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/lanparty96

LAN Party is a curatorial duo by Vienna Kim () & Benoit Palop (). Our curatorial and research practice is rooted in art born from internet subcultures, gaming and technostalgia. โœฆ lanpartycuratorial.xyz โœฆ

๐Ÿฟโœจ๐Ÿ”ฅ @benna and I had our weekly online meeting yesterday.

Weโ€™re working on some major developments for our curatorial project, /lanparty , including upcoming curations, more editorials, and more elements weโ€™re looking to integrate into our practice.

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๐Ÿšจ LESS THAN 3 HOURS until Mantras for Curators: Paris closes! ๐Ÿšจ

If you haven't had yet looked through the collection to mint your favourite collectible cards, now's the time. โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ

https://zora.co/collect/base:0xb97c77d19158075898ecf5b899e7fa22446f3f36
PSA: Mantras for Curators goes live tomorrow on @zora โš ๏ธ

free, aesthetically beautiful collectible cards that serve as guiding principles for navigating curation in Web3.

mint your favourites & carry them with you ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
remember the Curatorโ€™s Dinner in Paris back in May?

during the event, we asked guests: โ€˜What does curation mean to you?โ€™

their responses have been reimagined into collectible cards, designed by artist @lxtxcx, which were printed and re-scanned for that textural, hand-made, analogue feel. ๐Ÿซฆโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ
โœจ๐Ÿฆ„ @benna and I had a video call last night to discuss our plans for the next few months of building with /lanparty โ€”focusing on our branding, activations, curations, and how we can contribute to the onchain space with our signature style and current research direction.

I'm just super excited! Bye ๐Ÿ‘‹
https://zora.co/collect/base:0x843f0ba27571d23133f436304ace28b43b5820da/1?referrer=0xe74A09d69b838d9566Ff3227d2f0C50B97ef7bDD

๐Ÿ‘€โœจ๐Ÿฆ„I think one of the biggest strengths @benna and I bring to curating in the Web3/onchain space are our backgrounds as alumni of the Master of Art programs in Sothebyโ€™s and the Sorbonne respectively. These experiences have been invaluable for our unit project, /lanparty, where we have been applying our skills in critical thinking and information processing that these schools instilled within us.

I can't thank the program directors enough for pushing me so hard (even if it was sometimes a bit too much!).

You can support us minting the visual below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿผโค๏ธโœจ /onchainsummer
๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ building, eating, reading, sleeping, et on recommence. โ™พ๏ธ ๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธ
Why did we choose 'LAN Party' for the name of our curatorial duo?

1) a lot of our research is based in technostalgia and gaming (a no brainer)
2) we love the scrappy DIY approach
3) the notion of individuals putting in the work to come together in community
4) party!
currently at 50/50 !! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

need more votes haha.
for those on mobile, if you can't see the full text the options are:

1) Cybernetic Romance
2) Internet Angel

choose the one that resonates the most with you / makes you feel something.
๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ‘พ๐Ÿƒ @benna and I have started writing a monthly column for the Fisheye Immersive NL, the leading digital art and culture media outlet for the Francophone audience.

Our column will cover onchain art and culture, as well as degen topics.

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ”— If you can read French, you can find us somewhere here: https://mailchi.mp/fisheyeimmersive.com/fisheye-immersive-1958957?e=075c43b4aa

(#1 focus: /onchainsummer )
well if it isnโ€™t yet another book to add to my seemingly unending list of game theory research ๐Ÿค 

โ€œRole of Play: New Games, New Chances. A Future Perspective on Play in Societyโ€ by Ben Schouten & Menno Deen
Gm frens! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐ŸŒž
This is still one of the most descriptive texts about our current research at /lanparty. Take the time to read it if you havenโ€™t yet! ๐Ÿ‘€
Throughout the whole of /onchainsummer, you can mint the LAN Party Onchain Summer 2024 celebratory NFT ๐ŸŒž

If you like what we do over at /lanparty and want to see more digital art and culture curated onchain, follow the channel and mint the NFT below! ๐Ÿ’™
๐Ÿ‘€ One more text @benna and I wrote a few months ago about the nostalgia of collecting within the Web3 space.

Thank you for supporting /lanparty @themassagejp ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

https://themassage.jp/en/archives/19571
Okay, well. ๐Ÿ˜Š I thought we were keeping our next chapter a secret for a bit longer, but here you go.

Follow /lanparty to stay updated on what @benna and I are up to!

(*Also, the 3rd and last exhibition on our Technostalgia research is in the pipeline and should be a maxxing transition! ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ˜ฑ)
FYI - @benna and I met while freelancing at the /superrare's editorial in '22.

We quickly connected over our shared love of web subculture, Animal Crossing, and onchain art. Naturally, we started our curatorial duo on a SuperRare Space last October.

Read about our first project: https://outland.art/crypto-pawnshop/