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A series of 3 Limited edition Artifacts that come in a bundle of 10
“The tribes remember: every celebration is a door between worlds, every gathering a constellation of souls.” #11424
“The tribes remember: every celebration is a door between worlds, every gathering a constellation of souls.” #11424
"Between the mathematics of melanin and the poetry of particles, our celebrations defy colonial physics.” #11422
"Between the mathematics of melanin and the poetry of particles, our celebrations defy colonial physics.” #11422
"Ceremonies in the Multiverse"  Drop 001, Edition of 300, #11421
"Ceremonies in the Multiverse" Drop 001, Edition of 300, #11421
"We are star-scattered children gathering at time's edge, where grandmothers' prayers sync with quantum harmonies - all vibrations welcome." Design #11425
"We are star-scattered children gathering at time's edge, where grandmothers' prayers sync with quantum harmonies - all vibrations welcome." Design #11425
While these may look like ordinary postcards to the untrained eye, they are, in fact, carefully calibrated instruments for transmitting poetic frequencies across cultural spacetime. Handle with appropriate reverence.
While these may look like ordinary postcards to the untrained eye, they are, in fact, carefully calibrated instruments for transmitting poetic frequencies across cultural spacetime. Handle with appropriate reverence.

Description

FUTURE ANCESTORS CELEBRATION SERIES: DROP 001

Cultural Artifacts Functioning as Postcards Three Limited Edition Bundles | 10 Cards Each | 300 Total Edition

What happens when you treat greeting cards like ancestral technology instead of Hallmark's quarterly earnings report? You get postcards that function as portals: objects that refuse the colonial calendar's insistence that time moves in only one direction. This collection emerged from a simple provocation: Can celebration itself become an act of cultural resistance?

THE ARTIFACTS: Three bundles, each containing 10 postcards generated through Quantum Craft methodology; a systematic approach to activating AI through transcultural intelligence rather than algorithmic flattening. Each image represents deep archival research translated through computational collaboration, creating visual languages that honor complexity instead of erasing it. These aren't AI art. They're systematic approaches to making memory tangible, to crafting futures from ancestral frequencies that colonial systems tried to silence.

THE MATERIALS: Premium matte paper (350gsm) with FSC/PEFC certification because even revolution requires good production values. Recycled envelopes (120gsm) included.. portals need practical packaging.

WHY THIS MATTERS: The greeting card industrial complex has colonized our celebrations, flattening joy into quarterly revenue cycles. These postcards propose something else: What if we marked time according to ancestral rhythms instead of capitalist calendars? What if New Year wasn't January 1st but whenever transformation demands recognition? Send them as seasonal greetings. Frame them as art. Use them to mark moments capitalism hasn't named yet.

PERFECT FOR: Anyone tired of Hallmark's imagination of what joy looks like Cultural conspirators building alternative futures through everyday objects People who understand celebration as methodology, not just sentiment Those seeking artifacts with longevity over disposability

THE INVITATION: These cards are proposals, not products. Invitations to reimagine how we mark transitions, honor cycles, and maintain connection across distances both geographic and temporal. First physical manifestation of the Future Ancestors serie... with more mutations emerging as the work evolves. Limited to 300. Once they're gone, this particular frequency disappears.

Release details

Categories
ArtCultureTechnology
Release Date
19 December 2024
Catalog number
DROP 001
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"Ceremonies in the Multiverse" A Future Ancestors Celebration Series

A series of 3 Limited edition Artifacts that come in a bundle of 10

Future Ancestors Celebration Series (Drop 001): Limited edition artifacts masquerading as postcards, to seed multiversal possibilities for the year. Each card carries messages whispered in languages that predate maps, printed on paper that remembers tomorrow. Handle boldly. Share audaciously. Frame for the multiverse.

Collected by
Yancey Strickler

Y

Editions

Collected by
Yancey Strickler

Y

Limited run of 10