Shezad Dawood

Sea of Redemption

1,009 Expanded NFTs
Sentimentite holders/allowlist/public mint prices:
0.08/0.12/0.15 ETH. Date: March

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Price: from 0.08 ETH

Minted: 0/1,009

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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.

Diagram
Diagram

1 — Follow on Twitter for Allowlist instructions

2 — Burn Species to mint Specials

3 — Redeem on Zien

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).

SpeciesSupplyPhysicalPrice to redeem
Humpback5Mermelith figurineUSDC 3,600
Whale8Mermelith figurineUSDC 3,600
Orca13Mermelith figurineUSDC 3,600
Shark21Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Dolphin34Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Fish55Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Octopus89Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Crab144Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Shrimp233Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
Plankton377Dynamic lenticular cardUSDC 200
SpeciesSupply
Humpback5
Whale8
Orca13
Shark21
Dolphin34
Fish55
Octopus89
Crab144
Shrimp233
Plankton377

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
SpecialsSacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-4
Super SpecialsSacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-5
GroupSpecies
Group 1Whale      /      Orca      /      Shark      /      Dolphin
Group 2Fish
Group 3Octopus
Group 4Crab      /      Shrimp
Group 5Humpback
Formulas
SpecialsSacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-4
Super SpecialsSacrifice 1 Species from each group 1-5
GroupSpecies
Group 1Whale
Orca
Shark
Dolphin
Group 2Fish
Group 3Octopus
Group 4Crab
Shrimp
Group 5Humpback

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.

SpecialsSupplyPhysicalPrice to Redeem
Mermelhu1Hand carved figurineUSDC 19,000
Mermelhu3Cast oversized figurineUSDC 11,000
Tentacular6Lenticular printsUSDC 10,900
Merme Marketplace10Tea stained lino printUSDC 1,800
Turtle1Polychrome sculptureUSDC 30,000
Pink River Dolphin1Polychrome sculptureUSDC 30,000
Selkie1Polychrome sculptureUSDC 30,000
Old Merme and the Sea1A2 watercolorUSDC 9,600
Merme with Dolphin1Plushy toyUSDC 1,150
Merme with Seal1Plushy toyUSDC 1,150
Merme with Polar Bear1Plushy toyUSDC 1,150
Super SpecialsSupplyPhysicalPrice to redeem
Meshes of the Mind1Fogo rag hook tapestryUSDC 29,000
Frontispiece1NeonUSDC 29,000
Mermakala1NeonUSDC 29,000
SpecialsSupply
Mermelhu1
Mermelhu3
Tentacular6
Merme Marketplace10
Turtle1
Pink River Dolphin1
Selkie1
Old Merme and the Sea1
Merme with Dolphin1
Merme with Seal1
Merme with Polar Bear1
Super SpecialsSupply
Meshes of the Mind1
Frontispiece1
Mermakala1

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

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.