Friends With Benefits

Author: Greg Bresnitz, Laura Jamarillo, Chuck Anderson, Alex Zhang Date: December 7, 2021

Summary:

On December 1st, in multiple locations around Miami, minting portals to access FWB.ART appeared, featuring eight acclaimed artist renditions of FWB’s iconography. The minting portals (wheatpasted artworks) were distributed around the city with a specific QR code to unlock access to an NFT mint with limited edition pieces. This project was designed to bridge the gap between FWB’s IRL events and their emerging NFT initiatives.

The following artists have reimagined the FWB birds:

• Domingo Beta (Medellín, Colombia)
• Harm van den Dorpel (Berlin, Germany)
• Huntrezz Janos (Los Angeles and Budapest)
• Liz Meyer (New York, USA)
• Nic Hamilton (Australia)
• Shawna X (New York)
• Simon Denny (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Zombie Zoo Keeper (Tokyo, Japan)

NFT Collection Benefits:

The following Benefits for holding all 8/8 FWB.ART NFTs will unlock in multi-weekly intervals, tracked by who is holding 8 at the time of the recurring Snapshots.

FWB Birds 3D Sculpture Raffle

Snapshot: December 8, 2021 Eight wallets will be randomly selected to receive first ever FWB Bird sculptures, mailed to an address of your choice.

FWB NFT Guest List Access

Snapshot: December 15, 2021 Holders of all 8 at this Snapshot period will receive annual guest list access to future FWB.ART native edition based drops. That wallet address attached to the Snapshot will be the one listed.

NFT Channel Access

Snapshot: January 1, 2022 READ ONLY for 2022. Holders of all 8 NFT at the time of the Snapshot will be granted Discord access to the NFT General Chat & Alpha Leaks Channels. Given they are read-only, they will not need to apply through the membership committee. They will need to agree to our terms and conditions. This access will be tied to a non-transferrable claimable ERC-1155 token.

Project Statistics:

(2:53pm EST 12/7) Total Master Set Holders: 110 Master Set Holders NOT already in the community: 65 https://gist.github.com/mannynotfound/3f0bfd9920fd7bf6c6db83813783a283 Total FWB Payout: 32.23500 ETH Total Artist Payout Each: 8.05875 ETH Public Sales Total: 2144/2216 (97%)

Benefits:

• Begin to experiment with meaningful perks that tie FWB.ART projects with the larger FWB ecosystem
• By granting roughly 65 non-Members read-only access to a set of NFT channels for one season, we can introduce them to our community that may lead to potential future good fits, conversion, and membership.
• We make good on the commitment made to the buyers and maintain reputation

Drawbacks:

• Allocating read only access to our NFT channels may introduce nuanced, negative community sentiment within FWB NFT community