ABOUT

A Story Retold Digitally: African Arts and Culture

This is a dire time in the world of tech in terms of blockchain, African Art & Culture in terms of global attention and conversations regarding the African Identity and what that means for everyone of African decent.
The DigiSpace ( Metaverse ) powered by the blockchain is an opportunity to retell the story of the where we come from and to give form to where we are going.

ADIRE PUNK the project functions in that capacity and is changing the perception of consumption and ownership. Guiding the future of Africa

There are 60 Adire Punk PFPs all of which when assembled together create a giant Adire Art Piece which is made out of actual Adire Fabric
However it is not available to the public at the moment

ROADMAP

THE JOURNEY

Launch - 30 December 2021

Q1 2022- ACCUMULATION PHASE
Project Participants secure position in Adire Punk
Notoriety & Marketing through merchandise, advertising and exhibition pop ups

Q2 2022- DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION
To give an opportunity for community to make decisions and participate in project development

Q4 2022- INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Infrastructure dev for disruption of Culture and Art Institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal.
•Workshops for Blockchain Education to the lower income earners and less privileged.
•Connection of Art Institutions to provide a platform for Web3.0 Development, Conversations and Everything leading up to mass adoption and perspective change
•AdirePunk participants to be eligible for Q4 2022 Drop

Q4 & BEYOND
AdirePunk growth to development of physical infrastructure which works in favor of adoption, education and the reimagining of an African Story through digital Art

CREATORS

KYC- Know your Creators

YOSEF JEAN-
Olorunfemi Johnson is a Director and Producer working in fields of Arts and Culture and its future in terms of the Digital Adoption moving into a web3.0 meta world. Femi has worked with the European Union National Institutes for Culture, Google Arts and Culture, African Crossroads, Goethe Institute and other cultural bodies on documentaries regarding the African Identity and Culture
He also has a featurette, The Nightmare on Broadstreet, which deals with issues of westernization of the youth, which was an effective tool for the stripping away of Nigerian culture and further favors the covert colonization of Africa that the world has moved into.
In terms of technology he is an active advocate of adoption of Blockchain Technology in Western Africa, being a tutor for Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world, he has worked with local art initiatives to build workshops and tutoring lessons for educating artists on NFTs and the public on the fundamentals of blockchain.

AKBAR.AI
Abas is a visualist specializing in Illustrations, Digital Art, and Motion Design. Creation for him is a necessity as an art fiend, but more importantly as an African looking to document his times visually – that is what art means to him after all. For Abas, life is a search for love, and often a dire one.

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