About LIKE WATER
Duration: March 29 to April 22, 2022
Winner Announcement: May 20, 2022
Official Link: akaSwap Page
Blockchain: Tezos
Event Objectives:
Earth Day, held every year on April 22, originated from promoting environmental protection on US campuses in the 1970s. This festival was initially set on the spring equinox because the sun would shine on both the North Pole and the South Pole at the same time, representing equality throughout the world, encouraging people to set aside their differences and coexist in harmony. Earth Day was also associated with Vietnam War protests in its early days.
Russo-Ukrainian War erupted in the beginning of 2022 and broke world peace. To support Earth Day this year, LIKE WATER thematized “Peach & Sustainability” and invited the public to express their feelings about the war with NFT, which would be permanently stored on the blockchain as historical witnesses. It was also the first year of LIKE WATER; it’s worth looking forward to more participants and excellent creations in the future.
Winners of LIKE WATER
10 winners were selected, including 1 for TAICCA Prize, 1 for 1st Prize, 3 for 2nd Prize, and 5 for 3rd Prize, with each winner gaining corresponding amounts of Tezos and akaDAO. The winning works included animation, interaction, algorithmic art, etc., all of which related closely with the theme.
● TAICCA Prize: Resonance, Like Water created by newyellow.
The owners’ wallet balance numbers were converted into different sound waves and formed a melody with other owners. Each owner needs to adjust their wallet balance to cooperate with others for a harmonious sound. It might be a hassle, but peace will not happen automatically.
● 1st Prize: Convergence & Circulation created by the author.
The creation combined interaction, 3D and 2D images, there’ll be heart popping up when one clicks the work with each heart representing a wish. The heart will go to a ghost girl’s hands, symbolizing convergence and circulation of the wish.
● 2nd Prize:
There are two worlds on the earth, heaven and hell. I hope there will be no more wars in the world created by THEING
Turritopsis nutricula created by Chang Hsin Yu
A Glimpse and The Eternity created by NatalieJ.
“Heaven and hell” is 3D animation, while Turritopsis nutricula and A Glimpse and The Eternity are interactive creations. The former represents sustainability of life by cell division, the characteristic of Turritopsis nutricula, while the latter represents sustainability of time and environment using algorithm to produce flowing water, which incessantly shapes new expansions and landscapes.
● 3rd Prize: Union created by weihuang_
Platform created by Infrapunk666
Whalefall created by the author
Blackwater Dog 001 created by Fagem
Kiss of the peace torches created by starboat.tez.
Union, Platform, and Whalefall are animation creation; the first symbolizes the current world’s turmoil with the undulating wave and sound, the second tells a short sci-fi with paintings based on Russo-Ukrainian War, and the third echoes water’s “good for all things without fighting” with whale’s fall. The author of Kiss of the peace torches compares the creation to “a torchbearer of peace” with 22 dots aka. 22 owners.
Relevant Awards from the Community
Since LIKE WATER only chose 10 winners, it was inevitable that there were undiscovered talents. Therefore, many extended awards appeared in the akaSwap community in the hope of encouraging creators and promoting more creations. These interesting “Like-LIKE WATER” awards are as follows:
● LEAKING WATER: Daily and Sustainability
It was held by the creator Chang Ming Yao, who’s also the starter of “Like-LIKE WATER” awards. 11 works were selected with 3D trophies for each prize.
● FALLING WATER: Love & Hope
It was held by the creator roupin, which 4 works were selected with trophies for each.
● SPLASHING WATER: Water Brings XTZ
It was held by the creator Artic Poor, which 6 works were selected. The holder even created a poem hoping everyone can be full of XTZ with water.
Other awards include UNDER WATER, BITTER WATER, PASSING WATER, and so on. People on akaSwap are creative enough and obviously creators support each other, which is a community with warmness and friendliness.
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