After pursuing the 8-week fellowship, the LAS Foundation team felt ready to experiment further with blockchain technology and integrate a component in their upcoming exhibition. The prototypes built during the WAC Hackathon served as inspiration on how to engage with visitors on-site through an interaction with the blockchain, and especially live-minting.

TZ Connect provided support to turn the idea into completion, and the LAS Foundation and Ian Cheng’s teams worked on integrating the live minting within the visitor journey and the artistic concept of the exhibition so it could be fully and seamlessly integrated. The presentation of the NFT experience called “TRUE NAME” can be found here.

After following the first season of WAC Lab, the team from BeFantastic (India) wanted to experiment with live minting in an art fair context. They collaborated with Tezos India to set up an exhibition booth at India Art Fair 2022. More information here.

Octobre Numérique (France) has put the spotlight on blockchain in their 2022 edition festival happening in Arles all Octobre. Tezos-powered art installations, proof of attendance, and public speaking have been organized to place Tezos as the blockchain for art and culture. More information here.

At the end of the 16 weeks of WAC Fellowship and WAC Factory, the team from HEK - House of Electronic Arts (Switzerland), launched their Tezos-powered NFT shop with a first drop in collaboration with Leander Herzog. This collaboration led to 256 NFTs minted and a total sales of 25,6K xtz. The NFT shop has been developed in collaboration with Smartchain.

The Musée d'Orsay (France) launched a Digital Souvenir on the occasion of their autumn exhibition “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise” from October 2023 to February 2024. Unlocking different benefits, the digital souvenir is also a new form of membership program. This project was developed in collaboration with Keru Projects (more information here).

Lena Dobrowolska from The Royal College of Art deployed two collections on fx(hash), one of which led to 340 NFTs minted (more information here) and 2 workshops organized in art festivals in Munich and London.

In July 2023, Haus der Kunst München (Germany) offered to every attendee of the Echoes 2023 Festival a printed card containing an NFT created by Sarah Friend. This unique project by the artist allowed festivalgoers to actively participate in blockchain technology and create their own NFTs, forming a "digital echo" (more information here).

National Taras Shevchenko Museum (Ukraine) is finalizing an AR exhibition where visitors can collect digital souvenirs from the now-closed museum's collection. The exhibition will be displayed in multiple locations in Ukraine, before the end of 2023.

The Wooko Makandie Foundation (The Netherlands) is finalizing a collection on fx(hash) to revive the cultural heritage of the Maroons tribe.

The Institute for Sound and Music (Germany) is working together with other international museums on a major auction sale of NFT art in order to raise funds for specific museum projects. This model aims to bring financial independence to museums. The project will be launched in early 2025.

Domaine National of Chambord, a symbol of the French Renaissance, is embarking on a groundbreaking project to leverage blockchain technology and virtual reality to finance and facilitate the restoration of the historic Château de Chambord. This project will engage global audiences and tech enthusiasts by selling digital fractions of the château, with proceeds directed towards its restoration.

The National Swiss Museum, in collaboration with ArtifactLabs, developed a blockchain-based Proof of Concept (POC) for the preservation and accessibility of digital born objects. This project aims to create a decentralized catalog to store, manage, and exhibit digital born objects, ensuring their authenticity and enhancing accessibility.

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, in collaboration with tech partner Broken Egg, has embarked on an innovative project to bring the art of working in wood into the digital realm. This interactive experience, inspired by renowned wood artist Michael Peterson, allows both in-gallery and online guests to explore the intricacies of working in wood through virtual reality (VR) and touchscreen interfaces. The project aims to make working in wood accessible and engaging, utilizing digital tools to create and possibly tokenize wooden sculptures.

MAP Museum (Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández) in Buenos Aires, in collaboration with HASHTAG and tech partners fxhash and KERU, is pioneering an innovative NFT project aimed at engaging and educating audiences about web3 technologies. This initiative is part of a larger ART-TECH-NFT exhibition organized by HASHTAG at the Pabellón de las Bellas Artes, Universidad Católica Argentina. The project will feature a live minting experience during the major Tomas Di Teranto exhibition at MAP Museum in Autumn 2024.

The MAPR will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2025. They aim to create a unique digital souvenir or live minting project to commemorate this milestone. The project will feature generative art created by renowned artist Gisela Colón, leveraging web3 technology to engage the audience and generate revenue through exclusive NFTs.

XR Hub Bavaria, in collaboration with objkt.com and Studio Vrij, presents an immersive Mixed Reality (MR) painting and NFT creation experience. This project, set to debut at the "Festival of the Future" in June 2024, will invite visitors to witness the creation of live MR painting by eight renowned artists. The live-generated paintings will be then minted as an NFT, and a digital souvenir in the form of an NFT will be offered to the audience.

Nextmuseum.io, a joint project by Museum Ulm and NRW-Forum/Kunstpalast Düsseldorf to enable swarm curation, allowing curators, artists, and enthusiasts to collaboratively shape exhibitions and museum activities. The project seeks to transition to a community-led operational DAO, leveraging blockchain technology to maintain and develop the platform.

Web3Expressão is an educational initiative by the Goethe Institute Lisbon, aimed at introducing Portuguese and international artists to web3 technologies. This project focuses on developing a community engagement system using tokens, facilitating a seamless integration of blockchain into the institute’s educational programs. The goal is to create a DAO that will enhance community involvement and long-term sustainability.

221A is developing a blockchain and distributed web node service tailored for the arts and culture sector. Through the WAC Factory, they aim to design a token-based membership system that grants access to their Node Library and various benefits, fostering a community of engaged and supportive members.