WISe.ART to auction iconic NFT of Antonio
Banderasat the 2022
Starlite
Porcelanosa Gala
Ceremony in
Marbella on August
14, 2022
The NFT created by world-renowned artist
Pedro Sandoval will be auction during the Starlite
Porcelanosa Gala in Marbella, Spain with simultaneous broadcasting
in Times Square, New York.
Funds
to be raised from this NFT will
be supporting projects of the Starlite Foundation and the
Lágrimas y Favores Foundation,
founded by Antonio Banderas.
Marbella, New York, Geneva - August 12, 2022 -
WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ:
WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain and IoT
company, announced today that it will be auctioning an NFT
featuring actor, entrepreneur and author, Antonio Banderas.
The secured WISe.Art NFT multichain platform,
aims to present NFTs which tell a story of integrity towards
society. The NFT created by world-renowned artist Pedro Sandoval
will be shown digitally in Times Square in NYC.
The NFT will be showcased at
the Starlite Porcelanosa
Gala Ceremony on August 14,
2022, in Marbella, Spain. The Starlite
Porcelanosa Gala is held annually
(since 2010) on the first Saturday in August in Marbella at the
spectacular open air auditorium of the Starlite
Festival at Cantera de
Nagüeles (Nagüeles Quarry on the lower slopes of
Sierra Blanca mountain). The Starlite
Porcelanosa Gala was a platform
created by Sandra
García-Sanjuán supported
by Antonio Banderas to collect funds for
chosen charities.
Following the 2021 event, the Foundation
announced it had raised over 3 million euros during the Galas
12-year lifespan Logistical support for the Starlite
Gala is provided by Starlite (Festival)
Productions which provides its on-site team support and
production assistance.
The proceeds from this NFT will be used to
support projects of the Starlite Foundation
founded by Sandra García-Sanjuán and the Lágrimas y
Favores Foundation,
founded by Antonio Banderas.
During the same Gala, two additional unique NFTs
created by the artist Pedro Sandoval will be auctioned for the
benefit of the Starlite foundation titled
"La Madonna el niño y el mini yoda" and
"El Hijo de Matias" - both will include their
physical artwork, silkscreen/olio/lino of 169x296 for the first and
a 130x70 gold/bronze sculpture for the second of.
Antonio Banderas said, “It is incredible how the
world is changing so fast, being able to use NFT technology to help
people and at the same time having a work of art is a privilege, I
hope many more people join the movement.”
Carlos Moreira, CEO of WISeKey,
noted, “WISeKey’s NFT technology ensures that
besides an authenticated and signed version of the actual digital
asset, an irreversible link to the physical object can be created
by providing a proof of ownership, provenance and relevant
contracts describing future use and monetization streams remain
forever and immutably verifiable on the blockchain.
WISe.ART Marketplace platform, powered and secured
by WISeKey’s own security technology, binds
irrevocably physical objects to their digital assets in a safe
end-to-end process, and includes permanent secured storage of the
NFTs.”
About WISe.ART:WISe.Art is a
fully-fledged marketplace. It can connect all actors of the arts
industry. Our white-labeling options and special NFT designs create
authenticated and signed versions of the actual digital asset,
establish an irreversible link to the physical object, provide
proof of ownership, provenance, and allow use of smart
contracts.
The WISe.Art NFT platform is fully secured by
WISeKey’s innovative security technologies, enabling the
authentication of digital assets in a safe end-to-end process based
on our experience and proven expertise in this domain.
About
WISeKey:WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss
Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity company currently
deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems for people and
objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the
Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the
pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey
IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion microchips in virtually
all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural
sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers,
mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely
positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a
huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial
Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the
failure of their equipment before it happens.
Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s
Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure
authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual
environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial
Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to
ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and
between objects and people. For more information,
visit www.wisekey.com.
About Starlite
Foundation:The Starlite
Foundation is the international philanthropic platform of the
Starlite Group, whose mission is to offer real opportunities for
development, education and inclusion to those individuals, families
and communities that need it most. To achieve this, we have the
support of important national and international businessmen,
personalities and artists.
Its main event is the night of the Starlite
Solidarity Gala where, in addition to being the main fundraising
moment for the Foundation’s social projects, it is a night where
the solidarity commitment of figures with a solid social dedication
is recognized, as with their fame, influence and media power
actively help the most disadvantage.
About Pedro Sandoval:Pedro José
Sandoval is a Venezuelan artist known for his abstract
neo-expressionist artwork. Much of his work deals with color,
movement, and texture. His work is in the permanent collection of
the Boca Raton Museum of Art. He lives and works between Madrid,
Berlin, and New York City.
Press and investor contacts:
WISeKey
International Holding LtdCompany Contact: Carlos
MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594 3000info@wisekey.com |
WISeKey
Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena CatiThe Equity Group
Inc.Tel: +1 212 836-9611lcati@equityny.com |
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