NFT Tourism Experiences for the Bucket Lists – ‘Been There, Done That’

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A memorable tourism experience (MTE) is defined as ‘a tourism experience that is positively remembered and recalled after the event has occurred’ (Kim et al., 2012). But what if your travel experience isn’t remembered positively or isn’t remembered at all?! It reminds us of humanity’s ability to discover new worlds and then throw its waste at them. It’s relevant given the race between billionaires to become space tourists and tick off their bucket lists, in other words “Been There, Done That”.

Wrapper “Leave the Earth – Litter in Metaverse” is the first NFT of Stephen Vineburg’his collection “Been There Done That”. It has an art transition story, making the transition from physical to digital art, either as a widely available AR experience or a unique NFT, as well as his ‘CELED’. The artwork ‘Been There, Done That’ focuses on a confectionery wrapper that has traveled the world and is now on a journey to space and the Metaverse.

His artwork has been through all 4 stages: Physical Art, Augmented Reality, NFT and Metaverse, representing the romantic story of one wrap and disposable nature of tourist experiences.

Wrapper’s Journey

Physical art. In 2020, Stephen Vineburg exhibited the conceptual sculpture ‘Been There, Done That’ at the Open Space exhibition in Giardini Marinaressa, Venice. In a conceptual sense, it represented the disposable nature of many tourist experiences, and figuratively, the artwork reflected the downside of tourist consumerism. It attracted a warm response from Venetians who are already worried about the impact of tourism on their city.

Augmented reality. The first stop in the transition from physical to digital art is to create an AR experience that allows the Wrapper to travel around the world. The Wrapper filter on Instagram allows any user to place the 3D Wrapper model anywhere and trigger an animation showing the Wrapper being ripped open and trashed.

NFT. The other digital form of the piece is a series of NFTs showing Wrapper in unlikely situations. The first of these is “Leave the Earth – Litter in Metaverse” which shows Wrapper on an asteroid floating in space. It reminds us of humanity’s ability to discover new worlds and then dump our waste on them. It’s relevant given the race between billionaires to become space tourists and tick off their bucket lists, in other words “Been There, Done That”. The piece is out on Foundation.

Metaverse. The final step on the Wrapper’s journey is the Metaverse where it will exist on a banner in the Decentraland Metaverse. In this sense, “Leave the Earth – Litter in Metaverse” has officially become the Metaverse’s first litter.

Commenting on the cover’s journey, Andrew Johnstone, the artist behind ‘The Man’: an artwork displayed and burned annually at the famous Burning Man music art festival in Black Rock, Nevada, said: ‘AWESOME. Beyond the craft is a powerful message about tourists who collect experiences like attached butterflies. At the Uffizi, crowds stand in front of Botticelli’s Venus, all with their backs to the art as they demand their selfies to “prove their presence”.

We can clearly see that it really takes effort and desire to create something beyond funny pictures encoded on the blockchain. Explore ‘Leave the Earth – Litter in Metaverse’ at Foundation.