# Some Social Media is Art *The next CoCreation exploring Casts as Art* By [ChrisCoCreated](https://paragraph.com/@cocreated) ยท 2023-12-29 art, cocreation, community art --- Some Casts are Art ------------------ Digital art in web3 is transcendent; not the mere pixels, but the profound societal shift that is happening through the new technologies and the structures web3 is enabling. I am proposing that the act of casting (writing words and publishing them) on a decentralised protocol is a work of art in its own right. If we view the action of casting from the perspective of an artistic statement, taking part in this open web of immutable digital connections is powerful. The concept is able to transport us into new ways of seeing and thinking, to open up new perspectives, to perhaps be building an additional dimension of thought. The interweaving net of ideas that casting causes, and the questions it is asking of us about the nature of our society, our communities, our relationships are profound. > "Art should be something that liberates your soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further" **Keith Haring** The protocol as a whole is radical, and then _some_ of the casts (320 character text messages, with links to further content) are then profound in their own right. However we present these transformative casts in the same way as all the other disposable content - we fail to imbue them with power and effect. Imbuing them as sacred object ----------------------------- The piece we are making starts to ask the question - how to make casts sacred objects - ones that are bigger then themselves, that enable us to glimpse something larger through them? > Objects, words, images are tools, are vessels that take you "elsewhere." This is their function. [**Federico Campagna**](https://warpcast.com/ilyat/0x38c9e162) We are making a work together within the CoCreated community to explore this. Selecting between 9 and 25 casts to be included (with permission) and displayed as works of art, rather than as a social media scroll. This cast from @July provoked the thinking about casts as art, and is the first _cast as art_ to be included. [https://warpcast.com/july/0xee0a4d2c](https://warpcast.com/july/0xee0a4d2c) Collectively we will curate between 8 and 24 more Process & Deadlines ------------------- I intend to enter this into the Optimism art contest closing on the 8th Jan. With winnings / mint profits shared between artist, castor and curators. [ ![](https://welovetheart.optimism.io/wp-content/themes/minter/assets/img/content/heartart1.webp) https://welovetheart.optimism.io We Love the Art --------------- Skip to Content An onchain art contest with 1,200,000 OP in prizes. Extended submission deadline Jan 8th at 23:00 UTC. Art fulfills the human desire to create and connect. Blockchains have opened up a whole new design space for artists. By highlighting these creators we're shining a light on the creativity and innovation occurring onchain. ](https://welovetheart.optimism.io/) 1) [Propose casts](https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820) that meet the criteria of artwork - that the text stands alone as art (without relying on embedded links) and can be effectively justified to the rest of CoCreated as an artwork - **Deadline 2nd Jan 11:59 EST** 2) [CoLaborators](https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/collection/colaborator-1kh7uh1vg1vy8) select the casts to include - by 5th Jan 3) Casts presented in a single HTML artwork created by ChrisCoCreated The artwork will be limited edition with a copy airdropped to all CoLaborators and selected artists and the rest offered to the market. It will also be entered into We Love the Art - by 8th Jan. **All proceeds and winnings will be shared as follows:** Chris - concept, facilitation, execution 40% Cast Authors - 20% split between all selected casts Curators - 20% split between the proposer of all selected casts Voters - 10% shared between all [CoLaborators](https://hypersub.withfabric.xyz/collection/colaborator-1kh7uh1vg1vy8) involved in selecting CoCreated Wallet - 10% for the community to [curate with](https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0xadfbe4f8) ### Propose casts for inclusion What casts should we include? Respond to [this cast](https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820) with your suggestions (proposals welcome from everyone - sele [https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820](https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820) tion will be made by CoLaborators): [https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820](https://warpcast.com/chriscocreated/0x65748820) Chris ![](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/emoji-datasource-apple/img/apple/64/1f388.png) --- *Originally published on [ChrisCoCreated](https://paragraph.com/@cocreated/some-social-media-is-art)*