90 MILES
90 Miles is a post-photography, A.I. reportage illustration experiment by MCB, curated by Blockbird, exploring historical events and realities of Cuban life that have, since 1961, motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida.
90 MILES
90 Miles is a post-photography, A.I. reportage illustration experiment by MCB, curated by Blockbird, exploring historical events and realities of Cuban life that have, since 1961, motivated Cubans to cross the 90 miles of ocean separating Havana from Florida.
A.I. Reportage Illustration
"Anyone with a Discord application may now illustrate a lensless, photo-realistic reportage illustration on any subject anywhere, and at any time, collaborating with a collective history of photography to illustrate the photographed world and create a vision of what was, is or can be."
A.I. Reportage Illustration
"Anyone with a Discord application may now illustrate a lensless, photo-realistic reportage illustration on any subject anywhere, and at any time, collaborating with a collective history of photography to illustrate the photographed world and create a vision of what was, is or can be."
MINT
The Collection
400 unique NFT artworks.
Mint Price
.1 ETH
Allowlist
Click HERE for Allowlist (Closes April 10) (HERE will be the link)
April 10
Snapshot of MCB NFT Holders will occur at 1 p.m. EST
April 12
1 p.m. EST Mint for Allowlist and MCB NFT holders (2 pieces per wallet)
2 p.m. EST Mint for Public (2 pieces per wallet)
Reveal
Artwork and metadata revealed upon minting out
Charity
10% of proceeds go to charities working with Cuban refugees
MINT
The Collection
400 unique NFT artworks.
Mint Price
.1 ETH
Allowlist
Click HERE for Allowlist (Closes April 10) (HERE will be the link)
April 10
Snapshot of MCB NFT Holders will occur at 1 p.m. EST
April 12
1 p.m. EST Mint for Allowlist and MCB NFT holders (2 pieces per wallet) 2 p.m. EST Mint for Public (2 pieces per wallet)
Reveal
Artwork and metadata revealed upon minting out
Charity
10% of proceeds from the sale will go to charities working with Cuban refugees
Blockbird is a collector, investor, advisor and photographer from New Zealand, but currently based in London. He has worked in the cryptocurrency space since early 2017, managing operations for a crypto startup and has now transitioned to advising several web3 and NFT startups. He became an avid collector of NFTs in 2020 and has since built a large collection of long form generative art, 1/1 art and photography. You can read more about his collecting journey below.
MCB is an American artist and photographer based in Los Angeles. He became known for his extensive use of an iPhone as a primary reporting device, including during the 2011 Libyan Revolution. This documentation led to the monograph Libyan Sugar (2016), which won the Paris Photo First PhotoBook Prize and the ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s book. While working on assignments in Cuba from 2014-2016, he created the books Yo Soy Fidel (Damiani, 2018), about the funeral procession of Fidel Castro, and Ondas (Twin Palms Publishers, 2023), on youth of the Cuban electronic music scene. A National Geographic Photographer since 2004 and a former associate photographer at Magnum Photos, he was the main character of the HBO documentary Witness: Libya and a contributing cinematographer to several conflict based documentaries. He has exhibited in museums, galleries and exhibitions around the world.
Blockbird is a collector, investor, advisor and photographer from New Zealand, but currently based in London. He has worked in the cryptocurrency space since early 2017, managing operations for a crypto startup and has now transitioned to advising several web3 and NFT startups. He became an avid collector of NFTs in 2020 and has since built a large collection of long form generative art, 1/1 art and photography. You can read more about his collecting journey below.
MCB is an American artist and photographer based in Los Angeles. He became known for his extensive use of an iPhone as a primary reporting device, including during the 2011 Libyan Revolution. This documentation led to the monograph Libyan Sugar (2016), which won the Paris Photo First PhotoBook Prize and the ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s book. While working on assignments in Cuba from 2014-2016, he created the books Yo Soy Fidel (Damiani, 2018), about the funeral procession of Fidel Castro, and Ondas (Twin Palms Publishers, 2023), on youth of the Cuban electronic music scene. A National Geographic Photographer since 2004 and a former associate photographer at Magnum Photos, he was the main character of the HBO documentary Witness: Libya and a contributing cinematographer to several conflict based documentaries. He has exhibited in museums, galleries and exhibitions around the world.
AIRLAB (A.I. Reporting Lab) was created in response to the growth and influence of A.I. and to understand ways of utilizing the technology in reportage illustration.
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AIRLAB (A.I. Reporting Lab) was created in response to the growth and influence of A.I. and to understand ways of utilizing the technology in reportage illustration.
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