Hijinks and resurrections of the Meme Maxis, week of March 27, 2023 — cover by NFT_Lady_007 in a colorful survey of artistic inspirations viz. the ReMemes Agora.

Ablur with psychedelic colors, the indefatigable dervish of SZN 2 slows its whirl, a spinning top re-stabilizing into a funky mellow groove.

Thirty-nine pieces of art from The Memes by 6529. Lift-off for Meme Lab and 6529Complaints collections. Hundreds of ReMemes, lovingly launched and sent scattered across the ether:

Far and away the most crucial mission of The Memes is simply ensuring everyone has a voice online, and can express themselves and transact freely. punk6529 originally unveiled his conception of the Digital Rights Charter in January — since then, it’s been amended and refined, by a team of helpful contributors, into an easily digestible statement, ready for further proliferation in text or video form:

The GDRCharter is made for sparking ideas and discussion; mint one or more copies free of charge (though gas fee is required) at https://digitalrightscharter.org/mintGDRC1 and send extras to every journalist, politician, and loved one that you know.

This week witnesses the first Meme Card based on the Digital Rights Charter: #85 by 6529er (announcement) —

From 6529er:

Just as Bauhaus reimagined a material world where all artistic mediums are united, so does the GDRC imagine a world where we are all united under universal digital rights and freedoms.

As always, Meme Card art is emphatically cc0, meaning: available to use commercially as well as non-commercially, freely remixable, etc. In its original high resolution, this image encourages sampling and dissemination — indeed, we already have a first ReMeme entry. mbstuart has embedded the entire text of the GDRC into 6529er’s poster, to hypnotic effect:

fmiasp carries the torch further, initiating a GDRC card series on its very own mint contract. “GDRC #1” incorporates the work of hafftka into a round badge template suitable for pinning to one’s lapel and tailgating on car bumpers everywhere (announcement) —

This final week of SZN 2 caps a truly eye-popping, awe-inspiring run of 6529er creations: fully 12 Meme Cards contributed to the cause, each work of art instantly recognizable and designed for maximum propagation. Behold:

The consummate ambassador of LFG, embodying its drive and relentless ethos, is the singular yet multi-skilled Michael Hafftka. Here’s an endlessly prolific artist combining hindsight, foresight, and sheer audacity — mixed together and synthesized with graceful aplomb. Absorb the focused clarity of hafftka’s recent Declaration of Independence, then his further reflections on web3 art culture and his own artistic path.

“Voices” embraces multiple core themes of The Memes, memorable, vibrant, and playfully prodding (announcement) —

Catch hafftka’s collections on SuperRare, Foundation, and afield.

This week’s roundup of works by Meme + ReMeme artists takes us to the edges of our galaxy and back again, towards another version of home.

• 700 photos stacked in serendipity by paulwilsonimage:

• “Death” by MeltedMindz, still available for minting as of this writing (announcement) —

• Starkly momentous “power source” by c0nlon (announcement and backstory) —

• “the touch”, by iremhakyemez, also follows a mysterious winding trail, albeit inward (announcement) —

• Newly-inducted ReMeme Artist™ beeple exhorts us with some timeless advice —

• Burnasso’s “THE WHITE SKYLINE” is likewise a personal inauguration: his first-ever auction (announcement) —

• DolcePaganne and DarkMarkArt_ team up for an enthralling collaboration entitled “Fvck That Noise” and annotated with artist statements (announcement) —

Memes come at you fast…as do their messages. Our SZN 2 closer by PopWonderNFT marries medium with meaning in an absurdly stylish package (artist announcement) —

punk6529 points to the origins of the “not your keys, not your coins” meme in a bite-sized twitter thread presenting not only this artwork but also how our understanding of the message has evolved over the last decade.

For more of PopWonderNFT’s collections, browse the digital newsstands over at SuperRare, Pop Wonder World (OpenSea 1/1s), and Pop Wonder Editions (OpenSea editions) — plus more.

The starring character of NatalieShau’s Meme Card has officially Ex Machina’d her way onto the streets of the 3D world, last spotted by art_icu_late for “IYKYK”, composition 30 of his Memes Outside project (announcement) —

This week’s two certificates of authenticity from TheMeansCreator are complementary in style and meaning, based on dangiuz’s “The Encounter” —

…and riffing cheekily from njburnell’s “EVOLUTION” —

spydenator’s “OM Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” gets a Pepe Makeover by ZimaBlueArt, now included in the ReMemesMuseum:

Shall we, in fact, seize the memes of production? hafftka proffers a helpful answer, replete with illustrated how-to diagram:

S2 finales are a tricky maneuver to execute, but this one finds itself flourishing with flair, with initiatives from all over the map.

• Complainooors rejoice as Card #14 unveils to us our very selves when possession games do not go as we might wish them to. HugoFaz unveils “I GOT THE BLUE(AL)S”, with assistance from obscuradao (announcement) —

• The SeizeTheMemes Deca.art compendium is a banger of a resource for all ReMemeage, curated by aRegularDad and consistently an indispensable 2D repository of art galleries.

• SeizeTheMeebs also wraps up its Seizn 1 with a final mint this week. Sergitosergito recaps the project and re-ups a fantastic teaser video for the ReMemes project, made by EclecticMethod —

• Meme Lab Element Card 4: Ethereum by spydenator continues the Elements saga, dropped to holders of the initial three —

• 6529Gradientz interviews iamSemui for edition 5 of the fireside chats, covering origin stories, XRP, Banksy, and that’s not all…

• In this hair-raising, life-affirming, and beautifully-spoken tale, intrepid_p tells what the “Freedom to Transact” means to him and his family.

• Did you know: 69% of all complaints go completely unminted? This week we witness a casual observation by the ever-astute aRegularDad:

• liamherbst_ pens an illustrated history of Pepe’s near-death experience and resurgence.

• …and punk6529 brings us a bird’s-eye view of “AI and Crypto”, with a wink and a blessing at the end.

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Happy meme-seizing and life-seizing to all !