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Sources tracing CryptoVenetian from its Art Blocks release and Venice Beach minting ritual to Bright Moments’ international institutional afterlife.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
The official collection record gives the artist attribution, edition count, and release date.
CryptoVenetian ↗Interviews
Phil Mohun reflects on the founding group, physical minting, and Bright Moments’ expanding ambitions.
Letter from the DAO ↗A recorded discussion with Jeff Davis and Seth Goldstein revisits the beginnings of Art Blocks and Bright Moments.
Formation Q&A ↗Press and criticism
Decrypt reports on the Venice Beach pop-up immediately before its public opening.
Venice NFT gallery ↗An Art Blocks essay analyzes CryptoVenetian as an alternative, performance-centered minting experience.
Alternative minting ↗Ian Rogers evaluates Bright Moments’ completed journey and experiential exhibition model.
Bright Moments ↗Museums and institutions
Bright Moments defines its city network, CryptoCitizens, and IRL-minting concept.
About Bright Moments ↗The Venice Beach venue page records the origin site and daily CryptoVenetian minting.
Venice Beach ↗The organization’s history documents its early venue as a social setting for learning about and collecting NFTs.
History ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Bright Moments documents Jeff Davis’s PORTAL exhibition at its Venice Beach venue.
PORTAL ↗The official archive surveys Bright Moments’ city-based exhibition program and finale collection.
Where Art Is Born ↗The Bright Moments artist index situates the organization’s collaborators across its exhibition history.
Artists ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Bright Moments’ extended narrative documents CryptoVenetian’s origin, public demand, security breach, and institutional expansion.
Bright Moments: Abridged ↗The AI collection introduction places the Venice project within the later sequence of international activations.
AI Collection Intro ↗Union Square Ventures discusses Bright Moments as an early experiment in DAO governance and cultural space.
Bright Moments DAO ↗Auctions and catalogues
Christie’s announces Bright Moments 2021-2024 Complete Works in its Post-War to Present sale.
Post-War to Present ↗Profiles and archives
Raster aggregates phil's tokenized works across platforms.
Raster ↗The collection archive identifies Qian Qian, the 1,000 minted portraits, and their physical-gallery context.
CryptoVenetians archive ↗An individual object record preserves the project description and collection metadata.
CryptoVenetian object ↗The official documentation describes CryptoVenetian within the wider city-collection structure.
City Collections ↗Video
Venesis narrates the post-lockdown circumstances and social motivations behind the first gallery.
Chapter 1: Venesis ↗The official documentary page follows Bright Moments from Venice Beach to its 2024 finale in Venice, Italy.
Venice to Venice ↗