Culture Cartel Partners With 2MR Labs To Present Project Future
It’s a curated NFT and collectibles exhibition at 313@somerset that also includes special collaborations and limited edition merchandise.
Culture Cartel is back with yet another exciting concept space and retail experience. This time, they’ve partnered with 2MR Labs—one of Southeast Asia’s leading Web3 launchpads—to stage a curated NFT and collectibles-themed exhibition titled Project Future at 313@somersets’s Atrium and more. Project Future showcases limited edition merchandise, covetable digital art and collectibles as well as a teaser to their upcoming NFT project.
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“With the current trend and interest in NFT and the metaverse amongst digitally-savvy consumers, we are excited to stage this special exhibition that aims to show consumers the limitless possibilities of the virtual world,” said Jeremy Tan, convention director at Culture Cartel, in a press statement. “As well as to engage and educate them as they begin to explore and acquire digital assets as part of a new pop culture evolution and lifestyle of the future,” he adds.
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Project Future is a precursor to the Culture Cartel 2022 physical event, slated to take place from 1 to 4 December at a yet to be disclosed location. Previously, the event took place at the F1 Pit Building. This year, in addition to art, fashion, tattoos and toys, the event will feature NFTs as its fifth culture pillar.
Read on to find out more about Project Future, and its upcoming events.
Project Future is open to the public till 14 August at 313@somerset’s Atrium and New World Carnival.
Heineken will be showcasing their newly launched Heinekicks—a pair of limited edition sneakers created in collaboration with Los Angeles-based innovator Dominic Ciambrone, also known as “The Shoe Surgeon.” This comes after the launch of Heineken Silver, touted as an easy-to-drink beer brewed for a new generation of drinkers looking for something refreshing to indulge in at social events.
The specially-designed sneakers mirror Heineken Silver’s colourway: sleek green and red with silver accents, and built into the tongue of the shoe is a removable bottle opener. The most notable feature of this collaboration is actually the soles, which bear a striking resemblance to the beverage. Seven of the 32 created Heinekicks will launch in Singapore in Q4 2022.
Limited Edt Singapore also unveiled its first-ever NFT titled “Vanda” at Project Future on 11th August. Only 60 pieces of this exclusive NFT will be available for purchase. Each purchase comes with a Limited Edt X adidas Originals Forum 84 box set—otherwise known as the “Singapore Forum”—which includes the sneakers, a basketball jersey and an exclusive Singapore Forum collectible trading card. Also, each NFT will correspond to a different size of the Singapore Forum.
The Singapore Forum sneakers is special, not only because it’s a collaboration between a Singaporean brand and an international one, but because it’s Limited Edt’s third and final collaborative project. It's also inspired by Peranakan heritage that is unique to this part of the world.
The sneaker features a Limited Edit-designed batik flower pattern, transforming the otherwise all-white pair of shoes into one with rich blue hues. Bonus? Proceeds from each NFT and Singapore Forum box set sale will go towards a local charity, to be revealed at a later date.
The Singapore Forum is on display at L.EWAY at #04-3 at 313@somerset till 14 August.
XM Studios will be displaying some of their latest statue releases at the mall’s Atrium at Level 1. For the uninitiated: XM Studios is a homegrown award-winning design studio and producer of hand-crafted, individually hand painted collectibles as well as the licensee of more than 15 IPs—including Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Warner Bros.
XM Studios is also in the process of building their own metaverse—XM Cosmos—to nurture pop communities in the digital space and provide access to other metaverses. XM Comos will include a 3D retail gallery that will allow those with access to browse and shop its collection of physical collectibles.
To access the space, you would have to obtain an XM Pass—an NFT that will be made available on all marketplaces. XM Pass owners will also have access to upcoming digital art drops and bespoke rooms for them to display their own collections. For this, XM Studios has partnered with 2MR Labs to serve as its external community partner as well as with Dark Meta as its internal technical enabler.
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At Project Future, 2MR Labs will be featuring a teaser of their portfolio NFT project, ZMAX Zombie Army. These intricate 3D digital art animations will grant holders participation in real world activities like the world famous “Zombie Run,” hosted by Run For Your Lives!
Visit zmax.io for more information.
Augustine Nezumi and Frankie Sexton, two of Singapore’s most notable custom tattoo artists, combine their respective idiosyncratic style of Irezumi and anime for the first time ever. The result? Two original tattoo artworks that will be launched as part of the Culture Cartel Genesis NFT series. Each purchase comes with a complimentary Culture Cartel 2022 VIP ticket worth S250.
Only 100 pieces of this NFT are available on their website.