[DAO: QmSRrd3] Unicorn DAO brings Decentraland to NFT.NYC through physical Web3 Immersion

[dao]

by 0x39d2c8b3d2b2a7da56eefbc3588b3f08e97dedb8

Should the following Tier 5: up to $120,000 USD, 6 months vesting (1 month cliff) grant in the Community category be approved?

Abstract

Launched by some of the biggest names in the Web3 space, UnicornDAO is a membership collector DAO dedicated to empowering, showcasing, and supporting women-identifying, non-binary, & LGBTQ+ artists via wealth redistribution & challenging the patriarchy.

During NFT.NYC, we are booking out a hotel with an 1800-person capacity - we will have a gallery room, an event room, a VIP room, and more. We are also planning to do a massive metaverse activation with Pussy Riot during Pride Month and want to bring our DCL show to our IRL event! This grant would facilitate our DCL activation AND make the DCL DAO an official Sponsor of our event ft perks, including up to 300 VIP event tickets for DCL DAO and community members in NYC.

Grant size

75,000 USD

Beneficiary address

0x39d2c8b3d2B2a7da56eEFbC3588B3F08E97DEdB8

Description

u·ni·corn /yo on kôrn/ noun

1. a gender unicorn is one who does not necessarily feel they need to fit into the mould of an all-female or male box

2. something highly desirable but difficult to find or obtain

Launched by some of the biggest names in the Web3 space and Entertainment industry (Nadya Tolokonnikova [Pussy Riot], Grimes, Sia, IX Shells, Charlie Cohen, and many others). UnicornDAO is a membership-based collector DAO dedicated to empowering, showcasing, and supporting women-identifying, non-binary, & LGBTQ+ artists in the Web3 space via wealth redistribution & challenging the patriarchy. This pride month, we, the team at UnicornDAO, have some epic plans.

This coming June is Pride month- and Unicorn DAO is going to be going all out on programming both IRL and in the metaverse via Decentraland. We’ll be bringing a curated art show, live performance, and several other surprises to official Decentraland Pride Programming and would love DAO support in onboarding LGBTQ+ Artists into DCL!

Additionally- on 6/21, from 9 pm-1 am EST, during NFT.NYC, we are booking out an iconic church venue, a well-established upscale event space that has given us a deal to utilize their beautiful Manhattan space because they love what we are about! We will have a gallery exhibition featuring all our artists curated by the DAO, a mainstage packed with New York’s legendary queer musicians who carved a historic lgbtqi+ counterculture in NYC, a VIP room for sponsors, and more.

We are currently finalizing our sponsors between (and may have to turn folks away due to capacity): Playboy, Dead Fellaz, Collab Currency, ArtBlocks, Rarible, Moonbirds/Kevin Rose, Quantum, Consyns Mesh, World of Women, Women Rise, Astro Girls and Sad Girls Bar.

We would love to add the Decentraland DAO to this list via a DAO Grant!

On top of sponsoring our Metaverse and IRL event- we would like to feature elements from our Decentraland activation on screens at our IRL event promoting DCL tangibly + with QR code links to 1800 tastemakers from top communities at our NYC event.

Speaking of- we would also like to extend between 30 VIP invites to your community, offer DCL Branded merch in swag bags, DCL Logo placement on optional decor, and Recognition as a sponsor in signage at gallery Showcase, + Optional Decentraland Community NFTs in the IRL digital gallery for the entire night, Access to the VIP room, Recognition as a sponsor in promotional material, and more!

Our activation will be both physical and digital and immersive in nature- We would love to integrate Decentraland and the DCL community into the fabric of this activation and initiate this partnership in the official Web3 fashion via a Decentraland DAO grant!

Our mission with this project is to bring women-identifying, non-binary, & LGBTQI+ artists in the Web3 space to the forefront- and onboard them into the incredible world of Decentraland. This coming Pride Month, we look forward to Decentraland’s programming, and as an LGBTQI+ operated and lead organization, we would love to be an integral part of Decentaland Pride! We hope to get the chance to collaborate with your community on this event and many others in the future!

“Men still own & run web3, and it’s not cute” - Nadya of PussyRiot

Specification

Part 1 - More about us:

There are Three parts of Unicorn:

UnicornDAO - collects art
UnicornX - creates art
UnicornRiot - activist organizing & onboarding masses

Networks and investors are similar; key investors from the DAO who are the biggest supporters also will be the main investors and partners in UnicornX.

UnicornDAO provides the infrastructure for a feminist and queer cultural revolution on the blockchain - by giving historically undervalued and underrepresented groups tools to empower themselves. 99% of the population is where the culture is, and by helping the 99% to onboard into crypto, we make crypto culture more diverse, fun, and cute. We subvert crypto bro culture and create non-cringe NFT cultural moments, all while building a top network for feminists x queers, and their allies in Web 3, giving birth to an inclusive new-age utopia in the Metaverse.

Key Points regarding our DAO:

• collectors DAO is dedicated to acquiring and showcasing works of art by women-identified, non-binary and LGBTIQ+ artists
• funds businesses led by women, non-binary and LGBTQ+ ppl
• creates value and delivers ROI for investors in the DAO
• onboards female+ fine art creators to Web 3
• up to this date, the DAO has purchased $1,5+ worth of NFT collections created by artists that identify as women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ groups; the art will be showcased at Unicorn’s upcoming events at many of the well-known crypto and NFT conferences, art galleries and museums around the world

We celebrate and honor the birth of NFTs as the beginning of one of the most impactful movements in the history of modern art.

More information on the Decentraland Event:

As our DAO is comprised of incredible artists- we will put together a collaboration to build out a space for our Decentraland Gallery show and concert. We are working with Cash Labs, an agency that works directly with the Decentraland Foundation, which helped curate and produce Metaverse Fashion Week and specific activations in full such as the recent Estée Lauder popup. Cash Labs will help us lease plots of land, deploy the build, and go through any other technical steps necessary to launch our virtual event.

From there, we will bring in dozens of incredible Women, Non-Binary, and LGBTQIA+ artists into our space, creating a Utopic safe space in the metaverse where we can host a concert featuring Pussy Riot and potentially some of our other DAO members.

Part 2 - More information on the proposed Physical Event:

The event will be an installation of a concept we call the IRL metaverse- where a curated roster of musicians, live performances, artists and guests coalesce as one immersive environment. Receiving this grant will include a ton of incentives for the Decentraland DAO and DCL community as a whole including 200 IRL invites for your community,Logo placement on optional decor, Recognized as a sponsor in signage, Showcasing DCL community NFTs in the gallery for the entire night, 30 VIP tickets for DAO members, Recognition as a sponsor in promotional material, and more!

Part 3 - How these events fit into our overall mission:

We celebrate our community by amplifying multi-disciplinary talent for guests to experience Unicorn’s ethos at its core. Our focus is diversifying the web3 community and culture as we know it today. We would love to bring our mission deeper into the metaverse, and with the Decentraland DAO’s help, spread our gospel of inclusivity to the global Decentraland Community.

Personnel

Some of our DAO members:

Nadya Riot- Founder of UnicornDAO, a conceptual artist, political activist and a member of the anarchist feminist group Pussy Riot

Grimes- Experimental pop artist, visual artist, e-musician, singer-producer, and songwriter. Recently launched her NFT collection on Nifty Gateway “Warnymphs.”

Sia- Singer, songwriter, artist, and now known to the public as Bianca Di Medici, one of the most influential crypto NFT evangelists to the Medici Web3 families

Rebecca Lamis- CEO of UnicornDAO, a powerhouse who formed Unicorn from vision to reality. A passionate activist, community builder, blockchain veteran and leader in the space who defies the way current web3 ecosystems operate.

Priyanka Desai- Member of Flamingo DAO & Tribute Labs. Increasingly disenchanted with the sluggish bureaucracy of Capitol Hill, Priyanka Desai sought out new pastures when she pivoted into the cryptographic ecosystem. Member & Partner of UnicornDAO.

C Verdult- Shaping environments through art + technology. She aims to bridge the gap between contemporary + conceptual artists entering the web3 space, coining the revolution as “renaissance 3.0.” Lead creative behind the first immersive physical meets digital international exhibition “NFT Art Berlin” at Kraftwerk.
Member & Head of Curation at UnicornDAO.

Charlie Cohen: Founded a “technical fashion” brand that blends high-performance fabrics with high-fashion design. Metaverse Fashion Curator & Member of UnicornDAO.

Roadmap and milestones

1. Decentraland Pride Activation

• Virtual Buildout by our artists in collaboration with Cash Labs
• Massive virtual curated art show featuring dozens of Women, Non-Binary, and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists
• A live concert featuring Pussyriot and special guests
• and more!

2. IRL Activation

• Activating during NFT.NYC integrating Decentraland directly into a 2,000-person gallery & party celebrating women, NB folks, and the LGBTQ+ community

• Decentraland would be a Gold Plus Sponsor, which includes:

• 200 invites for your community

• Can provide branded merch

• Logo placement on optional decor

• Recognized as a sponsor in signage

• Showcase NFTs in the gallery for the entire night

• 30 VIP tickets

• Recognized as a sponsor in promotional material

3. Future Roadmap

• UnicornDAO:

• Our collectors DAO is dedicated to acquiring and showcasing works of art by women-identified, non-binary and LGBTIQ+ artists

• up to this date, the DAO has purchased $1,5+ worth of NFT collections created by artists that identify within the women, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ groups; the art will be showcased at Unicorn’s upcoming events at many of the well-known crypto and NFT conferences, art galleries and museums around the world

• UnicornX:

• NFT drops with strong utility prioritized IRL presence:

• UnicornDAO is planning an activation this summer which will distribute over 100,000 NFTs in an effort to raise money for the Women’s march & Planned Parenthood

Vote on this proposal on the Decentraland DAO

View this proposal on Snapshot

[michi]

Love this, really cool project. I’m a member of the LGBTIQ+ community in web3 and Decentraland 100% needs more visibility at NFT events globally!

Some questions around this proposal:

• Just curious if regardless of sponsorship approval will you be holding an event in Decentraland or is it exclusive to an approved grant?

• Do you have any examples of the Decentraland branded merch and what volume will be made?

• How will the tickets will be distributed to the DCL community? (200 invites, 30 VIP)

• Would this funding go towards the Unicorn Dao which is why there’s no need for an attached budget on how the money will be spent?

• What NFT’s do you have in mind when showcasing DCL community artists?
  Are they part of the Unicorn DAO $1,5+ worth of NFT collections?

Receiving this grant will include a ton of incentives for the Decentraland DAO and DCL community as a whole including 200 IRL invites for your community,Logo placement on optional decor, Recognized as a sponsor in signage, Showcasing DCL community NFTs in the gallery for the entire night, 30 VIP tickets for DAO members, Recognition as a sponsor in promotional material, and more!

• Just with this statement, how much have these sponsors paid (would DCL be the only gold plus sponsor, what are the other packages provided etc.) and will they be getting a similar package regarding to branding and exposure?

We are currently finalizing our sponsors between (and may have to turn folks away due to capacity): Playboy, Dead Fellaz, Collab Currency, ArtBlocks, Rarible, Moonbirds/Kevin Rose, Quantum, Consyns Mesh, World of Women, Women Rise, Astro Girls and Sad Girls Bar.

Definitely excited for this and just asking out of curiosity since this is a request for $75k~
This information can actually help people get clarity around Decentraland sponsorship for future IRL events.

Edit/ One more question: How do you think this grant will support and benefit the women, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ groups of Decentraland? ( I dont think I fully understand this statement: spread our gospel of inclusivity to the global Decentraland Community. )

[michi]

Continuing on, would love to just get a bit more information about the in-game gallery event.
Build, deployment and technical managed by:
https://www.cashlabs.io/home

• How much is this in-game event costing?
• Is this part of the 75k grant or funded by the Unicorn Dao?
• What was the reasoning behind hiring this agency in particular?

[unicorndao]

Hi Michi!

• UnicornDAO’s ability to hold an event in Decentraland is dependent on receiving an approved grant, as we want to expend resources to ensure the highest quality of the same event in the Decentraland world.
• The added merch option is given to the Decentraland team, they will be able to add merch that they choose and supply, we are happy to consult the team and help in the creation/design.
• The distribution of tickets is up to the Decentraland team, we’ve seen some of our other sponsors give them out to their community via raffle, giveaway, based on engagement or involvement.
• The funding would be used for the UnicornDAO NFT.NYC pride event, used and executed by the UnicornDAO in various ways to put on the event.
• We will be exhibiting a range of 1/1’s generative art, PFPs, avatars, photography, mixed media, AI/GAN art, performance pieces and many more of UnicornDAOs NFTs acquired + collected by the DAO. We will also be showcasing nft’s our curators & community would like to have on view during NFTNYC as one of the first digital immersive exhibitions that amplifies LGBTIQ+ & non binary artists of our time. Decentrland will have a dedicated section in the immersive gallery of 30 displays amongst the exhibition: we’d like to showcase Pride’s metaverse and feature Decentraland’s LGBTIQ+ non binary creators in the space.
• Other sponsors are paying for a variety of packages (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum) that have scaled offerings. DCL is not the only Gold Sponsor, other Gold Sponsors include DeadFellaz, Playboy, and others. Their packages are similar to that of DCL’s, with the same branding and exposure offers, but DCL’s is the only one that includes a metaverse component in addition to everything else, and prices are almost identical.
• We’d like to work with the team at Decentraland to create an event for not only our guests who are able to attend in New York, but also a wider range of attendees in the metaverse for those to be able to join us at our NFTNYC pride. Being one of the few all inclusive ecosystems to enter the metaverse provides a safe space online for both the Decentraland community and new members while UnicornDAO looks for diverse ways to foster our ecosystem. We’d like to have a presence in Decentraland Pride and participate as us all collectively creating a metaverse where our community feels rooted.

[michi]

Thanks for the reply, I feel some of my concerns around cost vs gain weren’t really answered. Currently this proposal looks to be not very beneficial to the community. Considering Decentraland will provide it’s own merch, Web3/Metaverse representation to NB nft arists, women and LGBTIQ+ are exclusive to Decentraland paying for it is disappointing to be honest. At the moment creators representing the communities you’re claiming to empower are paying out of pocket to empower creators, represent pride and lately a lot of brands are coming in on the guise of empowerment/pride and profiting or boosting their own brand strategy while contributing little to nothing to the community. Two of your DAO members have a net worth together of 33 million and some of the initiatives getting implemented in the metaverse are from local creators. This isn’t a critique agains UnicornDAO but my view on this proposal.

This has the backing of large voters like @yemel , @Shibu and possibly the foundation so will probably pass but it’s a shame your queer empowerment comes with terms and conditions and personally feel terrible seeing things like this get funding as it comes across as a cash grab.

If this project needs 75k funding to run a gallery event (which is usually very cheap to set up), logo and brand placement at an event in RL it’s surprising considering a clear budget or spending cant be provided makes this seem in-genuine to NB, women and the LGBTIQ community. A grant of this amount could fund education in the space and awareness for 6 months to a year but in this case it will fund a single event with ambiguous benefits to the @dao and platform.

Would love to get some feedback from more people of the decentrand community currently working towards empowering the groups you’re looking to profit from~
@Doki @NikkiFuego @NewJenerationGaming

[Doki]

This is interesting. I personally don’t support any grants that doesn’t have a clean budget outline even if it is a project for a community I’m a part of so I won’t be voting on this.
From reading this proposal I can’t understand why and where $75k is being used. It doesn’t take $75k to run an event for one night.
I’d love to know how you’re coming in to empower the LGBTQ+ community and women in Decentraland because reading this and being a part of those communities… I don’t really feel like you’re bringing anything that is empowering to us.

[NikkiFuego]

Hey, @unicorndao you are using words like “LGBTQIA+” and “Non-binary” as buzz words to draw away from the questions at hand. Every “gallery” that I’ve been a part of as an LGBTQIA+ person has been free because thats what inclusivity means. I’m all for people partnering with our community and brining exposure, but as @michi stated, there are terms and conditions and it seems like a total cash grab.

As someone who worked really hard to get 2.2M VP on my own proposal without the single help of a “whale”, it’s really disheartening to see a proposal like this having support from @yemel and burner wallets. I was criticized and bullied for asking for money to build a brand new play-to-earn game that directly impacts and provides support to the community. But you’re able to come in with a third of the copy of a proposal, no budget, and no clear mapping for $15k more. And to not meet any resistance except those you’re claiming to include, says a lot. I had a strong budget laid out and that wasn’t sufficient enough so I was forced to update it and break it down dollar for dollar. Am I missing a backlink somewhere in the proposal? I’ve been in business far too long to believe this isn’t a cash grab and full of ulterior motives. If your event is so state of the art and your collections are so valuable, why do you need to charge for inclusivity? Is that really inclusive after all?

16 votes are sufficient to fork out $75k??? So could 16 votes fork out $1 Million if they wanted to? Why is the @dao not marketing the proposals more? Why aren’t they posting them on Twitter for people to see? Maybe because they know 90% of their stuff wouldn’t pass if they did. Otherwise, why wouldn’t you promote it? Aren’t we trying to grow the DAO and provide for the community? Not take from it? Gorl…

[dax]

@unicorndao i am also very interested to hear your response to what seems like a valid criticism of this proposal

[AaronLeupp]

I am open to changing my NO vote to YES after I hear the questions answered by @michi , @NikkiFuego , and @Doki . Thanks look forward to it!

[notHoly]

I don’t see any good reasons why the DAO should allocate 75 thousand dollars, the amount is considerable, the community would like to see a more detailed calculation of what you are going to spend this money on, because now it looks vague.

[maraoz]

wut? $75,000 for this? Strongly against it.

Second @michi’s @Doki’s @NikkiFuego’s and @notHoly’s concerns here. Seems like a copy-pasta proposal for a cash grab. We should have way higher standards in our community.

Some feedback for the creator of the proposal:

• give more specifics on how you’re spending the money.
• less sefl-marketing, more description of how your proposal will positively impact our community (not yours).
• for example, the “specification” section just talks about UnicornDAO and merely mentions “Cash Labs will help us lease plots of land, deploy the build, and go through any other technical steps necessary to launch our virtual event.” s a specification of the use of funds. If you expect 75k USD from the DAO you should at least show your detailed plans.
• roadmap and milestones should actually include a roadmap and milestones, with dates a specifics on deliverables. what does “Massive virtual curated art show” mean? when is it happening?
• same with “Activating during NFT.NYC” you don’t even mention when the event is happening!!

@yemel @Shibu come on… you really voted yes here?

btw… let’s see how long it takes for this UnicornDAO community to call us “anti-LGBT” or “anti-feminist” for critizising their proposal and asking how they’ll use the DCL DAO’s money. It just makes me so angry when people use social causes to push vague or undefined projects.

[ckbubbles]

Hi @unicorndao. Sharing my thoughts as well, as I 100% also agree with what the lot on what has been said in the comments here — @michi + more.

As a gender queer person who entered DCL 2 months ago now, I’ve have learned many things, and will continue to do so. But what I’ve learned the most is, no matter who you are — whether an individual or a brand — you must DYOR and really get involved and learn the space to truly respect, so you can know the best ways to contribute to it. After all, this is a place built to be for the people, by the people, correct?

Looking over the proposal to start, I do not see a single member on the UnicornDAO team who is connected to any part of DCL or the community. Nor do I see much LGTBQIA+ representation or recognition from the team on just a quick scroll of socials. So from those two merits alone, I’ll vote NO. Because as a queer person in the space, I do not see how I will benefit from this at all, except to maybe attend a cool party in NYC where I live, or know Grimes is involved, who I’m a stan of. LOL

Then from a deeper read with no real clear budget breakdowns, it’s hard to understand the intentions of how the money will move in the benefit of all parties, but more specifically DCL and it’s community of people who have been building what it is today. If you do some research on DOA proposals here in DCL, you’ll see this is something requested often and almost required for a lot of proposal approvals.

I have been working hard over the last few months to learn all I can about DCL, and really find my place in the community, and then add to it, and I can’t help but I feel a huge disconnect to this proposal.

I can respect what UnicornDAO wants to do in general, have known of y’all before this proposal, and had been following what you all were doing. But even then, I was met with vagueness around what the hopes of the UnicornDAO are besides art NFTs and auctions. I think if you truly want to get more women and LGBTQIA+ people into web3, community and education are the first steps. Not parties and brand recognition.

Happy to be challenged on any of this, as discourse and collaboration are the keys to a truly decentralized project or platform. And do please provide any clarity on what I am unclear about as well.

[yemel]

After reading the discussion I decided to change my vote to NO.

[ckbubbles]

Even though my original post is still flagged as spam for some unknown reason, thank you @yemel.

As a gender queer person and someone who lives and creates in LGBTQIA+ spaces IRL, it’s important we bring safety, transparency, and support to our community. Even more so as we create what these spaces are here in DCL.

Too often people want to co-opt a movement (like celebrating just the month of June), and not think about the impacts those actions might have beyond the month, even if all intentions are good and hopeful. We welcome anyone who wants to work together to create this, but unfortunately this proposal lacks a lot of awareness and connection to DCL to truly benefit us the future we are all trying to build here.

[Shibu]

Same as @yemel. Thanks for the input @michi!

If the funds are going to be used for just a party i think it’s no go but on the other hand i feel the involvement of @unicorndao and its community within the DCL ecosystem it is a great thing!

“From there, we will bring in dozens of incredible Women, Non-Binary, and LGBTQIA+ artists into our space, creating a Utopic safe space in the metaverse where we can host a concert featuring Pussy Riot and potentially some of our other DAO members.”

If the funds are going to be used for creating a cool build on Decentraland, doing diverse and constant activities adding value for the community with some clear schedules of things to happen i’ll happily change my vote to yes!

[ckbubbles]

Thank you @Shibu and others that have taken a deeper look and adjusted their votes to reflect.

And agree @Shibu, we would most definitely LOVE to see UnicornDAO in DCL! I’ve been following them since before I even saw this proposal, and really love the idea behind their visions. But without a clear plan that shows how it will add that value, and then work to create an ecosystem of people and creators from the community and beyond, I do not see how I can vote yes at this moment.

[YoYoIziah]

After reading the discourse between the community and the response from UnicornDao, I do not feel you adequately explained how 75k will be used for a one night event. I agree with the concerns adressed by the LGBTQIA+ DCL creators, community and allies in this thread. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community myself, a single event does not pique my interest or satisfy the ongoing needs for this community. A lot of buzz words to capture atention, very little information on how this actually supports (ongoing) the artsists already creating in this space, with a lot of emphasis on how it benefits the specfic agenda of UnicornDAO. Feels like a cash grab and pandering. Will the dozens of artists you’re bringing into the metaverse for this event continue to engage and add value moving forward or are these just attendees to a concert.

Until the concerns mentioned by the seasoned, dedicated and talented creators above are adressed, my vote is a NO and urge those who voted yes to be more analytical of this proposal.

[unicorndao]

Hi Michi!

We appreciate your thoughtful response-

We don’t want our intentions to be misconstrued so we wanted to give this response some thought- As a collective of LGBTQ+ creatives, we’ve turned to crowdfund via organic community support in place of working with massive corporations. We detest pinkwashing by major organizations both in and outside of the Web3 space and want to show that major cultural events can be produced by the community for the community.

We apologize that our message felt like it came with “terms and conditions.” We, as a DAO ourselves, wanted to petition the community directly for these funds instead of going through traditional routes. We would put on this event with or without sponsorships- and will still cover 50% of costs ourselves, via past funds raised, but without additional funds, we would not be able to throw an event at this scale. We are taking over a massive venue, engaging in promotion and PR services for our sponsors, and much more all with the goal of providing a platform to artists and our community.

As a part of this, we seek to promote and empower LGBTQIA+ identifying artists active in Decentraland, such as yourself, and encourage you to connect with us directly! We are a relatively new organization but we as a group of individuals have been collectively been fighting for Queer rights for decades. Multiple of our founding members have been jailed for their activism in support of the LGBTQIA+ community, yet still, we stand strong fighting for our rights.

It should be mentioned that the crux of this and all of our events is always the promotion and empowerment of LGBTQIA+, NB, and female-identifying individuals. This specific event at NFT.NYC will be held in collaboration with a number of Web3 naive communities, promoting the LGBTQIA+, NB, and female-identifying artists and creatives in each of their respective tribes.

While some gallery events are indeed “inexpensive to set up,” we seek to empower Queer, Trans, NB, and Female-identifying artists by exhibiting their work in an incredible venue to potential buyers. This pride month, we aim to help more artists in our community sell their work. Both the IRL event in NYC and the metaverse event we intend to put on in Decentraland will have the goal of supporting and promoting the sales of LGBTQIA+, NB, and Women Artists.

Beyond this, we want to bridge the gap between virtual worlds, which we deem crucial to creative remote queer communities, and physical spaces, such as our event in NYC. We want to join forces directly with the Decentraland community to make this happen and hope to open up dialogues with many of you to ensure that your voices are being heard via our programming at this event and in our events in the future.

Don’t hesitate to reach out - We are on Twitter @unicorndao_xxx

[unicorndao]

Hi NikkiFuego,

We hear your frustration and appreciate you taking the time to comment-

First of all- we’re sorry to hear about your grant. We would love to hear more about your play-to-earn game and see if we might be able to support you in any way.

That being said- we really don’t want our intentions to be misconstrued-

We don’t use the words “LGBTQIA+” and “NB” as buzzwords as we, the entire advisory board of the Unicorn DAO, identify as Queer people ourselves.

That being said, we also are not asking for money from artists to exhibit! We agree that would be a cash grab and would not be positive for the community-

Most events during NFT.NYC will be sponsored. Many of the sponsors at play are organizations who, at some point, have been accused of Pinkwashing. The Decentraland DAO was granted with a 10-year vesting contract worth 222,000,000 MANA starting on Feb 19, 2020. Instead of asking for money from a major corporation, we, as a DAO ourselves, wanted to petition other communities to help raise available funds to launch this multi-faceted activation.

Not only is this a massive opportunity to help sell the works of dozens of LGBTQIA+ artists live in New York during one of the largest Web3 events in the world. It’s also a chance for communities like ours, like the Decentraland Community, the World of Women community, and many others, to come together IRL and collectively make some positive change.

We would love to hear your thoughts on these comments and, as always, are more than open to initiating a dialogue with you to ensure that your voice is heard via our programming at this event and in our events in the future.

Don’t hesitate to reach out - We are on Twitter @unicorndao_xxx

[unicorndao]

Hello Decentraland! I am Zoe Nightingale, who has taken over events for UnicornDAO. I think I can answer a lot of your questions at once.
I have created events for Paradigm, Zora, Uniswap and Franctional, Sundance, Coachella, Art Basel, Burning man, Tribeca Film Festival……and I am here to answer any questions you may have about our budget. First things first, I can assure you that every dollar of this grant will go to celebrating queer artists and the rise of the feminine energy in the NFT space.
We are allowing people from many disparate worlds to come together on this night, over 2500 - vogue dancers, drag queens, renewable fashion designers, non binary rock stars, trans artists in every shape and size will come together to celebrate alongside trandiotnal investors, VC’s and guys who still wear a phone outside their pants and the conference badge around their neck at dinner.
We will use the best in tech art and music to literally create another world. Projection Mapping, 20,000 lumen count projectors, tech rentals + labor, a headlining lineup of queer talent, staff, venue, decor + furniture rental, AV quickly adds up to over 75K.
I’d be delighted to share my final budget with your team, here is where it currently stands:
Venue rental: $70,000.00 USD
Decor/Furniture Rental & Custom Art: $18,000.00
Staff, Freelance + Contractors: $25,000.00
A/V Rentals + Projection Mapping: $15,000.00
Digital Art Gallery: Custom Fabrication, Display Technology & Servers: $15,000.00
Talent & Local Performers: $30,000.00
Insurance: $2,000.00

As we are in the process of finalizing our NFT gallery, artists, musicians, fabrication, and set design, there’s really no point in sharing right now as it is in flux. The budget will change drastically within the next two weeks, so I’d be happy to send it then.
If that isn’t sufficient, I am happy to hop on a conference call with any concerned members about budget allocation. I can walk you through what it takes to produce an event of this caliber in New York City, pay people overly fair wages and have a portion of your budget still go to charities supporting queer communities.
Anyway, this money is being spent for one purpose only. To create a new world, where anyone identifying as a women, from a marginalized community or a member of the queer community can let their voices, power and genius break free of the margins and stand side by side with the overwhelming viewpoints of cis white men. Web3 needs this - the metaverse needs this, and creating something this disruptive, takes time and resources. So, we hope you’ll join us on our mission. If not, we hope to work with you in the future.
My email is Zoe@zerospace.co - feel free to reach out to me with direct questions about the budget, Thank you!