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undrgrnd-nft · 5 months

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Tezos Goes Big

I really didn’t want to write this, I swear. I have real work to do, podcasts to edit and my daughter is home sick; but, it’s like holding in a sneeze, when I have something to say it’s best to get it out.

This is not about the @tezos event at Art Basel Miami. It may be what is driving the conversation but this is not really about the displays in a lobby of a hotel.

This is the culmination of years of disrespect to a driving force of adoption and endemic of the crypto space (and society) at large.

Art rejuvenating dead space is not a novel concept. In fact, in Miami, there’s an entire area that could have been used as a template by all blockchains. It’s called Wynnewood, look it up and you’ll get the New York Times article I reference all the time.

What was once an industrial park became a hub for restaurants, music and entertainment: culture.

Why? Because some graffiti artists began painting on the cold gray walls of a concrete jungle.

Did those artists share any of the financial gain brought to the neighborhood? No, but think of the exposure!

Web3 was not built by nor built for creatives like us (yea, I’m putting myself in that group, shut up about it). It was built by boys and men that look, talk and act like me (white, male, presumable douchey based on appearance) but lack a moral and emotional foundation.

They use the right words, have picked up key phrases and platitudes, but at the core it’s not about the things many of us value. It’s not about art.

It’s not about a reorganization of institutions that were built to keep specific classes, races and sexes subservient.

It is not building a utopian-Marxist future where the moral and decent are rewarded financially for their collective effort.

Look at the state of streaming services: Netflix, Hulu, Paramount, Peacock, Max. What was once meant to disrupt the cable industry has now become Cable Networks 2.0.

The same is true in crypto. What started as a revolution has become a hype parade led by influencers masquerading as cultural relevance.

Remember the @TezosFoundation Permanent Collection drama? In a Twitter space shortly after things began to spiral downward, one of the leads made a comment on the criticisms, “if this is the response maybe we won’t do this again.”

We all knew it then.

But many of us came here to create something better. So we, many of them my friends, gave second chances, put a positive spin on it and took their opportunity when it was offered.

I was jealous.

Because I would have done the same.

UNDRGRND is just me: a stay at home dad, taking care of a toddler who disrupts the means of production constantly. I know how hard it is to put together something and share it with an audience.

But so does every artist I write about.

So when we watch people with large budgets, people who are able to make a living on crypto already, getting paid to present the work of others and the result is done with the level of care it takes to hang a Missing Cat poster on a telephone pole, it’s infuriating.

Many of the artists I’ve gotten to know over these past three years were creative directors in their web2 lives. Do you know what they could have done with a fraction the amount of money @tezos has in its war chest?

It’s disrespectful.

It always has been.

I’m going to push post on this in a few minutes and the anxiety is rising. I know others are going to criticize what I’m launching in the coming months.

I’m in a glass house throwing rocks.

The difference is I’m not deluded enough to think I have all the answers or have an ego like I’ve done anything yet.

I’m just a guy writing about the things I like while my four-year-old sleeps on me.

This was never about the display.

It was about the devaluation of creatives for years and the continuation of a broken social contract that promised an idealistic future.

So heed the lesson because we’re tired of this shit.

And I’m fucking coming…

- Founder of UNDRGRND, @NFTjoe

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stayyy-ez · 2 months

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Los Angeles state of Mind ~

#undrgrnd #film #35mm film #fujifilm

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pinetreevillain · 8 months

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obsessed with this

Channeling them

#ask box #leo-undrgrnd

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son1c · 4 months

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personally i like to think shadow just dropped the prism in the middle of the void so no one can get it ever peace and love <3

that's where the eggmen are though

#moved 2 leo undrgrnd #you know. assuming the events of the show actually happened #and that shadow remembers them #and that he can still access the void (and by extension other shatterspaces)#despite the prism being restored #just a lot of assuming going on here....................#sonic prime spoilers

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onejellyfishplease · 6 months

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a seranade! in exchange for a mutation...

(for reference, i am a coyote fhfhjd)

I am charmed. you have charmed me.

a stable mutation for you! you get extra arms, butterfly wings and a probiscus (built in straw)!

dont mind my feeble attempt at drawing a guitar lol

#asks #leo-undrgrnd #jelly mutates

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pcktknife · 6 months

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i can't believe you were almost fucking KYLER. what the FUCK that's so scary

mom was stuck on kai so it wouldve definitely been that one but the idea that the thought even crossed her mind.... i started gettin flashbacks to that lady with the chalkboard

#no where near those names but when my mom saw my reaction she laughed and said 'yeah... a riley with 2 Hs and a G type a name'#so she definitely knew it sounded like that 😭#leo-undrgrnd #asks

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mtsodie · 1 year

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IT'D BE REALLY FUNNY IF YOU DID YEAHLKGHDSALGADHGDSHKSAGDGDSA

enjoy

#✉️#leo-undrgrnd

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giddlygoat · 1 year

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you have single-handedly made me fall in love with cookie, like i don't know who this man is but now i WANT to

oh, great. well, you should know that cookie sucks. at least now we can suffer together 🫂

#asks #leo-undrgrnd #he really does suck trust me. he’s a horrible person. i won’t him 💔#cookie masterson

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myshredda · 1 year

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“run rings right wrongs” by cosmo sheldrake has the same vibe to me as your fics…. to me

omg that is SUCH a huge compliment!!!! I love Cosmo Sheldrake sm and his lyricism and writing and alliteration are absolutely so influential to me in the way they’re like twisted children songs. Come Along and Linger Longer are two of my favorites that illustrate this, like they’re so effortlessly whimsical and world-building in the way he describes things ❤️

This was so lovely to read after the day i had today omg you’re so sweet 😭💗

#leo-undrgrnd #but yes the vibes of run rings right wrongs are very dhmis #my askbox

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spoipage · 1 year

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WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU'RE UNLEASHING THE ANCIENT BEAST.

sorry. the beast comes for us all

#asks #leo-undrgrnd

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moved-2-koiranliha · 2 years

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I PROMISE IM NOT EMO AGAIN THIS ISNT A GHOSTLY-COWARD MOMENT AGAIN I JUST HAVE MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THE SONG UNDERGROUND BY KIMYA DAWSON

#it keeps popping up in my life at the moments i need it most #and like. im not pregnant. never have never will be on my watch #but i feel it so deep in my soul #plus leo-undrgrnd sounds like a rad ass band name #leo’s spaghetti wall

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undrgrnd-nft · 5 months

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#UNDRGRND PURCHASE: Lysergic Spiritual Dance by @keiko_ancient_art

UNDRGRND PURCHASES WORK FROM ARTISTS FEATURED IN UNDRGRND DIGS. THESE PIECES GO ON TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE UNDRGRND GALLERY.

#undrgrnd #nftcommunity #crypto #cryptoart #nftgallery #nftcollection #nftmagazine #tezos (xtz)#nft #nft4art #bitcoin #eth #ethereum #ltc #digitalcurrency #defi #xrp

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the-names-kam · 2 years

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HONEST to god you calling my little sculpting impressive made my night so thank you very much and i’m so glad you like them :]

oh i’m so glad!! and they ARE really impressive

i love yellow guy’s pose, and the incorporation of yarn into red guy’s sculpture (and the tail and his teeth !!)

they’re just so charming and wonderful :]

#kam talks #my post #mailbox #leo-undrgrnd #(also let me know if you’re uncomfortable with me answering this publicly !)

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reiney-weather · 6 months

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WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'LEO TAG' ON THOSE GUMMIES. WHAT DO YOU MEAN.

maccy chease…

#I will show you the cursed products #(affectionate)#leo-undrgrnd #weather responds #ask

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intotheelliwoods · 7 months

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He is just a wee bit scared is all :)

@smol-bean-boi13 @the-unicorn-system

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As voted on this no context poll, Sprout is 46 by the time he enters the new timeline! Big Leo meanwhile was 40 when it happened to him :)

@sunrisewoods

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ASDBASKDKJ!!!! THIS TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE SO HAPPY AND SAFE YOU GUYS

@axelsaur @leo-undrgrnd

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The Casey in Sprouts timeline did grow up yes! However that casey is stuck in that timeline

When sent back Sprout got sent back to the movie aftermath, making Casey the age he was in the movie again

#asks #2 arms left

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onejellyfishplease · 6 months

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will mosquitello accept a skull from my collection? i'll even let him pick! i have:

skull, candle holder, candle, Big Papa and Little Dude, Littler Dude, skull candle 2!, This Guy, and... um. ignore that thing in the background, that's a work in progress.

gorgeous! an amazing collection! I believe that it would prefer the more metallic skull (middle left)

wait let me find my skull one sec

*rumaging sounds*

FOUND IT!

its a lamb skull!

#rip lamb #its a real skull lol #im hoping yours arent real tho #asks #leo-undrgrnd #mosquitello

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