Refraction Newsletter 63
Sasha Stiles Airdrop for Refract Pass holders, look ahead to the New Year and a look back at 2023.
Refraction x Lisbon Arroz Estudios 📷 by Filipa Aurélio
As we complete another spin around the sun, we’re seeing the growing interest and belief in what we’re building together as Refraction and we’re here for it! While we’re proud of what we’ve accomplished in the last 12 months (and phew, we did A LOT) — we are exceptionally excited about what we see ahead for 2024.
But first a fun announcement for our early supporters…
“This piece from 2022 is from a series of transhuman translations, transposing bits of poetry into Cursive Binary, a language I invented as a kind of fusion of human and machine tongues.”
-Sasha Stiles on her piece Cursive Binary: cloud vellum indelible (2022)
Refract Pass holders rejoice! As a ‘thank you’ for being an early supporter of Refraction we are dedicated to providing yearlong perks - including the best digital art from amazing artists, airdropped to your wallet for free. This month is no exception as we are excited to gift our Pass holders ‘Cursive Binary: cloud vellum indelible (2022)‘ from the incredible Sasha Stiles.
Not a holder? Mint a Refract Pass here before January 15 to receive this Sasha Stiles work, more art, and access to all of our events and more!
Further deets on Sasha Stiles and the drop below ↴
Sasha Stiles is a first-generation Kalmyk-American poet, language artist, and AI researcher, exploring the intersection of text and technology, and is known for her pioneering experiments with generative literature and blockchain poetics.
A co-founder of theVERSEverse, a web3 gallery and writers' collective, Stiles showcases her multidimensional, transdisciplinary pieces in physical and virtual exhibitions worldwide. Her vision for the future of poetry goes beyond the literary and artistic to encompass the role that linguistic innovations have always played in the development of human consciousness, and the augmentation of human imagination.
Read more about the work and her process in this recent interview on the Refraction website.
If you don't own a Refract Pass, you still have until January 15th to purchase one and get this exclusive Sasha Stiles piece only available to holders.
Grab your Refract Pass now and be part of this exclusive drop 💖
2023 has been quite the whirlwind 😅 From Denver, Montreal, New York, Paris, Lisbon and Miami, to our Fellowship, Grants Program, and early experiments with video streaming, we are amped to continue to build, experiment and bring together what is hands down the best community in digital culture today.
Thanks to all the artists, collectors, cultural operators, fans and supporters including our partners Towns, FWB, Outland, Lens, Zora, fxhash, theVERSEverse, Seed Club, Songcamp Tezos, Mutek, Resident Advisor, Vertical, Livepeer and everyone else who’ve made this year incredible. Next year is already looking amazing with confimed events at EthDenver, NFTNYC and beyond! Can’t wait to share what we’ve got cooking in the New Year. 👀
As always thank you for supporting our mission to champion digital arts and culture.
Until next year! 💖💖💖
