Welcome to State of SEEN the weekly newsletter about all things happening in the SEEN ecosystem.
Auction Recap
This week we were excited to finally launch the long awaited Space NFT auction on SEEN HAUS!
The drop by French artist Jisbar was one of a kind both in terms of the artwork and auction format. All the 39 tiles have been sold and the claim pages will go live within the next 24–48 hours for the owners of the tiles to submit both their contact information and their personal space message for Jisbar to customize their tiles with.
Additionally, a community member has created a private group for everyone that managed to get their hands on one of the tiles. Within this community, the customization process can be discussed together with Jisbar himself. Especially people that own several tiles or larger parts of the painting can join the discussion and submit their special customization requests. To join the group, please contact @migoesprandos on telegram!
Drop Preview
This week we are excited to host a drop in collaboration with the Spanish music label Suara!
~ Who is Suara? ~
In 2008, Barcelona based DJ and producer Coyu, launched Suara. A music label that’s quickly become a well known techno brand in the club scene worldwide.
Saura is also a well recognized fashion store, cat house and non-profit organization for helping abandoned cats. Their mission operandi is music, cats and clothes!
They have a huge following of 100k followers on Instagram. 222k on Youtube. 24k on Twitter. 115k on Soundcloud. And 26k on Mixcloud.
~ About the CatVader NFT ~
SEEN HAUS saw it as a unique opportunity to partner with Suara and bring this piece to you!
The physical CatVader sculpture is made out of vegan resin that measures 6.7 inches with a removable pedestal for display. It is displayed in a SAURA x SEEN black signed suitcase by artist ‘GaAs’. All of GaAs’s work can be seen at https://www.gaas-artwork.com/ . You will receive the NFT to confirm the ownership of the physical CatVader sculpture, seen in the photo above. One to definitely put on your mantel to display as a favorite conversation piece when your friends are over for dinner.
Suara and GaAs collaboration both have the same goal in mind to support street cats in Barcelona. GaAs perceives his art as a simulation of illusion. He has participated in Think Tank Gallery with highly acclaimed artists like Mark Ryden, Shepard Fairey (OBEY) and Lola Gill .
~ What’s different about Suara and the CatVader NFT? ~
Suara’s creative angle is vast from painter, sculpture and art director. His interpretation of art is the perfect combination of both the organic flow described as “chaos beauty”. These were natural born skills and were recognized since the age of 8 years old. He got further training and specialized techniques to expand his artistic range.
What CatVader encapsulates is both his passion for cats and love of Star Wars, one of the main characters, Darth Vader, which proves that light always overcomes darkness. His main mission is to protect young Sith. He married these two concepts of cats, and Darth Vader together and this is the amazing piece on auction soon.
~ Charity Contribution from CatVader ~
15% of the auction proceeds go to the Suara foundation (https://www.suarafoundation.com/en/).
Suara Foundation is dedicated to :
1. Rescuing homeless cats
2. Providing veterinary care for less privileged cats
3. Education and Awareness of cat care
4. Promoting pet adoption
5. Benefits of living with cats
6. Managing homeless cat population through vaccination and deworming
May the best lover of cats / Darth Vader win… Meouw you there
Title: Suara — CatVader
Edition: 1 of 1
Date: Wednesday May 26
Time: 15:00 EST
Community
The Jisbar Space NFT auction wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous support from within our community!
After several design iterations with @0xSEM and @_desultor_ we managed to deliver a unique and flawless auction experience that received heaps of positive feedback and brought many new eyes to SEEN HAUS!
We can’t thank our community enough, together we will be $SEEN! Anyone is welcome to contribute to the development of the protocol. If you have a particular area of expertise you think would be valuable feel free to reach out and we can figure out a way to get you involved.
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See you next time!
-the seen haus team
