Geneva - November 7,
2022: CryptoVerse
Island and WISe.ART, a vetted
NFT Marketplace powered by
WISeKey International Holding Ltd.
(“WISeKey”) (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global
cybersecurity, AI, Blockchain, and IoT company, announced today
that they will join forces to host the next Cryptoverse
Island physical NFT exhibition, which will take place in
Sevilla on November 17, 2022, at Sevilla´s famous Auditoriums, the
Auditorio Nissan Cartuja (from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm
local time).
This event precedes the main event,
Madrid Cryptoverse Island which will be launched
from February 15-18, 2023, in the (COAM) Colegio Oficial de
Arquitectos de Madrid, that will combine the digital
Art exhibition with conferences related with ART & NFT,
Blockchain, Web3, and Metaverse, as well as a networking session
and presentation of our new projects for 2023.
During the event in Sevilla, a selection of the
world’s most innovative NFT art created by leading international
artists will be sold on WISe.ART,
WISeKey’s entrusted NFT platform.
Cryptoverse Island is the
first European NFT art exhibition to offer ‘phygital’ (hybrid
physical and digital) art packages on the WISe.ART
platform focusing exclusively on the digital medium. During the
event, Sevilla´s famous Auditorio Nissan Cartuja,
will be converted into an incredible immersive viewing experience
showcasing the most exciting and collectible NFT art in the
world.
The art exhibition will be taking place together
with the Gala of the Agripina Awards. The
Agrippina Awards is the festival of reference for
members of the advertising, marketing, and communication sector,
and for the first time, there is a category specifically designed
for NFTs. The striking investment and collection pieces will be
presented for sale on large, high-tech screens &
high-definition graphic projectors.
The NFTs will be sold during the exhibition on
the new entrusted NFT platform, WISe.ART, a
fully-fledged platform secured
by WISeKey technology ensuring an
authenticated and signed version of the actual digital asset,
providing proof of ownership, provenance, and a set of smart
contracts Terms & Conditions describing future use and
monetization streams.
WISeKey’s innovative security
technologies enable the authentication of digital assets, in a safe
end-to-end process based on its 20-year experience and proven
expertise in this
domain. WISeKey develops technology
following principles based on the understanding that technology
shall serve people rather than people serve technology.
All its codes, crypto algorithms, chips, patents
and products are developed according to the following
principles: Access * Privacy * Security * Consent *
Ethics * Future-proof Skills * Good *
Democracy. These are the principles on
which WISeKey’s vertical platform
operates as a turn-key operation offering users a one pitstop
solution. They set WISeKey apart from
its competitors acting as a safeguard to protect users against
possible threats on the Internet.
In launching Cryptoverse
Island, Co-founder Pedro Terol, entrepreneur,
artist, art dealer, and art exhibition director, says: “NFTs
provide a new window of opportunity for digital art, securing
digital art with ownership and authenticity, something that was
needed to expand digital art and increase its reach. We live in a
digital world and art is no different, that is why the growth of
digital art is rising every year. Cryptoverse
Island creates a unique opportunity for investors and
collectors in an exclusive experience highlighting world-renowned
NFT artists.”
Co-founder of Cryptoverse
Island and digital entrepreneur from
Spain, Manuel de Luis adds, “We have put together an
impressive line-up of top artists for this Pioneer NFT art
exhibition and we are excited to be able to announce some of the
headliners already.”
VP Corporate Alliances & Partnerships of
WISeKey, Carlos Moreno adds, “We are proud and excited to
collaborate with Cryptoverse Island during the
Agrippina Awards Festival. The prestigious event
in Sevilla will be a fantastic teaser for the master event in
Madrid early next year. I am looking forward to meeting many art
and like-minded people of influence in such great cities.”
JAVIER ARRÉS (Spain) – Is
one of the most recognized crypto-artists worldwide, a pioneer
nominated winner of the London Art Biennale 2019 and the
Illustrator People Choice Award Creative pool 2017 among other
awards. Andalusian, based in Fuerteventura, he is known for his
hyper detailed works, his cities, intricate machines and his Visual
Toys, impossible fantasy gif-arts. Among his clients are the most
important collectors as well as The New York Times, The NFL,
Corriere della Serra and more. His NFTs works sold exceeds one
million dollars.IG : https://www.instagram.com/javierarres/
GALA MIRISSA (Spain) – One
of the greatest digital artists of the 21st century born in
Barcelona. She is an exclusive NFT artist for the next Hollywood
Film “FRESH KILLS,” directed by Jennifer Esposito. Gala also
designed ultra-rare Freedom NFTs for the film by 300,000 dollars.
She was named by BeInCrypto on International Women’s Day 2021 as
one of the three most influential Hispanic women in the
cryptocurrency industry who are using NFT (non-fungible token)
technology and is amongst the top sales in the rank list of NFT by
CryptoArt.io. Gala has created the first NFT for ELLE magazine and
it appeared on the cover last month. Much more to come from Gala
who continues her road to success. She will be exhibiting exclusive
NFTs at the Cryptoverse Island event, a sure sign of ample
investment opportunities at the show.IG :
https://www.instagram.com/gifgalamirissa/
COLECCIÓN SARDINERO (Santander)
- The Sardinero Collection is a private collective
project of Digital Art that now collects more than 5 renowned
digital artists and aims to preserve and publicize part of the
digital artwork that is being produced in Spain from approximately
2021 to 2026. The Sardinero Collection is made up of artists,
critics, and technical staff, it has its corporate name in the city
of Santander, and it is constantly growing and improving with the
goal of becoming the best and biggest collection of digital art in
Spain. https://www.lacoleccionsardinero.com/
Meta Building 4 Real (MB4R)
- FUTURISTIC SPACES FOR THE METAVERSE, is a group
of unique architects that are creating a new dimension of a
computer-generated collection of 10.000 unique 3D models NFTs, with
proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain, ready to use
in Decentraland and other virtual worlds. A
new project that brings to life the architectural world within the
Metaverse, connecting the knowledge of architects to create
buildings and spaces well designed and the unlimited possibilities
of the Metaverse. Unique buildings will be exhibited on Cryptoverse
Island, each building is a real piece of art. IG :
https://www.instagram.com/metabuildings4real/
ARIADNA CANAAN – (Dominican
Republic) Ariadna Canaan is an international artist who lives in
the Caribbean. Her multidisciplinary work ranges from design,
photography, painting, digital art and NFTs. Ariadna is a national
award in her country of origin, the Dominican Republic, in the
Installation category. She is in a constant exercise of
reinvention, uniting shapes, lines, color, movement, and dexterity.
Since 2021, she is part of the crypto community, refreshing and
offering innovative ideas to the established.IG :
https://www.instagram.com/ariadnacanaanstudio/
ANNA AMGREN – (Sweden) Anna Amgren lives and
works in Stockholm, Sweden. She’s been digital art and crypto art.
Her paintings are considered energy paintings or spiritual
paintings. It means that she does a meditation before start and set
the intention to the picture. Sometimes she does the painting with
the eyes closed, just let the hand choose color and let it move
automatically. Then importing the draft to the computer where she
works on parts of the painting, and the magic happens, in the
pictures figures and symbols appear, all depending on your
imagination - the more you look, the more you’ll find. Anna also
photographs details in nature and uses them in the same process. IG
: https://www.instagram.com/amgrenart/
DIEGO BERRO – (Spain)
Hispanic-Argentine based in Madrid. More than twenty years of
experience in communication. Diego has worked for the most
prestigious clients in Spain on major national and international
campaigns. He says, “I was lucky enough to win international
advertising awards and my work has been published in several of the
most important advertising media. At present, both photography and
art continue to be my greatest challenges.”IG :
https://www.instagram.com/diegoberro/?hl=en
DAVID MORALES – (La Línea de la
Concepción) He began dancing at the young age of 3 and at only 6
years old he participated for the first time in a Flamenco
Festival. Since then, he has built a path that has allowed him to
tour 4 continents and more than 25 countries, performing in
theaters as important as Carnegie Hall. He likes to define himself
as a disruptive artist, who conquers new stages for flamenco. In
his digital art collections, he seeks to express his view on
flamenco. Morales has received multiple important awards and
recognitions in Spain and Latin America and continues to produce
shows and tour internationally with his company.IG :
https://www.instagram.com/moralesflamenco/?hl=en
AMANDA VEAZY - Amanda Lynn
Veasey has been making art on and off for 22 years. 6 years ago,
she started doing art more seriously because of Grave’s disease and
Lyme disease. Art helped her physically and mentally heal. It gave
her a purpose and something positive to focus on. She wants to use
art and especially NFTs to save the world, kill greed and spread
joy. She redefines color, detail and texture and enjoys progression
art and iteration art. It is not the end that matters to her, it is
the journey. IG : https://www.instagram.com/amandavz6/?hl=en
BENEDICT HADLEY – (USA)
Benedict Hadley is a Brooklyn, NY based polymath, film maker and
artist. His work has been screened worldwide namely at the
Cannes Film Festival and the New York Fashion Week. He has worked
with JayZ, Francis Ford Coppola, PBS, June Ambrose, to name a
few. His art is vivid, visceral, complex, and highly
spiritual. He explores the African American youth in the inner city
to empower their role in the community and their immediate
environment.IG : https://www.instagram.com/kikroxorg/?hl=en
EVA KAREEM - The style of his
art usually focusses on abstract division in art style,
specifically in combining colors and geometric patterns or taking
patterns from nature. He studied Drama and Performance Arts in
college and studied Computer Science in University of Sheffield
Hallam in the United Kingdom. He is always on for new art-based
software. He continued to experiment with color, movement i.e.,
animation, lines, patterns, or even sounds or combination of any of
these. He is interested in Quantum Physics and the fascinating
mind-bending topics that it contains. IG :
https://www.instagram.com/nftiemporium/?hl=en
About Cryptoverse Island
Cryptoverse Island is a leading event
organization firm, NFT art gallery, and Crypto art curator
company. Provides consulting, promotion, and development to
Artists, Investors, Collectors, and Galleries. Cryptoverse Island
organizes events where some of the top world digital artists and
new projects are exhibited in a physical art exhibition, together
with presentations, leading speakers, and networking sessions that
create synergies among participants and companies.
Associated with some of the best companies in
each sector such as WiseKey, Samsung, Grupo Prisa, or Vicox to
cover all the necessary aspects in the realization of high-quality
events.Producing environments that encourage creativity,
investment, and development of art and technology.
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 WISe.ARTWISe.ART is a
fully-fledged marketplace. It can connect all actors of the arts
industry. Our white-labelling options and special NFT designs
ensure that besides an authenticated and signed version of the
actual digital asset, creating an irreversible link to the physical
object, providing proof of ownership, provenance, and a set of
smart contracts describing future use and monetization streams.
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.
Press and Investor
RelationsCryptoVerse
Island Company Contact: Pedro Terol Co-Founder:
direccion@cryptoverseisland.com Tel: +34695001800
Press contact Cryptoverse Island: Manuel
De Luis // manuel.deluis@gobezdigital.com // +34619984495
WISeKey Investor Relations (US) Contact:
Lena Cati The Equity Group Inc. Tel: +1 212 836-9611
lcati@equityny.com
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