Objectives
Design and implement new economic models for art and artists.
Description
Can artists work sustainably and generate wealth without selling their art? Can artistic work be sustained through a new mod of production that operates outside the market, bypassing influential intermediaries that intervene in the art market today?
We believe that this is possible!
We intend to prototype a peer-to-peer platform that more fully extends the sharing, enjoyment and interactivity of artworks, using Internet of Things (IoT), Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are building on an established art circulation and presentation ecosystem, Soogart, developed by the founders of the Quebec Art Council (partner in this project). Soogart is an intermediary agency between painters and venues (residential houses, offices spaces, cafes and restaurants, etc.), where painters can display their art to gain public recognition, and generate revenue from rental fees or sales.
We plan to desintermediate the economic ecosystem built around Soogart, using a decentralized cryptoeconomic model, which will provide greater opportunities to artists and venues, and make art more available to the general public.
Contents
Communication and coordination
Communication channels
Messaging: Discord channel - see if someone is in the voice channel.
For more generic discussions: Open forum, Main Sensorica mailing list
Social media: Sensorica Facebook page,
{add links to Verses Facebook page, Quebec Art Council Facebook Channel}
Coordination tools
Planning
Status: funding stage
Needs
Web developers
Visual arts specialists
Venture stewarding
Notes
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Sign an NDA with Verses - This venture is open and transparent, but an NDA is needed to protect Verses in case we have some discussions outside of the scope of this venture.
Write a memorandum of understanding that need to be acknowledged by collaborators
Write funding proposal
Past events
[August 26, 2020] Tibi meeting with representatives from Canadian Heritage to explore funding opportunities. Notes in the Main doc.
[July 07, 2020] Tibi created the digital space for collaboration on a funding proposal and partnership building.
[June 23, 2020] Tibi (from Sensorica), Jenifer (from Quebec Arts Council and Soogart), David and his partners (from Verses) had a discussion in search of a common ground. Agreed to move forward to scope a pilot project that would be funded by Canadian Heritage.
[June 12, 2020] Tibi and Jennifer (Quebec Arts Council and Soogart) had a discussion about collaboration with Verses.
[June 09, 2020] Tibi presented the project to David, discussed collaboration with Verses.
Background
This project was discussed for the first time in THIS doc with the name Artbacks. It was first proposed by Devin Balkind, discussed with Tibi at the Sensorica lab on February 27th 2017.
After that, the project was presented to Jennifer from the Quebec Arts Council and we decided to collaborate.
A funding proposal was fired to the Knights foundation, which was refused. But the project was also informally presented to Canada Heritage and they liked it. Next step is to submit to Canada Heritage.
Documentation repository
Incentives
Your access to decision making processes depends on weather you are part of the core team i.e. if you are part of the group of individuals that provide 80% of total time contributions to the project.
If this project gets funded, your ability to take paid tasks for development will be proportional to your past contributions.
If this project gets funded, your ability to take paid tasks for maintenance will be proportional to your past contributions.
Contributions are records in the NRP-CAS. Contributions that are not logged in the NRP-CAS are appreciated but they are not taken into consideration for governance and revenues redistribution.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a high stake project that requires professional collaborative practices.
Open Venture governance document
[Instruction: link to governance doc, use template to create governance - delete this after]Organizational context
Agreements
Custodian Agreement [provide link]
Exchange Firm Agreement [provide link]
Venture Governance Template [provide link]