WE ARE OPENART
A Collective
of socially driven creatives integrating Filmmaking, Art and Web3, to pioneer a new paradigm of social impact fundraising and mobilization.
A Mission
to alleviate poverty in Bali by bringing daily meals, medical treatment & education to Indonesians affected by the collapse of the economy.
A Vision
to build a community to produce the first NFT social impact feature documentary and raise funds for our social impact partners.
SOLVING
REAL WORLD CHALLENGES
With up to 80% of Bali’s revenue generated from tourism, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a major toll on the Balinese economy. In the first 9 months of 2021, Bali saw 43 foreign visitors compared to the 6.3 million tourists in 2019. 700,000 workers’ jobs were impacted and tens of thousands of people have fallen into poverty.
We will harness the power of Web3 to solve both these challenges in a way never possible before and show the real-world impact NFTs can make for good. We’re shifting to a new model built on mutual benefits for everyone involved.
1. Production of a documentary & web series to reveal the hidden poverty of Bali
2. Fundraising to sustain our social impact partners’ projects
3. An OpenArt community fund to reward our NFT holders
4. Cover operating costs and compensation for our team members
GENESIS COLLECTION
1000 FACES
A collection of 880 still and 120 moving portraits of Indonesians from the communities we are aiming to help. This will be the largest portrait photography NFT collection ever made and the first to have rarity traits.
“Our creative vision is to authentically capture the dignity, warmth and beauty of these individuals who are living through adversity. “
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STORIES
& SOCIAL ACTIONS
Some sample stories of the locals from the communities we’ll be supporting and the innovative work carried out to address their emergency needs, as well creating sustainable impact for them.
Follow in real time in the web series & on social media how the funds are being used and how they will improve the lives of those in need.
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NFT OWNERSHIP BENEFITS
WHAT YOU GIVE
- Social impact funding: Support tens of thousands of people in need
- Social impact exposure: Help raise awareness for our social impact partners
- Produce a meaningful movie of our time: Show how NFTs can make a difference for a better world
- Community actions: Share your skills, ideas or networks to help alleviate poverty
- A photo print: Given to those we photographed who may have never owned a portrait of themselves
WHAT YOU GET
- A unique NFT: Out of a 1000 photo & video collection
- Credits: As a contributor to the movie
- Revenue sharing: Collaboratively decide how to spend profits from the documentary
- Rewards: NFT drops with collaborating artists and giveaways
- Experiences: Invites to come to Bali and go “on the field” with us
- Community fund: Decide on philanthropic actions to take collaboratively
- Create with us: Your input on creative decisions and post production choices
- VIP invites: To film festivals, red carpets, exhibits & parties at events all around the World
- Option to be an executive producer: Be involved in the movie production and get credits for it
- Option to get in front of the camera: Become one of the characters and member of the team in the movie or web series
DOCUMENTARY
& WEB SERIES
SYNOPSIS
& STORY LINES
The movie follows our collective of free spirited creatives in Bali and their mission to use Art to support Indonesians struggling with poverty since the collapse of the economy on the island.
Follow the journey of our group of creatives and social impact partners as they go in the field, fight to generate funding for projects that will have long-lasting impact and share the stories of those encountered along the way – showing their extraordinary courage, joy and beauty in the midst of these challenging times.
=> Follow our journey via social media and see how your contribution is changing lives in real-time.
PRODUCED BY
AN AWARD WINNING STUDIO
The Movie & Web Series are being produced by multi award winning Art House Studio SECRET SENSE, they will be released in cinemas and on streaming platforms to reach a worldwide audience.
Secret Sense Studio: Films that have been screened & awarded at over 100 Festivals in 32 Countries.
SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERS
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FAQ
With up to 80% of Bali’s revenue generated from tourism, the Covid-19 pandemic has taken a major toll on the Balinese economy. In the first 9 months of 2021, Bali saw 43 foreign visitors compared to the 6.3 million tourists in 2019. 700,000 workers’ jobs were impacted and 30,000 people have fallen into poverty.
Those that have been affected by this situation are finding it difficult to provide fundamental needs such as food, water and shelter, let alone medical care and education for themselves or their families. The alarming increase in poverty on the island needs our urgent attention.
If this model proves successful in Bali, we will look to expand it in other communities in other parts of the world that may also benefit.
For more information:
– Wall Street Journal
– Inside Indonesia
– Travel Weekly
We work with partners who share our values of transparency, community support, and sustainability. We select small- to medium-scale organizations who are versatile and able to deliver concrete support to local people who are in great need.
Just like us, our partners have a long term vision of creating sustainable impact – bringing education on top of emergency needs, so the communities can regain wealth, independence and pride and one day, help others too.
Using this as our guidance, we will continue to grow our partners list to expand our impact.
OpenArt 1000 Faces is a collection of 1000 portraits of Indonesians from the communities we are supporting. The sales of our NFTs will go towards developing the first humanitarian documentary and web series co-produced by a web3 community as well fund social impact projects on the ground that are making a sustainable impact in alleviating poverty.
Consent is a top priority for us. We have received informed consent from every person in our NFT portrait collection, documentary, and all video content we produce (including informed consent from parents/guardians for minors who chose to participate).
Our Balinese producer Gusman has led the process of informed consent with us by translating and explaining our project, including what we are asking of participants, what they will get in return, and answering any questions.
Non-fungible tokens represent ownership of unique items on a blockchain such as digital art, collectibles, game items, domain names and Metaverse land parcels.
You can read more about NFTs here: https://ethereum.org/en/nft/
The mint date of the OpenArt collection will be announced soon. To mint an NFT on our website you will need a crypto wallet (for example, Metamask) with some Ethereum to pay the mint cost and gas fees for the transaction.
Yes! First 250 Discord members will get an OG role that includes a spot in the allowlist. Also we will give some allowlist allocation to communities we find inspiring and will do giveaways on our Discord and Twitter.
Mint date TBA. Please follow us on Twitter and Discord for the announcement.
Mint price TBA. Please follow us on Twitter and Discord for the announcement.
While well-meaning, the argument on harmful environmental impact of NFTs is based on a misunderstanding of how proof-of-work blockchains such as Ethereum work. The carbon footprint of Ethereum, the most popular blockchain for NFTs, is associated with creating blocks, not transaction processing. Which means that “a full block containing thousands of transactions has the same electricity footprint as an empty block with no transactions.” (Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, 2021) In summary, NFTs aren’t directly impacting the energy consumption of Ethereum.
