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[Ben Roy @benroy]

The Magic of Marfa 📝

Marfa doesn’t really make sense until you get there.

At first glance, it’s this unremarkable little town of ~1500 people in west Texas, but as soon as you arrive and acclimatize, something clicks. The buildings that look run down on the outside have thoughtful interior design. The food is higher quality than you’d expect. There are little art galleries scattered around the town and the owners are often from LA or NYC.

It feels like an odd mash up between urban energy and small town serenity that somehow just works.

The reason I went to Marfa was for Art Blocks Weekend, which is a 3 day “conference” focused on generative art and the culture that has grown around it. Of all the crypto-related gatherings I’ve been to this was the most unique and by far my favorite. I want to try and capture why that’s the case as I kill some time waiting to catch my flight home.

Since Marfa is so far away (I drove from Austin which took 6.5 hours), Art Blocks Weekend ended up only attracting people who truly wanted to be there. So, I found that automatically everyone I met was cool & shared a lot of the same interests. It was so fun to refresh old relationships and meet some online friends for the first time as well. Nothing beats seeing the look on people’s faces when they meet in real life and realize they’ve known each other for ages on the internet.

I don’t know exact numbers, but I heard about 500 people attended this year and that sounds right. The small size made the weekend feel approachable and community driven. It was basically summer camp for digital art and culture nerds – in the best way – and that stands in contrast to the more mainstream conferences where thousands of folks attend, and everybody is scattered across their own tracks and side events.

I spent most of my time in Marfa volunteering with Glitch which is a digital art gallery run by friends of mine Derek, Maddy, Steve, and Zack. There were panels, mixers, parties, art displays, and artist signings. The events covered generative art, digital fashion, AR/VR, art markets, and more. And in my down time, I checked out Art Blocks programming which consisted of multiple activations, panels, displays, meals, and other shenanigans.

What sticks out to me about all these different events across the whole weekend is the through line was celebrating digital artists and their work. But more than that… it actually felt authentic: artists, collectors, VCs, traders, enthusiasts all coming together to pause for a moment and realize that together we’ve built a little scene on the internet (and in real life) that is magical. I’ll be back next year.

Credit to @ethereum_dapps, @jonathancolon + @pridesai for the pictures ✊

[Redlion @redlion]

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What should we be collecting today?

Feel free to share your art🖼️

[Art Blocks @artblocks_io]

Art Blocks Marfa Weekend is in full swing! 🌞🌵

Tag your posts with #abmarfa23 to share the vibes.

[Art Blocks @artblocks_io]

Our Heart + Craft physical is ready to greet you at the Art Blocks Gallery space ❤️

See you soon, and add yours to the wall!

[Sov @unrealSov]

Enabled.

Now anyone can speak to anyone, anytime, in Sovpunk Museum. Permission-less, host-less

🎤🎤

[Tenacious @TenaciousBit]

The SEC news today confirms one thing

Larva Labs had the right idea

Free mint, no promises, no royalties, no utility

[Sov @unrealSov]

Punk Elements: all 87 attributes and 3 types

[Redlion @redlion]

To every member who has been part of this voyage, from every corner of the world, your passion has been the soul of Redlion 🌍❤️
@redlioneye @dudly_art @lamamals @0xqruz @CryptoForager81 @TiborRL @ma_sweetpotato

[CryptoPunks @cryptopunks]

A new flow for accepting bids on the https://t.co/g3ywdFRtjH website has been implemented utilizing a private provider that will seamlessly integrate the use of Flashbots RPC to prevent front running of bids. Punks accepting bids have the option to opt out of the private provider

[Max. @max_wgmi]

Punks gotta be the most recognisable brand on twitter/web3 - straight out of the box.

New @punkcastxyz animation with the super talented @adamgrabowski_!!

Enjoy!

[Redlion @redlion]

Ever felt the disconnect between your NFT and the physical world? No more!

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Collectors, bring your favorite CryptoArt to life!

Transform your collection into real-world prints with Redlion's Printer dApp and dive into the revolution 🖼️🎨

[Sov @unrealSov]

Second thoughts, yes. Regrets? Actually never. It’s important for artwork that someone, somewhere is unwilling to sell. I’ve been more than happy to be that person

In some real way, art has to be about more than money

[SquiggleDAO @squiggleDAO]

🛎️ Let's giveaway one of these Squiggle Skateboards 🛎️

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[Simon Clowes @simon_clowes]

Really looking forward to this ↓

[Mullet @MulletOnX]

Owning a Cryptopunk in the future will be like belonging to an exclusive high-end club, but without the unnecessary fuss. Reserved for enthusiasts and early adopters, it will symbolize a unique connection to the world of digital art and decentralized culture.

[niftynaut @niftynaut]

Ok so @frankNFT_eth ran it and I re-ran mine and we both can confirm now that 267 wallets claimed (including LarvaLabs because they claimed an additional 20 to the 1k they reserved). If you scrape the assign event you get 287 wallets (thank you @doyle126).

[seedphrase @seedphrase]

One of the safest long-term plays IMO. You can't bet against Snowfro and the collection that started an entire on-chain genart movement. I think these outperform Punks next cycle percentage-wise 🚀

[CryptoPunks @cryptopunks]

The official CryptoPunks discord now has support for @delegatedotxyz verification. Punks can now verify ownership of their CryptoPunks and Wrapped CryptoPunks using @delegatedotxyz or https://t.co/QrK3z8vAFs.

[Fingerprints @FingerprintsDAO]

Meet the Voxelglyph by @larvalabs, in partnership with Fingerprints (a thread).

In addition to representing DAO membership via NFT format, the Voxelglyph is an intricate, complex structure and artwork.

Let’s explore it — but first, let’s look back in time.

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[beeple @beeple]

CONNECT. 🙏