A Fusion of Art, Tech, and Diversity
After Paradise, USURPA Gallery, and Art of Superwoman have teamed up collectively to curate a showcase for August of 2023, paying tribute to Womxn’s Month in South Africa. This curated inventive journey goals to entertain, educate, and encourage via a various vary of immersive actions that bridge the worlds of artwork, know-how, and inclusivity.
Elevating know-how and innovation, After Paradise is rewriting the rulebook for typical artwork exhibitions. It does so by orchestrating distinctive and immersive encounters that artfully blur the boundary between inventive expression and technological marvels.
Regardless of being the minority, many womxn have considerably contributed to the crypto and NFT area, excelling in roles corresponding to buyers, builders, artists, and entrepreneurs. USURPA and Artwork of Superwoman intention to proceed to foster this via training, mentorship, and inclusivity initiatives past simply Womxn’s Month.
From awe-inspiring digital actuality installations to intellectually stimulating artist panels, After Paradise is a beacon of artistic variety, showcasing the expansive spectrum of digital artwork varieties.
The occasion encompassed a duo of exhibitions, Commencing with “In The Clouds” on August ninth, a homage to Girls’s Day, adopted by “Down To Earth” on August nineteenth. Alongside these fascinating exhibitions, a sequence of workshops have been curated on AI, blockchain know-how, mushy abilities and identification, and rather more.
Abieyuwa Eigbobo, Founder, artist, and curator of the occasion, spoke with nft now for an inside take a look at the exhibitions and South African womxn artists.
Showcasing South African Artistry
Abieyuwa Eigbobo says the occasion began off solely as an thought, and it was wonderful to see the results of all our onerous work.
“After months of planning and onerous work, it was so mind-blowing to see that not solely have been we, After Paradise, capable of pull off two exhibitions, a number of workshops, and panels, however to see the variety of those who got here to assist these womxn’s artwork.”
A highlight was forged on the outstanding artworks created by 27 exceptionally gifted South African feminine artists, with quite a few telling nft now that it was a pivotal second of their careers.
“It was wonderful being a part of an occasion. From my expertise, there haven’t actually been many native occasions that showcase digital artwork. This made me respect the Womxn’s Month occasion much more, particularly with it being in-person, so even my household might come to see my digital artwork,” mentioned artist Mpho Jacobs. “This was actually wanted within the South African artistic area, and I hope it continues and expands sooner or later.”
This occasion additionally served as an opportunity to onboard quite a few crypto-curious artists to Web3. In hopes of not solely increasing their digital horizons but in addition opening doorways to new avenues for his or her artwork within the digital market.
“Elevating these ladies and placing a highlight on their distinctive artistic practices has made me very excited in regards to the change that’s coming to the artwork world,” mentioned artist and director Hakeem Kae-Kazim. “The NFT sphere just isn’t an area I do know properly, however it was very fascinating to see the event of this new discipline and the place it may well go.”
Eigbobo emphasizes that this occasion just isn’t a one-off occasion, however as an alternative will result in many future initiatives. “I’m extraordinarily grateful to USURPA, SAMSUNG South Africa, and Artwork of Superwoman for partnering with us on this occasion, and I look ahead to creating extra experiences with them.”
