FEST25 is <4 weeks away 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Will you crash your car (touch grass) at the intersection of culture and technology with us?

• 🎚️ The FEST25 playlist is live. Rinse it.

• 💭 SSENSE asked our syzygy king Ruby J. Thelot what to wear, eat, and read this summer. He makes the case for DARKNESS AFTER THE APOCALYPSE on FEST25 Main Stage.

• 🎚️ Nick Leon dropped A Tropical Entropy — Pitchfork called it Best New Music. It could heal you to hear it live at FEST25.

• 🎚️ LSDXOXO and SASAMI are into cool sh*t on Perfectly Imperfect. They’re also playing FEST25. (Definitely something.)

• 💭 The Big One released Issue 3: “Network”, with a cover by Petra Cortright. Grab a copy at FEST.

• 💭 Nemesis is hosting a FREE WRITING WORKSHOP. Attend it, improve your strat, listen to Nemesis founder Emily Segal argue for The End Of Trends on FEST25 Main Stage.

• 🤠 The actual pronunciation of syzygy is /ˈsɪzɪdʒi/

The FWBuilders built a weirder, more sacred web

The inaugural cohort of FWBuilders has come to a close 🫂 give these final projects a test ride:

FWBuilders Partner Ecosystem

Thank you to our partner network for supporting creative technologists, the most valuable visionaries in our increasingly speculative future. Learn more about our partner program here.

House of Paper is going to FEST25

House of Paper is building new structures for music patronage; cultivating an ecosystem of artists, creative partners, and patrons to forge music and experiences that otherwise would not exist. They’re working to empower that which can’t be measured, and build a future where music serves meaning, not metrics.

House of Paper takes over the library at FEST25 for a weekend of artistic exploration and well-curated ideas centered around the obscure and the unseen. By bringing together a constellation of varying perspectives, we’ll attempt to illuminate and better understand creativity, meaning making, and the true value of the unknown.

FEST25 is Aug 1-3 in Idyllwild, CA

 Music by:

🎚️ ALINGO LOH 🎚️ CFCF ^Live 🎚️ CHRISTOPHER WILLITS 🎚️ CLAMS CASINO 🎚️ DANNY COLE 🎚️ HALEEK MAUL 🎚️ JDH & DAVE P 🎚️ JUTO 🎚️ KAMASI WASHINGTON 🎚️ KAT LE 🎚️ LEELEE 🎚️ LEO PASTEL & MUWOSI 🎚️ LSDXOXO 🎚️ MARIE DAVIDSON ^Live 🎚️ NEW NOSTALGIA 🎚️ NICK LEÓN 🎚️ PHOTAY 🎚️ QUIET LUKE 🎚️ RORY PHILLIPS 🎚️ SASAMI 🎚️ SUDAN ARCHIVES 🎚️ THOMAS PALU 🎚️ TK 🎚️ VILLAGER 🎚️ MORE TBA

Ideas by:

💭 Edmond Lau 💭 Emily Segal 💭 Eugene Angelo 💭 Helen Yin Chen 💭 James Tunningley 💭 Jared Madere 💭 Makayla Capps 💭 Maya Man 💭 Mike Sunda 💭 Nick Susi 💭 Parker Ito 💭 Rhianna Cohen 💭 Ruby Thelot 💭 Shadeh Kavousian 💭 Tess Pollok 💭 Tigris Li 💭 Toby Shorin 💭 Tony Wang 💭 Zane Kind 💭 More TBA

Experiences by: 

🕯️ Architecton (advance screening) a film by A24 🕯️ Animal Blood
🕯️ Berggruen Institute 🕯️ Envelop 🕯️ Fridays at The Park 🕯️ Jon Rafman 🕯️ LYCHEE 🕯️ MØRNING 🕯️ Nemesis
 🕯️ Office of Applied Strategy
 🕯️ Old Models Foundation
 🕯️ Other Internet 🕯️ PUSH
 🕯️ Qwant Kitty
 🕯️ Silk
 🕯️ Standstill Tea 🕯️ Stars Align 🕯️ The Big One 🕯️ Zoë Loefstok 🕯️ More TBA

Thank you to our FEST25 partners

$FWB is on Base

The $FWB migration to Base is open! Migrate your $FWB from Ethereum Mainnet to Base. Migrate early, receive $BENEFITS.†

$FWB on Base contract address: 0xaa5aD1F869b910E5F794b9366E05E5F2cAb4bFAD

^{†69M $BENEFITS will be distributed proportionally to those who migrate by July 15.}

Be aware of impersonators and fake contract addresses. Do not interact with anything that does not come from FWB official channels. Take care! 

Read our editorial for an in depth look at the development process and our larger migration and TWAMM thesis. 

$Benefits 4 All

At long last, the $Benefits arcade token has arrived. 

• Anyone who contributed to our $FWB Migration to Base PartyDAO is eligible to claim a portion amount of 25M $Benefits.