Three Ears Attenuation Residency Site [TEARS]0.015 ETH per mo
threeears.eth
Network
OP Mainnet
Owner
threeears.eth
Subscription contract
0x13b...2f78
Denomination
ETH
Referrer
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Referral fee
5%
Protocol fee
4%
Creator share
88%
Metadata
nft.withfabric.xyz
Documentation
docs.withfabric.xyz
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Three Ears Attenuation Residency Site [TEARS]0.015 ETH per mo
threeears.eth

Project Description

TEARS is a deep immersion residency program for creative builders.

Attenuation references the modulation and attunement of attentive energy back into the foundation and through the carrier signals of the people who flow through this place. The URL+IRL site serves as the bedrock for mutual benefit and reciprocal exchange. Situated within a rich site embedded in a piñon and juniper forest, it is contextualized by a history of off-grid, sustainable architecture experiments. We've chosen this site as a nexus to bring together a variety of conversations related to sustainable ecological development, regenerative existential agility, and the core issues of web3 as applied to real-world use cases.

The program is a DAO experiment in progressive decentralization and highly intentional exit-to-community. We are setting up the necessary infrastructure to conduct a dialogue of immanence between seemingly disparate groups. This is an experiment in decentralized coordination to create a site recognizing the intricate ecology of entanglements among geographically distanced humans, caring for the delicate ecological framework of a specific place.

Mission Statement

The mission of TEARS is to provide the gift of space, time, silence, and solitude, allowing residents to learn how to modulate their perspective through deep embedded relation.

We are specifically interested in engaging with three distinct groups:

The first set of residents we will invite are web3 builders. We are web3 builders ourselves. We align in the ideological idealism of web3 and the new decentralized internet, even if we may sometimes disagree with some local implementations that perpetuate the traumas of extractive economics and consolidation of power structures. To realize its potential, we need to foster sensitive dialogue with individuals before scaling for wide adoption by offering an incubator for unencumbered risk taking and encouragement to apply this tech to IRL scenarios.

The second persona we focus on is artists, musicians, and creative writers. As artists coming from institutional training, critical aesthetics, and cultural production in the expanded field, we are dedicated to questioning and iterating upon the cultural conditions of the contemporary paradigm. We know firsthand that cultural production is experiencing a crisis of diminished integrity, where the appropriate signaling and allocation of capital towards individuals and groups of high acuity are constantly threatened by the allure of false narratives and extractive mechanics. We believe that articulating a viable future will begin with cultivating creative kin in lines of inventive connection as a practice of learning to live and die well with each other in a thick present.

The third persona we focus on is sustainable and regenerative ecological systems and architectures. The site is located in a delicate landscape and contextualized by a complex cultural fabric with a history of being ravaged by colonial forces, overgrazing, and shifting watersheds. Numerous movements in off-grid, sustainable, and regenerative design have taken place here for over a generation. We fully intend to integrate these learnings and this community with the coordination tethers of web3 tech and the conceptual acuity of artists.

Why You Should Support This

The funds from your patronage, subscription, or contribution will be directly applied toward developing this programming and sustaining future operations. You will also be the first to hear of opportunities for contributing, participating, and investing in this project.

TW is kicking off this experiment, currently dedicated to figuring out the first 80% of the hardest problems of how to bootstrap and operate the programming and material resource needs of the site alongside the existential needs of the first residents. As we slowly grow, we will be onboarding more contributors/stewards and building a network of reciprocal creator-collectors.

Roadmap

January - April 2024:

May - July 2024:

  • Necessary site upgrades inside and outside of the house.
  • Setup an application form for the program.
  • First draft of an operations manual to ensure residents' safety, security, and well-being.
  • Sketching designs for a shared knowledge repository for collaboration among residents and contributors.
  • Hosting the first residents, representing a variety of skill sets and technical aptitudes in web3 and creative backgrounds.
  • Setting up DAO infrastructure and beginning the first crowdfunding campaign to support the first year of operations.

August 2024:

  • Attending Friends with Benefits Fest in Idyllwild to gather feedback from the web3-aligned creative community.
  • Conducting town hall meetings with the early supporters formed around the Telegram chat to ideate publicly on how to support potential residents.
  • Filling the schedule for the second year of the program.
  • Sharing knowledge and investigating through research how to raise funds to be distributed as stipends or project budgets for residents.
  • Capturing and sharing documentation from the first residents.

September 2024:

  • Road trip across the American Southwest to visit other sites for inspiration on maximizing regeneration and sustainability.
  • Exploratory research on increasing the efficiency of life support systems and aligning with current stakeholders to transition from ownership to stewardship.
  • Condensing this content into a publicly shareable presentation.
  • Attending A General Forum on Ethereum Localism in Portland, OR to discuss the concepts with a community of like-minded community organizers.
  • Attending MCON3 in Detroit, gathering critical feedback from web3 builders in the MetaCartel community.

October - November 2024:

  • Hosting the final allocation of residents for the year.
  • Decentralizing core operations and ensuring sufficient funds are raised.
  • Conducting a retrospective of the year's activities to improve for the next year and integrate key learnings.

December 2024 - March 2025:

  • Closing operations for the winter.
  • Preparing for Cohort One and planning a second fundraising campaign, depending on the success of year one activities.

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