Shezad Dawood
Sea of Redemption
1,009 Expanded NFTs
Sentimentite holders/allowlist/public mint prices:
0.08/0.12/0.15 ETH. Date: March
Mint
Price: from 0.08 ETH
Minted: 0/1,009
Sea of Redemption is a PFP project, underwater fantasy world and onchain game, populated by the Mermes.
Hive mind lifeforms whose kindness and power is absolute, the Mermes can be held, traded, redeemed for physical artworks or burnt in groups to mint 1/1 Expanded NFTs that are redeemable for museum-grade physical artworks.
For more background context, read the Mirror.
The Species
979 Mermes surface from the ocean abyss, hitching a ride into crypto wallets on one of ten sea creatures in an oceanic taxonomy borrowed from the food chain of bitcoin holders. The Species are all redeemable for counterpart physical artworks or can be sacrificed to the Redemption Wallet (merme.eth).
| Species | Supply | Physical | Price to redeem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humpback | 5 | Mermelith figurine | USDC 3,600 | |
| Whale | 8 | Mermelith figurine | USDC 3,600 | |
| Orca | 13 | Mermelith figurine | USDC 3,600 | |
| Shark | 21 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Dolphin | 34 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Fish | 55 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Octopus | 89 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Crab | 144 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Shrimp | 233 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 | |
| Plankton | 377 | Dynamic lenticular card | USDC 200 |
| Species | Supply | |
|---|---|---|
| Humpback | 5 | |
| Whale | 8 | |
| Orca | 13 | |
| Shark | 21 | |
| Dolphin | 34 | |
| Fish | 55 | |
| Octopus | 89 | |
| Crab | 144 | |
| Shrimp | 233 | |
| Plankton | 377 |
The Formulas
The Species can be sacrificed to the Redemption Wallet (merme.eth) to mint Special and Super Special Mermes using the below formulas.
The Species can be sacrificed in groups to mint Special and Super Special Mermes using the below formulas (free mint and first-come, first-served).
| Formulas | |
|---|---|
| Specials | Sacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-4 |
| Super Specials | Sacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-5 |
| Group | Species |
| Group 1 | Whale / Orca / Shark / Dolphin |
| Group 2 | Fish |
| Group 3 | Octopus |
| Group 4 | Crab / Shrimp |
| Group 5 | Humpback |
| Formulas | |
|---|---|
| Specials | Sacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-4 |
| Super Specials | Sacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-5 |
| Group | Species |
| Group 1 | Whale Orca Shark Dolphin |
| Group 2 | Fish |
| Group 3 | Octopus |
| Group 4 | Crab Shrimp |
| Group 5 | Humpback |
The Specials
Some Mermes have evolved into more advanced beings, even partaking in feudal society, these 27 Specials and 3 Super Specials are 1/1 Expanded NFTs redeemable for museum-grade physical artworks.
| Specials | Supply | Physical | Price to Redeem | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mermelhu | 1 | Hand carved figurine | USDC 19,000 | |
| Mermelhu | 3 | Cast oversized figurine | USDC 11,000 | |
| Tentacular | 6 | Lenticular prints | USDC 10,900 | |
| Merme Marketplace | 10 | Tea stained lino print | USDC 1,800 | |
| Turtle | 1 | Polychrome sculpture | USDC 30,000 | |
| Pink River Dolphin | 1 | Polychrome sculpture | USDC 30,000 | |
| Selkie | 1 | Polychrome sculpture | USDC 30,000 | |
| Old Merme and the Sea | 1 | A2 watercolor | USDC 9,600 | |
| Merme with Dolphin | 1 | Plushy toy | USDC 1,150 | |
| Merme with Seal | 1 | Plushy toy | USDC 1,150 | |
| Merme with Polar Bear | 1 | Plushy toy | USDC 1,150 | |
| Super Specials | Supply | Physical | Price to redeem | |
| Meshes of the Mind | 1 | Fogo rag hook tapestry | USDC 29,000 | |
| Frontispiece | 1 | Neon | USDC 29,000 | |
| Mermakala | 1 | Neon | USDC 29,000 |
| Specials | Supply | |
|---|---|---|
| Mermelhu | 1 | |
| Mermelhu | 3 | |
| Tentacular | 6 | |
| Merme Marketplace | 10 | |
| Turtle | 1 | |
| Pink River Dolphin | 1 | |
| Selkie | 1 | |
| Old Merme and the Sea | 1 | |
| Merme with Dolphin | 1 | |
| Merme with Seal | 1 | |
| Merme with Polar Bear | 1 | |
| Super Specials | Supply | |
| Meshes of the Mind | 1 | |
| Frontispiece | 1 | |
| Mermakala | 1 |
Shezad Dawood
Shezad Dawood works across the disciplines of painting, film, neon, sculpture, performance, virtual reality and other digital media to ask key questions of narrative, history and embodiment.
Shezad Dawood in his studio. Image courtesy of Sue Parkhill.
Shezad has exhibited expansive video projects at the Venice Biennale; hand-made fishing nets on Fogo Island in Newfoundland; and, a non-centred and inverted map of deep-time at the Sea Art Festival in Busan, South Korea. Collections include Guggenheim; Tate; UBS; LACMA, Los Angeles; Government Art Collection, UK; US Government Art Collection; The British Museum; Sharjah Art Foundation.
“Sea of Redemption is trying to think as a speciesist, about how we dethrone the human. So that we see ourselves as part and parcel of the whole spectrum of nature.” Shezad Dawood
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Credits
Sea of Redemption is a collaboration between Shezad Dawood and Zien.
Developed with 3D artist Gabriel Stones.
Graphic design by Fraser Muggeridge studio.