CCV III: MIAMI ART BASEL EDITION
Continental Unity Monument | DEC 2024
CCV III: MIAMI ART BASEL EDITION
Continental Unity Monument | DEC 2024
A comprehensive dimensional artefact celebrating one year of African Web3 storytelling, blockchain-based cultural preservation, and decentralised heritage documentation across the diaspora. Users navigate through project spotlights, including Itan World's West African narratives, ANC collective programming, and Cyber Baat DAO's groundbreaking exhibitions, while exploring profiles of pioneers like Linda Dounia, Owo Anietie, and the ancurated team, connecting traditional storytelling to contemporary blockchain innovation through immersive documentation spanning 12 months of community building.
Conceptual Framework: Cultural preservation documented as Web3 renaissance across Africa and diaspora with annual retrospective analysis
Technical Implementation: PDF format with AI-generated imagery, transparent disclosure, and comprehensive community archive documentation
Platform Architecture: Originally Zora blockchain (3.2k editions) - migrated to Tezos blockchain April 1, 2025, following Zora's PDF capability removal
Exhibition Context: New Year 2025 launch marking one-year milestone of heritage documentation and Web3 cultural initiatives
User Experience: Community exploration through decentralised cultural geography, featuring comprehensive archives of African NFT Community educational initiatives and annual programming retrospective
"1 Year of telling your stories, defining our heritage"
CCV III: MIAMI ART BASEL EDITION
Continental Unity Monument | DEC 2024
A commemorative memorial artefact honouring Christopher James Vries while documenting South African liberation struggles and youth resistance movements. Users navigate through historical testimony, exploring the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector Pieterson's legacy, and contemporary youth activism, as they connect personal memory to collective struggle through immersive archival storytelling.
Features photojournalistic documentation, survivor testimonies, and cultural preservation initiatives linking apartheid resistance to modern democratic transformation.
Conceptual Framework: Youth resistance documented through memorial consciousness and collective memory preservation.
Technical Implementation: PDF format with hybrid AI-generated and historical photography integration
Platform Architecture: Originally Zora blockchain (52 editions) - migrated to Tezos blockchain April 1, 2025 following Zora's PDF capability removal.
Exhibition Context: Youth Day commemoration (June 16) honoring 1976 Soweto Uprising and personal memorial
User Experience: Memorial exploration through resistance narratives, generational testimony, and cultural documentation
In Loving Memory of Christopher James Vries
CCV III: MIAMI ART BASEL EDITION
Continental Unity Monument | DEC 2024
A commemorative dimensional artefact exploring continental unity, liberation movements, and Pan-African consciousness through historical documentation and natural wonder exploration.
Users navigate through revolutionary landscapes examining the Organisation of African Unity's founding, Emperor Haile Selassie's foundational speeches, and profiles of liberation leaders including Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta, while discovering Africa's Seven Natural Wonders from Serengeti migrations to Kilimanjaro's peaks, connecting anti-colonial struggle to contemporary continental identity through immersive visual storytelling.
Conceptual Framework: Pan-African unity is documented as a continental digital renaissance and natural heritage preservation
Technical Implementation: PDF format with AI-generated imagery via Midjourney and comprehensive cartographic documentation
Platform Architecture: Originally Zora blockchain (424 editions) - migrated to Tezos blockchain April 1, 2025, following Zora's PDF capability removal
Exhibition Context: Africa Day commemoration (May 25) celebrating 61 years of OAU/AU continental unity
User Experience: Continental exploration through linguistic mapping (11 official languages across 54 nations), natural wonder documentation, and revolutionary historical narratives