⚫️ "Mariupol" an NFT created by 38 artist to raise money for Ukraine
38 digital artists and creators have come together to create an artwork to raise money for Ukraine. The artwork, was presented at Non Fungible Conference in Lisbon. All the funds raised by the sale will go to Voices of Children to provide psychological support to child victims of war.
There is an emergency in Ukraine, but more generally, the XXI Century seems to redefine the war as a new normal. “Mariupol” is designed to draw attention to the horrific bombing of the piece's namesake city by invading Russian forces. So far, up to 5000 people are estimated to have been killed in the city.
The artists themselves have taken inspiration from Picasso's “Guernica”, painted after the horrific 1937 bombing of the city with the same name. The piece became famous for illustrating the first civilian massacre by aerial bombardment. 85 years later. As we could not imagine the comeback of a war at our borders; we see soldiers engaging in a war by bombing Mariupol, Kyiv and other cities, and millions of civilians are on the run, scattered over Europe away from their home they might never see again.
“Mariupol” will be published on Async Art, a platform that allows digital artworks to be divided into their constituent layers so that individual collectors may control the final look of the image which can change at any time. The auction will be sold to a total of 14 collectors, with one master NFT and thirteen layer NFTs.
Artists Involved:
Rutger van der Tas, 0xMJ, Shinji Akhirah, Jetski, Ytje Veenstra, ROBNESS, Skeenee, Mightymoose, jivinci, crashblossom, oficinastk, orabel, Jæn, emmavauloup, Shortcut, 8thproject, Louis16art, fabianospeziari, XERAK, abysms, carlasafe, Nino Arteiro, Magusz, dasNeves, BOOYASAN, Airco Caravan, GertJanAkerboom, LUVRworldwide, Marcotic, Niels Broszat, Tom Abbink, ejthek, Pule the dr, Sparrow, Miss al simpson, Angie Taylor, Agoria, Teto.
Supervision: The Guild: Rutger van der Tas, 0xMJ
Curators: John Karp, Benoit Couty and The Guild
Initiated by John Karp
More Info:
Maripol piece at Async Art