SIXTEEN: NINE
MIAMI ART WEEK Edition | December 2023
SIXTEEN: NINE
MIAMI ART WEEK Edition | December 2023
The inaugural dimensional cultural artefact celebrating African and Diaspora creative voices through contemporary art and storytelling.
This publication exists as a tactile experience within digital space—users swipe through layered narratives, zoom into typographic details, and navigate three-dimensional cultural landscapes featuring fingacode, vintagemozart, Nygilia, Lana Denina, Adaeze Okaro, Kamau Kamau + Ian Wright, Shay The Surrealist, and Cliff Ballin
.Conceptual Framework: Cultural preservation through dimensional digital artistry
Technical Implementation: Limited edition NFT collection (111 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Tezos blockchain
Exhibition Context: TEZOS@southbeach Miami
User Experience: Interactive cultural monument navigable through haptic interface
SIXTEEN: NINE vol 2
Critical Analysis Edition | FEB 2024
A scholarly dimensional artefact exploring the influence of African art on Western modernism through an interactive digital space.
Users navigate through critical essays, including "Picasso's Debt to African Art," as they manipulate visual arguments through gesture while exploring Black History Month curation and comprehensive coverage of African and Diaspora talent at NFT Paris, in collaboration with ANCOLLECTIVE.
Conceptual Framework: Art historical discourse in dimensional permanence
Technical Implementation: Limited edition NFT collection (111 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Tezos blockchain
Exhibition Context: NFT Paris 2024
User Experience: Scholarly navigation through layered cultural analysis
SIXTEEN X NINE ON-CHAIN SUMMER
Generative Art Showcase | August 2024
A dimensional collaboration featuring "Ultimate Time Crystal" by Ngozi Nao, crafted for Base's Onchain Summer initiative. This cultural artefact transforms generative art into an explorable territory—users zoom into algorithmic details, rotate through digital landscapes, and experience technological creativity as a sculptural form within the African diaspora creative community.
Conceptual Framework: Generative art through blockchain innovation
Technical Implementation: Limited edition NFT collection (1,000 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Base blockchain via FxHash
Exhibition Context: Base Onchain Summer 2024
User Experience: Algorithmic exploration through a dimensional interface
SIXTEEN X NINE BHM 2025
Historical Archive Monument | Feb 2025
A comprehensive dimensional archive utilising mint-to-redeem mechanics to preserve African American cultural narratives within digital stone. Users navigate through immersive historical landscapes, zooming from macro cultural movements to intimate biographical details, documenting Black innovation across science, technology, arts, and culture—from George Washington Carver and Katherine Johnson to contemporary digital creators and blockchain pioneers.
Conceptual Framework: Cultural preservation through immutable digital documentation
Technical Implementation: Mint-to-redeem NFT collection (3,000 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Blockchain (mint for artefact redemption)
Exhibition Context: Black History Month 2025
User Experience: Historical exploration through haptic time travel
SIXTEEN X NINE WHM 2025
Leadership Documentation | March 2025
A dimensional tribute featuring interviews and profiles of pioneering women in blockchain technology. This cultural artefact celebrates female leadership through explorable portraits—users swipe through biographical landscapes, zoom into professional achievements, and navigate the architectural framework of women transforming decentralised technology despite historical industry barriers.
Conceptual Framework: Female empowerment documented in digital permanence
Technical Implementation: Limited edition NFT collection (3,000 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Blockchain
Exhibition Context: Women's History Month 2025
User Experience: Portrait navigation through professional achievement landscapes
SIXTEEN X NINE: AFRICA DAY EDITION
Continental Unity Monument | May 2025
A commemorative dimensional artifact exploring continental unity, liberation movements, and Pan-African consciousness. Users navigate through revolutionary landscapes, manipulating visual analysis of symbols like Senegal's African Renaissance Monument while exploring profiles of historical leaders including Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, and Patrice Lumumba, connecting their vision to contemporary African innovators through dimensional storytelling.
Conceptual Framework: Pan-African unity documented as continental digital renaissance
Technical Implementation: Limited edition NFT collection (1,000 pieces)
Platform Architecture: Blockchain
Exhibition Context: Africa Day (May 25) 2025
User Experience: Continental exploration through revolutionary geography