KINGDOMS OF ETHER
NFT as a tool for funding a organising an Open Source Franchise
The project reimagines famous figures from medieval history and fictions, placing them in a contemporary world wearing designer armour and weapons.
Kingdoms of Ether is a open-source franchise and a contemporary fantasy world. A world existing on Web 3. The project is an experiment in decentralised collaboration where all assets are shared between anyone who would like to participate funded by NFT sales. 3000 Unique characters are generated using the assets Ludvig Holmen made in 42 different colour schemes.
Worldbuilding: Medieval Cyberpunk
Several thinkers, such as Janis Varufakis, Joel Kotkin and Yuval Noah Harrari, all describe a paradigm shift into an unknown future. In the compare this near-future as increasingly similar to a feudal pre-enlightenment condition.
Kingdoms of Ether is a world-building project that explores these topics through aesthetics, such as fashion, sport and digital culture.
The First Crystal Raid
The project developed into an NFT series as a system of financing an Open-source franchise, where the owners of NFTs could vote for future decisions to the franchise.
