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More complicated feats such as escape and illusion became the focus of Horacio’s work going forward. For his first significant act, he had spectators on the beach wrap a chain around him, including around his hands behind his back, and lock it with a padlock. He then stepped inside of a wooden crate and had an assistant nail it shut. Onlookers were shouting at him not to do it. “He’s going to die!” one gasped. The crate was quiet for a few minutes and the audience, which had grown to dozens of people, was increasingly nervous of his fate. The air was tense, and some couldn’t look, assuming he was likely dying inside. Just as a man approached to bust it up, the crate started to move, and the magician busted his way out of the top of it. The crowd was stunned momentarily. Stupefied. Perplexed. An eerie silence soon gave way to thunderous applause.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
Contract Address0x495f...7b5e
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Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
10%

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More complicated feats such as escape and illusion became the focus of Horacio’s work going forward. For his first significant act, he had spectators on the beach wrap a chain around him, including around his hands behind his back, and lock it with a padlock. He then stepped inside of a wooden crate and had an assistant nail it shut. Onlookers were shouting at him not to do it. “He’s going to die!” one gasped. The crate was quiet for a few minutes and the audience, which had grown to dozens of people, was increasingly nervous of his fate. The air was tense, and some couldn’t look, assuming he was likely dying inside. Just as a man approached to bust it up, the crate started to move, and the magician busted his way out of the top of it. The crowd was stunned momentarily. Stupefied. Perplexed. An eerie silence soon gave way to thunderous applause.

Santa Maria de las Rocas collection image

A novella by Nicholas Gill and Alejandro Cartagena.

A collection of 151 “expired photographs” that were thrown out, collected from a tianguis outside of Mexico City by photographer and archivist Alejandro Cartagena and then pieced together and reimagined by writer Nicholas Gill. The 151-page novella tells the tale of the fictional town of Santa María de las Rocas, located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The story traces this coastal community from its humble origins at the turn of the century to the 1980s, as it corresponds to real events in the history of this corner of Mexico. As years pass, the landscape changes and the community grows and develops. There’s corruption and violence, magic and hope. Characters fall in love and fall apart. Their voices are heard. Their songs are sung.

The existence of this project is designed to question the very nature of storytelling and its possibilities in the digital age. As such, it’s done as a CO0, for free public use.

Category Photography
Contract Address0x495f...7b5e
Token ID
Token StandardERC-1155
ChainEthereum
MetadataCentralized
Creator Earnings
10%
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