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Refraction

Refraction

Refraction is an artist-owned community leading the next wave of digital art, music and culture online, onchain and IRL.
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Cultivating Creativity: 2 Years of Refraction DAO

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November 29
As the world grapples with a rising authenticity crisis, there's an urgent call to connect, support, and champion the voices of independent artists.
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Refraction S02 - Community

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Refraction
June 30
In our inaugural two seasons Refraction staged over 10 events worldwide—inviting thousands to experience what our DAO is building— collected 100+ works, and welcomed more than 1000 community members. Of this number, upwards of 500 were practicing artists and musicians
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Season 0 Recap

Building on our model of a decentralized curatorial framework, RefractionDAO has used Web3 as a means to propel art and culture forward, envisioning and executing a new form of festival.
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Creating a Decentralized Curatorial Framework

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Refraction
February 14
RefractionDAO is working toward employing a decentralized curatorial structure built on a framework of shared principles and understandings.

Collected Discourse: Literally Re-writing the Network, Through Emergent NFT Collaboration

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Refraction
November 11
Refraction’s first project is NFT Culture Proof, a collaboration with Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern. They use this historical moment to have us literally write, and re-write, a web3-native framework for storytelling and discourse. It’s an ideal launching point of collaboration for our DAO and Refraction Festival.
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Welcome to RefractionDAO

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Refraction
November 01
We are a decentralized global creative community of artists, curators, technicians, and fans focused on moving the culture forward through collectively reimagining live experiences in the physical world and in the open metaverse. Our cornerstone is Refraction Festival, a month-long fully on-chain IRL<->URL project featuring musical performances and art installations in over ten cities across five continents.