What is is it like to come back to your senses?
The foundations of this project took 15-years to build, with contributions from models, studios, real painting, and project partners.
DURING THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, VESA HAS SHOT NEW SESSIONS WITH 16 NEW MODELS FOR STILLS ARTWORKS AS WELL AS VIDEO.
VESA’s art has been featured in various international and national press from Forbes to YLE News along the years.
What the works will look like in the frames made for the Asvoria pyramid gallery and the surrounding area frames.
Watch a recent “catch up” episode with VESA and Lotta, his co-founder and wife, regarding the most recent shoots on Senses and more.
The mood board of The Senses project includes Gustav Klimt, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Carl Gustav Jung, Salvador Dali, Quentin Tarantino, a dash of Versace, and William Blake.
This is all mixed together with a new photography process, digital collaging, and web3 tools.
“The best way to describe working with Vesa is transcendence. Our personal and professional stories were integrated into hours of creation in flow. Most people think that the power of art lies in its ability to bring people together, but at its core, art returns us to ourselves. It connects us with our most vulnerable and ecstatic emotions, elevating the human experience beyond survival into a shared journey, into transcendence.”
Check out the first 30 1:1s on SR from the link
The Series has a lot planned and will continue for years to come.
Legendary collectors Mondoir and Colborn are Senses 1/1 holders.
We don’t know some of the transfer prices like the one for Colborn.
We are also making a 1000 edition of generative Senses art, which is trained on 10.000 images of VESA’s photography of models and another 10.000 images of his layer paintings and style.
The first artwork “Gen 2” is now available to purchase from Rarible.
As you can see from these posts, VESA & team spend a lot of time not only making this art tastefully & respectfully, but also telling the story of what these artworks are about. While we of course understand that the volumes of people doing things on socials need automation, we are increasingly in a situation with machines that art, soul and nuance are taking a beating in front of the ever increasing machine that is our world.
Luckily we have projects that support us and a community that understands what we are doing.
We did a drop with Crypto dot com for 12 limited edition pieces in Spring 2023.
The floor in general is a healthy 3x but some top asks are now from 220 usd to 35k.
The team
Joonas Harimaa
Business Development
Joonas Harimaa is an investor and an entrepreneur with a decade of experience. He has launched 13 businesses, many of which produce residual income. For the past two years, Joonas has been a full-time crypto and NFT investor.
Joonas has educated and trained thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders to reach their fullest potential. These high-achieving, high-performing entrepreneurs have benefitted from Joonas’ training, and increased their sales in the process. He will be an active partner with VESA, bringing his expertise in business building and development.
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Benjamin Leff
Business development
Ben is a seasoned expert in cryptocurrency and digital assets, was the Head of Business Development at Kraken Exchange for over two years and the founder of Leff Ventures, a firm specializing in Crypto Wealth Management and PR services. With over four years of private wealth management experience, Leff Ventures provides a comprehensive suite of services tailored to high-net-worth investors and family offices. These services include assistance in account setup on trusted crypto exchanges, 24/7 support, in-person tutorials, and the development of custom financial strategies that align with the client’s goals and risk tolerance. Leff Ventures consolidates portfolios and enables clients to monitor their asset’s performance in real-time, mitigating potential risks and meeting the growing demand for efficient digital asset management.
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Anttu Koistinen
AI expert
Anttu has been working in sales, marketing, ad agencies and video production companies for over ten years, and specializes in the use of AI in his daily work. Anttu is an inspiring AI-trainer with diverse experience, expertise and passion for AI.
Anttu is also currently developing a novel AI application designed for sales and marketing content production. The main goal is to make complex AI technology significantly more accessible and straightforward for any IT professional, without the need for deeper technical knowledge.
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The Norwegian
Relationship builder
Wall Street Bets inner circle.
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Juha “The Goose” Hanhinen
Motion Graphics
Juha has a twenty-year career in motion graphics and film and has worked with Vesa on various projects since 2006. Together they have executed many successful NFTs, such as the ‘Bitcoin Elite’ for the Bad Crypto Podcast and the Blue Wizard commission.
In film, Juha has been involved in nationwide documentaries, music videos for top artists, and promotional films. He is also a beloved character in the Helsinki punk & rock scene.
Some of his notable clients and partners include Kone, The Nordic Business Forum, Alexandria Bank, Visit Estonia, and Sports Academy.
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Alejandro Obando
Digital Marketing Specialist
Alejandro is an experienced project manager in the e-commerce and crypto/NFT space. Having a communications degree from Florida International University, he understands the art of resonance, and what attracts different audiences.
Alejandro earned his bachelor’s in public relations and advertising and will bring this knowledge to VESA by leading public relations, community management, social media, partnerships as well as investor relations.
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Rasmus Möller
NFT “sold out collection” expert
3 Years of experience in the Web3 - always thriving to learn more.
Specialized in Community Management, Branding & Marketing.
Successfully founded and launched two companies at the age of 20.
Helped a brand achieve over $1,000,000 in secondary sales in just two days through digital marketing strategies.
Built and managed a thriving online community of over 200,000 members in just two months.
Successfully executed Twitter growth hacking strategies that resulted in a 400% increase in followers for 5 brands within just one month.
Developed and executed brand building strategies for multiple Web3 NFT projects, resulting in the creation of distinct and memorable project identities that resonated with target audiences and contributed to significant growth in community engagement and secondary market sales.
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Christian Schmitt
As a visionary consultant with a diverse background spanning the fields of life sciences, public transportation, aerospace, defense, automotive, mechanical engineering, energy, and blockchain, I bring a wealth of experience to my work. In recent years, I have focused on strategic consulting, project management, ERP consulting, digital transformation, and the implementation of intelligent process automations.
2021 was a milestone for me when I co-founded a small NFT marketplace on the Cardano blockchain. This endeavor has allowed me to stay at the forefront of the latest technology trends in the blockchain industry and gain deep insights into the intersection between traditional industries and blockchain technology.
My passion lies in developing intelligent automation applications for my clients, harnessing the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive the next wave of automation. I firmly believe that the next major disruption in automation will take place in offices worldwide, and I am committed to playing a leading role in shaping this future.
Lotta Kivinen
Copywriter / Assistant Producer
A writer, an Assistant Producer, a dreamer, a wife- Lotta has worn many hats during the long apprenticeship and life partnership with Vesa. Lotta has always been artistically inclined, first pursuing novel writing at 14. She has been a copywriter and content producer since 2013 in the fitness and gaming industries, before turning her attention to crypto in 2018.
Currently she relishes utilizing her creative and organizational skills at VESA Digital, creating content, working on branding and nurturing partnerships and client relations. She contributes to VESA articles published on News BTC and is a familiar face at Web3 events in Dubai and elsewhere.
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VESA
Artist
VESA is an award winning digital art pioneer for 15 years. He innovated his own mixed media process in 2008, and has been full-time in the crypto art and NFT space since 2017. He is considered to be a leading early artist building the metaverse and NFT expansion, being among the first to enter in the earliest stages. In 2013, his digital art project with actress Veena Malik reached around 300M people, with critical acclaim (references).
The latest venture artcar.io, is seen around events in Dubai. He also builds with leading metaverse companies like Zoan, Blockchain Valley Virtual, Landrocker, Megaverse and Superworld, VESA is also an ambassador for the International Blockchain Association. Crypto Oasis included him in the Ecosystem report among the top 10 artists in the UAE region, and L’Officiel awarded him the top Web3 artist award.
His art has been collected by hedge funds, exchanges, CEO's and influencers. Among them are Charles Hoskinson, Charlie Lee, Dr Marwan Al Zarouni, Mondoir, Saeed Al Darmaki, Tone Vays, Whale Shark, Coach K, Willy Woo, and many others.
A News BTC article on to go deeper into the substance of these works.
The series is currently looking for new models and collaborators.
The studio is in Helsinki, Finland, but international shoots are also possible.
All collaborations are done under a contract and agreed with the model before the shoot. To ensure both the artist and model are protected, we have a protocol in place to make sure the personal space of the model is respected. Safety is a high priority.
This mini-documentary is an oversight of VESA’s career over the past 15 years as a visual artist.
Some of the press from along the years.
VESA is represented as an artist by Cermak-Eisenkraft Gallery.
