasts. TIMEPieces has dropped five collections, having recently announced a drop with Timbaland and 14 visual artists that will mint at the end of April. Last month, TIMEPieces dropped the first-ever full magazine issue as an NFT on the blockchain featuring a cover story on Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. TIMEPieces holders can connect their digital wallets to TIME.com for frictionless access to the website. To learn more about TIME’s work in the NFT community, visit time.com/timepieces.

About vSpace

The Brooklyn-based Women-and-Minority owned cross-reality (XR) platform is on a mission to bring accessibility and human connection to virtual experiences and hybrid events. The web-based platform is both desktop and mobile friendly and features spatial audio with  face-to-face interactions so attendees can choose to show up as their authentic selves or as an avatar. 

The virtual gallery is best experienced on Google Chrome’s Desktop Browser and does not require any extra hardware or software to connect.