1/ The end of an era 💔💔
With super heavy hearts, today we’re announcing that we’ve begun to wind down JPG as a company. As you know, we sunset our existing products in June/July looking to pivot into a new direction.
1/ Today we leave the shitposting and snark aside to announce our seed fundraising round, led by
@ElectricCapital
and
@ideoVC
. Read the
@coindesk
article to find out more, and below to discover what we’re building and to join our closed beta release.
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Announcing the launch of JPG Canons! A token-curated registry system designed to index a new community-sourced contextual data layer for NFTs. JPG Canons are now in its alpha version, discover below how they will benefit the NFT ecosystem.
We're sorry for turning off the lights on Ethereum for a while. It seems abundantly clear that JPG will need to migrate to its own chain in order to properly scale.
An announcement. The JPG products have been paused.
But our brand and community carry on, because they're truly unstoppable.
Stay tuned for what comes next. We're strong and optimistic. We hope you stick with us.
We’re delighted to introduce JPG.EXE and our first drop, Social Contracts by
@arikan
Our new studio offering will see us teaming up with artists to realize projects that explore and challenge the fundamentally networked and digital nature of blockchain works.
1/ We’re excited to announce that all JPG exhibitions will now be stored permanently on
@ArweaveTeam
, marking an important step in JPG’s mission to create an open cultural network.
Read our big announcement here:
1/ Everyone knows pandas = Merge 🐼
we're _thrilled_ that the OG meme will be available to mint in New Home of the Heart!! 🏠❤️ proceeds go to:
@icebearhww
: meme creator
@CW_Cnatch
: original illustrator
@protocolguild
: Eth Merge devs
↓ backstory ↓
6/ We’re here for you, and while we don’t know where we’ll go next, we know for sure that we gained so many new friends here, and hope to keep sharing moments with you.
We had the best time.
@_trente_
@_nic_hamilton_
@MPtherealmvp
WE HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT! :)
1/ We're thrilled to welcome
@_nic_hamilton_
to our team! After many months of shitposting together on various Discord servers and Twitter, we convinced Nic to join the JPG team as creative director.
TCRs are BACK BABY (potentially, in theory)
We've outlined a few reasons why we think crowd sourcing information via TCRs never took off in the 2018 glory days, and how they might become more useful today.
Setup finished! Here's a sneak peak from earlier today.
Find us at
@nft_paris
near Tom Sachs Rocket Factory and discover Value Flows, the exhibition curated by the JPG Community!
2/ In the pursuit of new, high quality and value-adding projects, we curated and produced Market Makers, a thought-provoking exhibition in Berlin that questioned the tensions between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies.
3/ We also released Natural Static and Generative Art Beyond the Algorithm, an effort we’re quite proud of: a high quality exhibition and drop, full of context and substance, supported by the most fantastic collectors and audience.
THIS IS CANON: The first community voting round for the Conceptual Canon has ended, here are the 75 projects that have been canonised:
(in the images,
@jonas_lund
,
@dmitricherniak
, Agnieszka Kurant via
@joinzien
and
@cloversnetwork
)
4/ While this wind-down is not the outcome we wanted, we believe we made a significant impact through deep community and education, innovative drops, and some of the absolute best in-person exhibitions in the space. We are so proud of you, and honored you chose to support JPG.
Hey artists, curators and collectors! now you can curate, buy and sell on JPG!
Setting up and customising your own storefront using JPG and
@ourZORA
is super easy!
Happy to announce we've been commissioned an NFT + physical art exhibition by Berliner Volksbank, one of Germany's most recognised banks and cooperatives.
with
@MPtherealmvp
@stinalinneag
@dennnnnnnnny
and Chris 💹
Learn more here:
If you are looking for someone to enable your Tuesday procrastination: JPG's got you covered.
@_deafbeef
interviewed by
@_samspike_
will get you spending some time down the rabbit hole and away from your to-do list.
The first community-owned and curated JPG gallery, Punk Pieces, by
@0x650
is now live :)
Featuring 104 crypto punks that have been fractionalized, the collector now leverages JPG for an on-chain exhibition record and a more curated viewing experience
Announcing Natural Static by
@jtchomko
- a generative NFT series exploring natural motion utilizing a hash to seed distortion parameters.
Released in tandem with the exhibition Generative Art Beyond the Algorithm curated by
@briandroitcour
Generative art pioneer
@_deafbeef
spoke to JPG co-founder
@_samspike_
about his audiovisual practice and the influence that new technologies have on the development of culture.
Read the full interview here:
1/ Hey we get it, ur busy and didn't have time to peruse the Alchemy gallery yesterday and just liked the tweet (thx for that)
But its an amazing showcase of
@c0inalchemist
's collection + a cool way to experience some of the best in generative art
Here's some favorites :)
5/ The discord will stay open and the site will stay up for the foreseeable future, and we're open to ideas on if and how the community would like to see these transition to something more community run.
✨ A Beginner's Guide to JPG ✨
The 101:
JPG is a platform + protocol combo that empowers tastemakers in the NFT space, enabling the building of community-curated discovery resources.
MINTING TODAY APRIL 26TH AT 1PM ET
SOCIAL CONTRACTS BY
@arikan
in collab with JPG
Mint your social graph and it will predict which collections you’ll own next :)
OE for 5 days - all editions are UNIQUE
0.05 ETH / 10 max per wallet
SALT, the first exhibition for our Gift Shop functionality, 180 NFTs that go through a cycle of changes, have sold out. Thank you everyone that participated and congrats to
@figure31_
and
@0xmons
the creators!
Announcing New Home of the Heart - an NFT benefit sale for the core devs working on the Merge (ETH 2.0)
Curated and organised by
@StatefulWorks
, JPG and
@sofiagarcia_io
:)
Read more here:
1/ We are now accepting submissions for our first curated exhibition, DEEP TIME. Use the form below to submit your NFTs for consideration by our curatorial team.
Read on for more information about the exhibition.
GM.
Today’s the best GMs of them all as you’ll wake up to a live JPG, Deep Time exhibition + (sold out) SALT gift shop.
Wake up and smell the cultural infrastructure of the future, frens.
What do...
Kevin Abosch
Alexis Andre
Jason Bailey
Robbie Barrat
0xDEAFBEEF
Elena Dorfman
Harm van den Dorpel
Micah Johnson
Tywen Kelly
Larva Labs
Sara Ludy
Mad Dog Jones
Ezra Miller
Helena Sarin
Anne Spalter
Clement Valla
Sarah Zucker
...have in common? Besides NFTs, of course⏳
Thrilled to announce the launch of JPG's second Canon, Conceptual.
A canon that's very close to the team's and the existing JPG community's heart, we hope will become a useful resource for like-minded people, and anyone researching conceptual art NFTs.
Bonjour, ça va?
Can’t wait to see you in Paris, nos amis 🗼
This week JPG heads to
@nft_paris
to debut the “Value Flows” exhibition, based on our latest Cryptosocial Aesthetics Canon 〰️
It’s all about the relationships blockchain creativity opens up! 👨🎨️
(1/4)
Market Makers - install shots.
Nothing more to say, it was an amazing show to put together, and we're grateful for the incredible artists + all 300+ people that turned up through the 3 days!
Photos by Nick Ash
Exhausted but very happy after more than probably 1000 people stopped by our tv stacks 🔥
#nftparis
See you tomorrow - come find us we’ll tell you what we are doing here!
The Merge evolves Ethereum forever ⌛
New Home of the Heart 🏡❤️ is an exhibition/benefit sale for Eth devs who *made* the Merge
along w/
@StatefulWorks
@sofiagarcia_io
, we’re ecstatic to welcome
@ArtOnBlockchain
as one of our contributing artists!
Opening Thursday 5th, 6pm - Market Makers
Pop-up exhibition at Leipziger St. 63
NFTs, blockchain art, trad art.
and a first of its kind show, comissioned by the Berliner Volksbank to JPG :)
The Crypto-Social Canon first round has concluded!
Announcing the following projects as belonging to this Canon as voted by the community (in no particular order):
1) 3FACE by
@eyecheng
@outland_art
2)
@AsyncArt
3) Battle Royale Players
4) Chainfaces Arena by
@natealexnft
Stoked to announce our second community-curated gallery, this time, we're presenting
@C0inAlchemist
's The Alchemist
@artblocks_io
curated gallery.
Read about the gallery, and about this self-denominated humble farmer's approach in our blog
New exhibition! The Ascent Collection by Ascent, using our grid display to take us through a selection of pieces owned by a collector.
Pieces from some of the most recognisable and best projects and artists in the space, membership cards, dive in here:
They like the JPG 🌶️🌶️
We're so glad to see so many of you curating new exhibitions with exciting concepts, writing essays and creating with our little platform. Thank you!
In the past few days, we've seen a few exhibitions pop up, here are they!
So close we can almost smell it ⛓️⛓️⛓️
LAUNCHING SOON --> ⛓️ONCHAIN CANON ⛓️proposed by
@ChainLeftist
If you love onchain art and want to contribute reply to this tweet with your eth address, we'll allowlist you to mint the access NFT and join!
Trust us you won’t want to miss out on this one. Tomorrow at 1PM EST,
@_deafbeef
and
@heaven_computer
will be chatting with us.
Essentially if you’d miss every single twitter spaces ever but this one, you could have enough brainfood to last decades.
1/ since the past week we have been out in the German countryside in our first offsite, it kinda slipped our mind to show you the latest featured exhibitions. Here we go:
@shibboleth88
got creative with
@ensdomains
and made this poem show:
Happy Merge day :)
The fundraiser for
@ProtocolGuild
(ETH core devs) continues!
Still some grails up for auction, minted in the old world of PoW :)
And editions (including the OG panda meme and the commemorative coin) up for minting in PoS.
Standout exhibition this week by
@wildarms_xo
, capturing some of the best pieces from
@gabagooldoteth
's collection, accompanied by an essay explaining this anon's era and his impact before the story took the wrong turn.
New exhibition! Non-Fungible Poems by
@WPeaster
- discover the world of literary NFTs through this amazing gallery.
(and check the thread to find his essay on the topic and some favourites!)
1/ First newsletter of the year is all about our frens (and there's a link to get whitelisted for the JPG closed beta!)
Main topics:
-
@sofiagarcia_io
and
@katehannah
made JPG the new on-chain home for The Digital
- There's a JPG curated Twitter list!