Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
added by Esther Eze · updated 10mo ago
Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
If we continually root ourselves in base notions of fear, darkness, alienation, we in web3 are going to find ourselves struggling with the same things we struggle with today; people outside who are hyper-critical get the sense we’re not speaking to real problems.
from Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
Esther Eze added 2y ago
My web3 fears are that the basis for it all is two artefacts which were already distant to most people: financialization and the 1% art market (art as status or identity exploration which is so hyper 1%). These are potentially alienating bases to start from; where does it mean we can go?
from Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
Esther Eze added 2y ago
- Through DJing, sampling, mixing, music embodies so much of what we’re exploring. It’s our job as builders to find references that “re-unlock” the values we’re trying to embody in the present, and turn these into new forms. Allow yourself the joy of losing yourself in the inputs; this is the nature of remixes or samples. We’re both looking at the wo... See more
from Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
Natalie Audelo added 10mo ago
My web3 fears are that the basis for it all is two artefacts which were already distant to most people: financialization and the 1% art market (art as status or identity exploration which is so hyper 1%). These are potentially alienating bases to start from; where does it mean we can go?
from Expanding Our Cultural Reference Points
Esther Eze added 2y ago