Highlights and rememes of the Meme Maxis, week of December 5 – cover “Memes Outside #5: Hold the Line” (announcement) by art_icu_late.

NFT collections rocketing beyond recognition-escape-velocity have a way of finding kindred community and, as The Memes by 6529 (and their offspring, meme derivatives) scatter throughout the stratosphere, membership – among memers and rememers, participants of PFP projects such as nouns and cryptodickbutts, and collectors of generative and other crypto-affine art – increasingly overlaps.

One project notable for an ethos compatible with The Memes is sartoshi’s mfers: a pioneer of leaderless art community, an early champion of on-chain cc0 art, and above all an attitude and a fistful of shared values. “Mfers do what they want” 🤝 “We say gm and gn”.

Like candles on charts denominated in sats, the epic scope of sartoshi’s re-appearance this week could have only followed their fanfare-filled vanishing act six months ago. The maxis find themselves atwitter with speculative possibilities irrefutable alpha regarding the future of mfers, other choice collections, and also who wins the 2022 World Cup this following week.

The Memes wend their way towards expanded audiences in the 3D-world also, thanks to ChrizRoc, who threads them throughout his public talk in Berlin, titled “The Importance of Crypto Values". This slide deck suffused with meme cards makes clear: these “memes” we keep banging on about, day after day, epitomize actual real-world stakes, on issues critical to our collective future.

No matter our degree of pseudonymity, as we step towards the new year, the prospect of reinventing ourselves looms before us. And yet, could it be that those who prioritize exploring what they can do for others seem the most inspiring of all?

A spooky parallel dimension enveloped the world of crypto this month, with unrelenting, ubiquitous news coverage presenting Sam B. Fried as a misunderstood robin-hood. Once again affirming the power of memes as the apex objects of our culture, punk6529 and 6529er keep calm and meme on, focusing on the medium for the message:

As of this writing, signor B. Fried has finally been arrested, and faces the possibility of over 150 years in prison. That’s a hop and a week after the airdrop of FTXPepe: none-too-shabby for a humble meme card*.

( * plus sustained, global outcry )

Inspired by GOXPEPE, the 2nd Pepe, FTXPepe shares the same edition size of 1,500 and reminds us that without self-custody of funds, our very freedom to transact is placed in grave jeopardy.

Now that SeizerDAO is sanded smooth, plugged-in, up and running, our first acquisitions are confirmed (aptly, the triple-decker genesis meme cards) and an inaugural donation is delivered: HugoFaz’s very own artist card #30, Human Intelligence-Generated OM.

MintFace ups the ante next, with an entire collection of derivatives from his Seize and Share collection, details and collection sizes of which can be found on his site – 1, 2, and 3 – and also by visiting the expansive OnCyber gallery –

And paulwilsonimage sends a vision of the heavens, the very stuff of dreams, to the vault as well.

Gifts for the DAO somehow, altogether, create a sense of communal spirit, uplift, and maybe even songs sung in harmony (credit to ParaChica). We’ll wrap up this section with Burnasso striking up the band –

passion is so essential in life if you want to do something from the heart then you can't do it without passion humanity should always be at the core of everything you do we must understand that we cannot exist without each other, the mutuality and togetherness

CHAOS among the Maxis! … upon learning that the OG ROBNESS is the artist behind our midweek meme drop.

Sometime in the subsequent 24 hours, someone switches the lights back on, revealing a moody masterpiece by ROBNESS and PeepingTallulah (teaser and announcement) –

If there is a theme for this week’s issue, it’s the recurring clash of power brokers who seek money and control, against and at the expense of those who refuse to compromise freedoms. Crypto art’s Trash Art movement exemplifies this conflict, having blossomed into popular awareness nearly three years ago, when ROBNESS responded to a suspension from SuperRare over his artwork featuring a literal trash can by declaring legitimacy for trash art as a whole –

Even the most overlooked materials, as long as we decide to value them, deserve safeguarding. And so thus does TRASHOR exhort us to use our damn hardware wallets, no matter how raggedy or rusty the refuse.

The readymade rubbish bin, made adorable and still employed to protect one’s most treasured assets? G9ralt extends ROBNESS’s subversion of expectations with this derivative d’art, mashed up with a grouch gone green.

[Aside: At the junction of mfers and Duchamp, presented without further comment] –

Breakdancers around the globe look out, it’s Aaaw Yea Pepe’s turn. Spuddhism remixes an mfer with Arsonic’s and JakNFT’s work (announcement) –

There’s nothing like a bustling Cope Boat to remind us that we’re all in this together. Mysterian_eth has built an ark and shepherded a crew, fearless for unknown shores. (Get a load of that pirate flag!)

Featured on this week’s cover, art_icu_late drops 5 and 6 from his Memes Outside series. Here’s number 6’s “Tactile”, cleverly juxtaposing memetic chosen art with found landscapes that might remain overlooked, were it not for the framing of these call-outs (announcement and story) –

Chris also creates a contest around Memes Outside, opening up the concept to submissions. aRegularDad offers “Suburban Carpoolers”, springboarding off of halecar2’s Seize the Carpoolers card #3:

It’s open house at the Summer Glasses factory: peep one of these stations on the assembly line, brought to you by Burnasso and johnny_clock (announcement) –

Punk6529 as galactic-brain techno-oracle wouldn’t be too conceptually far off the mark for many aficionados of The Memes. DragicMarkovic visualizes this idea with a touch of cyberpunk aesthetic in his animated collage (announcement) –

Mystical cubes as objets d’articulation are a natural fit as crypto collectibles. anestain1’s WAGMI piece extend’s one of SZN 1’s key themes (announcement) –

UncleSeize was always destined for the silver screen – or at least a makeover – and thanks to mememaxis we’re treated to a captivating glimpse of his infinite potential (announcement) –

If you find yourself lost late on a balmy night, surrounded by sprawling avenues of the 6529 Museum District, look up––for you may notice a skyward beacon. In this artist rendition, nft_Vis captures the triumphant moment Pepe answers the call to secure peace OM-wide for seizing season (announcement) –

Somewhere inside the rumbling underbelly of the metaverse resides this first of a four-part series; here we present “Degen Station” by NicholasKGarvin (announcement) –

And our anticipation continues for VivienneTam’s collection of GMahjong tiles; XArtSup has supplemented her work with just enough playfulness to suggest an imminent hatching of some of those pieces…or are these just my hallucinations? (Announcement) –

Back in the Original Metaverse, high above rooftops and suspension bridges, a lone photographer sports shoes fit for a professional and a name fit for a superhero. Our real-life freedom fighter is DrifterShoots, a.k.a. Isaac Wright, who has defied the omnipresent downward pull of gravitation – and of prickly, disapproving troopers across various state lines – to captivate our imaginations through stunning panoramas documenting extraordinary feats of derring-do.

DrifterShoots invites us moonward with him for this week’s latest WAGMI meme card, as he surveys the golden tones of a rising sun upon the kingdom of Manhattan Island––for today, at least, his very own.

All rememes of this card so far seem to preserve its epic stature – from fmiasp’s dynamic NFT, “Daily Vibe Check” (announcement) –

…to MintFace’s “!VIBE”, sparkly flashes on the horizon reminiscent of blinking aviation warning lights (announcement) –

Algorithms are threaded through every facet of our world, though they may remain invisible; rakesh_pulapa brings his wealth of artistic, mathematical, and drone-operating skills towards foregrounding their splendor in his “Nature’s Generative Art” collection (announcement story and video teaser) –

A jaw-dropping limited-edition collection entitled “The World of Mindzeye” is, as of this publication, active for several hours still. Published by exlawyernft and mindzeye, here’s one called “Metropolis” (original announcement) –

Zooming in on details of urban majesty, VirtualFlaneur finds there is more to discern than one might expect at first, in this piece titled “I sleep with a bear on the street“ (announcement) –

Through a haunting one-to-one burn mechanic, collectors of MeltedMindz’s “Welcome to the Metaverse” had the opportunity to redeem “Summarize”, a veritable ray of hope by comparison. (Announcement) –

The last work in intrepid_p’s Northern Exposure series is currently available (“Fortitude”), apropos to those living in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice fast forthcoming (announcement) –

And NaimePakniyat delves into the story behind her warmth-filled tribute to the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez, titled “The Immortal Poet“ and still available as of this penstroke:

Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all !

🌸

Highlights and rememes of the Meme Maxis, week of December 5 – cover “Memes Outside #5: Hold the Line” (announcement) by art_icu_late.

NFT collections rocketing beyond recognition-escape-velocity have a way of finding kindred community and, as The Memes by 6529 (and their offspring, meme derivatives) scatter throughout the stratosphere, membership – among memers and rememers, participants of PFP projects such as nouns and cryptodickbutts, and collectors of generative and other crypto-affine art – increasingly overlaps.

One project notable for an ethos compatible with The Memes is sartoshi’s mfers: a pioneer of leaderless art community, an early champion of on-chain cc0 art, and above all an attitude and a fistful of shared values. “Mfers do what they want” 🤝 “We say gm and gn”.

Like candles on charts denominated in sats, the epic scope of sartoshi’s re-appearance this week could have only followed their fanfare-filled vanishing act six months ago. The maxis find themselves atwitter with speculative possibilities irrefutable alpha regarding the future of mfers, other choice collections, and also who wins the 2022 World Cup this following week.

The Memes wend their way towards expanded audiences in the 3D-world also, thanks to ChrizRoc, who threads them throughout his public talk in Berlin, titled “The Importance of Crypto Values". This slide deck suffused with meme cards makes clear: these “memes” we keep banging on about, day after day, epitomize actual real-world stakes, on issues critical to our collective future.

No matter our degree of pseudonymity, as we step towards the new year, the prospect of reinventing ourselves looms before us. And yet, could it be that those who prioritize exploring what they can do for others seem the most inspiring of all?

A spooky parallel dimension enveloped the world of crypto this month, with unrelenting, ubiquitous news coverage presenting Sam B. Fried as a misunderstood robin-hood. Once again affirming the power of memes as the apex objects of our culture, punk6529 and 6529er keep calm and meme on, focusing on the medium for the message:

As of this writing, signor B. Fried has finally been arrested, and faces the possibility of over 150 years in prison. That’s a hop and a week after the airdrop of FTXPepe: none-too-shabby for a humble meme card*.

( * plus sustained, global outcry )

Inspired by GOXPEPE, the 2nd Pepe, FTXPepe shares the same edition size of 1,500 and reminds us that without self-custody of funds, our very freedom to transact is placed in grave jeopardy.

Now that SeizerDAO is sanded smooth, plugged-in, up and running, our first acquisitions are confirmed (aptly, the triple-decker genesis meme cards) and an inaugural donation is delivered: HugoFaz’s very own artist card #30, Human Intelligence-Generated OM.

MintFace ups the ante next, with an entire collection of derivatives from his Seize and Share collection, details and collection sizes of which can be found on his site – 1, 2, and 3 – and also by visiting the expansive OnCyber gallery –

And paulwilsonimage sends a vision of the heavens, the very stuff of dreams, to the vault as well.

Gifts for the DAO somehow, altogether, create a sense of communal spirit, uplift, and maybe even songs sung in harmony (credit to ParaChica). We’ll wrap up this section with Burnasso striking up the band –

passion is so essential in life if you want to do something from the heart then you can't do it without passion humanity should always be at the core of everything you do we must understand that we cannot exist without each other, the mutuality and togetherness

CHAOS among the Maxis! … upon learning that the OG ROBNESS is the artist behind our midweek meme drop.

Sometime in the subsequent 24 hours, someone switches the lights back on, revealing a moody masterpiece by ROBNESS and PeepingTallulah (teaser and announcement) –

If there is a theme for this week’s issue, it’s the recurring clash of power brokers who seek money and control, against and at the expense of those who refuse to compromise freedoms. Crypto art’s Trash Art movement exemplifies this conflict, having blossomed into popular awareness nearly three years ago, when ROBNESS responded to a suspension from SuperRare over his artwork featuring a literal trash can by declaring legitimacy for trash art as a whole –

Even the most overlooked materials, as long as we decide to value them, deserve safeguarding. And so thus does TRASHOR exhort us to use our damn hardware wallets, no matter how raggedy or rusty the refuse.

The readymade rubbish bin, made adorable and still employed to protect one’s most treasured assets? G9ralt extends ROBNESS’s subversion of expectations with this derivative d’art, mashed up with a grouch gone green.

[Aside: At the junction of mfers and Duchamp, presented without further comment] –

Breakdancers around the globe look out, it’s Aaaw Yea Pepe’s turn. Spuddhism remixes an mfer with Arsonic’s and JakNFT’s work (announcement) –

There’s nothing like a bustling Cope Boat to remind us that we’re all in this together. Mysterian_eth has built an ark and shepherded a crew, fearless for unknown shores. (Get a load of that pirate flag!)

Featured on this week’s cover, art_icu_late drops 5 and 6 from his Memes Outside series. Here’s number 6’s “Tactile”, cleverly juxtaposing memetic chosen art with found landscapes that might remain overlooked, were it not for the framing of these call-outs (announcement and story) –

Chris also creates a contest around Memes Outside, opening up the concept to submissions. aRegularDad offers “Suburban Carpoolers”, springboarding off of halecar2’s Seize the Carpoolers card #3:

It’s open house at the Summer Glasses factory: peep one of these stations on the assembly line, brought to you by Burnasso and johnny_clock (announcement) –

Punk6529 as galactic-brain techno-oracle wouldn’t be too conceptually far off the mark for many aficionados of The Memes. DragicMarkovic visualizes this idea with a touch of cyberpunk aesthetic in his animated collage (announcement) –

Mystical cubes as objets d’articulation are a natural fit as crypto collectibles. anestain1’s WAGMI piece extend’s one of SZN 1’s key themes (announcement) –

UncleSeize was always destined for the silver screen – or at least a makeover – and thanks to mememaxis we’re treated to a captivating glimpse of his infinite potential (announcement) –

If you find yourself lost late on a balmy night, surrounded by sprawling avenues of the 6529 Museum District, look up––for you may notice a skyward beacon. In this artist rendition, nft_Vis captures the triumphant moment Pepe answers the call to secure peace OM-wide for seizing season (announcement) –

Somewhere inside the rumbling underbelly of the metaverse resides this first of a four-part series; here we present “Degen Station” by NicholasKGarvin (announcement) –

And our anticipation continues for VivienneTam’s collection of GMahjong tiles; XArtSup has supplemented her work with just enough playfulness to suggest an imminent hatching of some of those pieces…or are these just my hallucinations? (Announcement) –

Back in the Original Metaverse, high above rooftops and suspension bridges, a lone photographer sports shoes fit for a professional and a name fit for a superhero. Our real-life freedom fighter is DrifterShoots, a.k.a. Isaac Wright, who has defied the omnipresent downward pull of gravitation – and of prickly, disapproving troopers across various state lines – to captivate our imaginations through stunning panoramas documenting extraordinary feats of derring-do.

DrifterShoots invites us moonward with him for this week’s latest WAGMI meme card, as he surveys the golden tones of a rising sun upon the kingdom of Manhattan Island––for today, at least, his very own.

All rememes of this card so far seem to preserve its epic stature – from fmiasp’s dynamic NFT, “Daily Vibe Check” (announcement) –

…to MintFace’s “!VIBE”, sparkly flashes on the horizon reminiscent of blinking aviation warning lights (announcement) –

Algorithms are threaded through every facet of our world, though they may remain invisible; rakesh_pulapa brings his wealth of artistic, mathematical, and drone-operating skills towards foregrounding their splendor in his “Nature’s Generative Art” collection (announcement story and video teaser) –

A jaw-dropping limited-edition collection entitled “The World of Mindzeye” is, as of this publication, active for several hours still. Published by exlawyernft and mindzeye, here’s one called “Metropolis” (original announcement) –

Zooming in on details of urban majesty, VirtualFlaneur finds there is more to discern than one might expect at first, in this piece titled “I sleep with a bear on the street“ (announcement) –

Through a haunting one-to-one burn mechanic, collectors of MeltedMindz’s “Welcome to the Metaverse” had the opportunity to redeem “Summarize”, a veritable ray of hope by comparison. (Announcement) –

The last work in intrepid_p’s Northern Exposure series is currently available (“Fortitude”), apropos to those living in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice fast forthcoming (announcement) –

And NaimePakniyat delves into the story behind her warmth-filled tribute to the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez, titled “The Immortal Poet“ and still available as of this penstroke:

Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all !

🌸