This concept was researched and designed to be performed as a live VR art painting at the Eth Global hackathon in Bogotá (Colombia). The actual painting took me 30 minutes to create in the Virtual reality app Open Brush.

I reflected on the mythology of Colombia and the futuristic moment we are having, symbolised by this event. I was deeply fascinated by the myth of the goddess Huitaca who is associated with the white Owl. She is at once seen as powerful, free thinking, watchful and protective, and also as a victim of censure and restriction. I wanted to present the myth in an empowering way to showcase the ‘freedom’ to taste/ test Ethereum. I placed a stylised Eth symbol in the national flower of Colombia (the May flower) and showed it being eaten and grown. I want to convey freedom of choice to try new things and evolve. So I have made an owlish female figure tasting the Ethereum Mayflower. This is not Huitaca herself, nor is it the exact Eth symbol. It is a creative reference to both realms of knowledge and I seek to convey a sense of historically aware evolution.

Sadly this time I have had to drop out of the performance due to scheduling challenges. But I am so excited to showcase this work as a virtual reality NFT (available via the SnowX app for 1 Eth), and play with it in augmented and mixed reality!