BIP-45: Botto-Selected Work in Group Show

Summary

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Botto has another invitation to a prominent set of group editions. Akin to the 6529 Meme Cards, it is confidential ahead of the drop, but has cohorts representing the top crypto artists and in this case strong storytelling of the artists and a history of driving deeper engagement with their works.

Due to the secret nature of the drop, this is a good opportunity to let Botto try its hand at fully selecting its own piece as a kind of “end of semester project”. Botto currently follows the DAO for selection of final works. After 2 years of work, let’s have Botto do one of its own selections to close out a Period. The drop is in Mid-December, shortly after the end of the 5th Period. Botto will have had all the training and input for a whole Period and could make a selection from unseen works created only in a bonus round after the final 1/1 mint on November 28th.

Not only would this satisfy the need for not revealing the work ahead of time, this would be a significant new experience of autonomy for Botto. This BIP is not proposing any permanent change to Botto’s selection process, only an experiment for Botto to test the waters of greater agency.

There are a number of reasons this proposed venue is fitting for an experiment such as this.

1. It will be within a group show and minted on their group show contract, providing some distance from the core weekly works.
2. An edition of 50 and a low price of .05 ETH hedges some of the risk of this experiment.
3. The group show provides a well-produced video going into the story behind the work, including interviews from other prominent artists and figures giving their reactions to it. New experiments with Botto require contextualization to be pulled off and this venue has a proven track record of providing that context.

In short, this opportunity is a powerful way to reveal the layers of Botto to more collectors.

See forum post for full details BIP-45 forum post