Creating from rupture. Paths forward from past missteps. Masquerade and the Masks of Luci

Joined July 2010
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Much of the design of my new site was made around rabbit holes. To start with the surface of something simple, say a skull, then slip between (and into) each artwork, collection, person, psalm, their contributions, and how each piece fits together. samspratt.com/skulls/skulls
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WINDOWS // NYC is coming with @TransientLabs on Tuesday, June 16th. I have poured my soul into this project- and I made this video to explain why, and how this all is going to fit together. Come build a city with us, onchain, window by window. Special thanks to my dear friend @n_zane_ for directing this for me, link to explore WINDOWS and express interest in thread!
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When you focus on your art and practice doors will open, opportunities arise out of nowhere, and most importantly say yes! The universe wants to support you when you are aligned. If you feel like giving up, don’t! It takes years of patience and failures for everything to fall into place. You can not have anything going on for a while, then suddenly you are invited to exhibitions in 4 cities in the same week! Just be ready for when the opportunity presents itself. When people want to support you, let them! Being an artist is hard, but very free and rewarding. We bleed our souls into the works we create, to hopefully connect deeper with the self and the world around us. It’s been years plugging away, grinding, and trying to make an impact, even when there is no hope in sight. You continue! You don’t give up. You don’t give up on your self. Ever! Just this week, I’m in an exhibition in Paris with @Danae__io, Lisbon with @EternoGallery, New York with @nguyenwahed, and in Kansas with @museumartlight! Slowly, then all at once. Just keep fucking going. Even when no one is looking or caring. The artist must carry themselves forward. At the end of the day it’s for our healing, growth, and expression of love for this world in its beauty and cherishing this gift of life.
Moments of the Unknown is now open until July 11th at @nguyenwahedart curated by @marlenecorbun. Come by during the day, schedule a private tour, and watch it from the street at night after closing with your friends and family! Thank you to everyone who came to the opening reception and celebrating with us. Since starting the art project April 8th, 2023 to exhibiting it June 9th, 2026. We traveled all the way around the world and back home again. Where the treasure were the people we met along the way, the lessons we learned, and the life we lived to become a better person on this Earth.
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Finally joined the Mask of Luci journey. Picked up “Retaliation from the Forge” and couldn’t be happier. Huge thanks to the GoaT T.M.A for helping me navigate the entry and for continuously sharing knowledge with the community. 🫡 Every time I dive deeper into the world built by Sam Spratt, I find another layer to appreciate.🫡 Excited to be part of this story. @Tma_420 🤝 @SamSpratt
Jun 7
It has been a great year of collecting Alhamdullilah
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You visit Lisbon and shortly after — you're broke. I had the pleasure of meeting the wonderful @musicalnetta, who was kind enough not only to introduce me to @SamSpratt's Masks of Luci, but also to point me toward this very special piece — "Adoration of The Matriarchicon" — which holds deep meaning for me as a gift for someone I love and adore: a truly wonderful mother. Broke. But satisfied. Lanett, big hug!
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I have accepted @SamSpratt's offer for ALWAYS HAS BEEN Window #2 (aka “Vindauga Ash”). Thank you Sam for your continued support of my work. Now that you own the window token, if you ever decide to commission the physical, I think Window #2 would go quite well on your beautiful lime-washed orange walls.😉🧡 There are 15 windows that remain to be claimed. One dominant bidder and a group of others working closely together to form competitive bids. Thank you all for your attention to this artwork. I know attention is hard to come by these days and so very much appreciate all of the support.🙏 alwayshasbeen.xyz/redemption
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Elated that WINDOWS // NYC is featured today on one of my favorite art magazines, @thisiscolossal. I grew up as an artist admiring the work and words featured here and to have my biggest artistic effort yet resonate with their readers marks a very special moment. Link to read below! Special thanks to Kate Mothes for her great writing.
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Digital Art Summit 2026 | ACT 07 The Long Bet: On Patronage, Conviction, and Building a World Together June 15, 2026 | 15:40 - 16:10 CET Most collecting happens after value is established. This conversation examines what happens before, when a patron commits to an artist's vision not because the market has confirmed it but because the work demands it. Sam Spratt has spent years building an expanding narrative universe across music, image, and on-chain work. Benjamin Gross bet on that vision early and has sustained that commitment over time. Judy Mam has been both a catalyst and a witness to the relationship between artists and collectors that now defines the digital art community. Together they trace what it means to collect as an act of cultural conviction rather than market logic and what that kind of relationship makes possible for the art itself. Speakers: ▫️ @SamSpratt, Artist (United States) ▫️ @redbeardnft, Art Patron (United States) Moderator: ▫️@Grandenchilada, Cofounder, @Powerdada @dadacreeps (United States)
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Yesterday my collector's dream came true. I acquired "one of us", a beautiful Order mask, and completed a full set of mask categories. This was a beautiful journey, one that started about a year ago when I received my first mask from the Masquerade, "Ecclesiastic Manifesto". I was already a big fan of Sam's work and "Players" has always been my favorite artwork in this space. I started collecting masks when the hype around them had decreased a bit. To be honest, I had no real objective in mind at the beginning. In the Autumn, I had the chance to meet Sam and Rachel at their studio with my daughter and while we didn't really go into the lore of masks, something clicked and the objective of collecting a full set materialised. I had the chance to connect with many holders on this quest, as well as with @musicalnetta who has been a tremendous source of help. The website Sam launched recently to capture and visualise the Luci story & ecosystem really triggered further my curiosity, with the additional focus on material, adornment and source. And a couple of months ago, when I managed to collect "CopeEncantado", a rare Luminate mask, I knew my dream could become reality. Here I am today. Thank you to everyone who supported me on this journey, it has been an incredible feeling, Sam's community is unmatched. Looking forward to the continuation of Luci's story. 🫂 🫂 🫂 🫂 🫂 🫂 🫂 🫂 🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭
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Gratitude to @LaurentNft64534. Big smiles seeing his patient hunt over the last year finally complete his set of Masks today. samspratt.com/collector/0x23…
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Is this AI?
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Today's Mask of Luci makes us question our motives. Do you know why you do what you do? Are you going with the flow, seeking validation, truly in it for the art, or something else that you don't even understand? Did you even want to win? Really? Why? "The Council Killer" - a 🧵
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444 days spent with art, so fitting that it is with Luci - which means Light. I won't celebrate ALL the milestones loudly, but this one seemed special somehow...I know my friend @WAPSHOP_ETH will see something in it. Anyways - 169 left till we reach the end of our journey.
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Transferred Violence 1 of 50 Skulls of Luci and its Council Mask now held by @ape6743 With gratitude to michael chester for being a rare, genuine, kind, generous, and soulful part of this world of luci. BBA: welcome and 💌
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Grateful to help Transferred Violence by Sam Spratt join a new collection today. A new member to The Council.
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I was wrong. Not always the easiest thing to admit, but I am good about admitting when I don't get it right. I remember a conversation where this friend told me there was something more, and I DID find the gate, just a tiny bit too late, just in time for "Cope Encantado" - a 🧵
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Feasted & They Know by @SamSpratt Masks of Luci is where Spratt shifts from image-making to image governance: 613 masks seeded through participation, patronage, and narrative continuity rather than flat distribution. Less profile-picture collection than social architecture, it turns the afterlife of Masquerade into a study in how value, memory, and allegiance get staged on-chain.
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I was today years old when I learned that in Victorian England due to conservative rules about expressing feelings like romance, rejection, or anger openly, people would use specific floral arrangements to communicate their true intentions secretly. "The Garden Dahlia" - a 🧵
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Every Luci Council member receives this invitation - the one we all wait for. For some of us - it’s the first time. That pause before opening it. Then reading through it. In that moment the entire crypto journey felt worth it. All the chaos. All the joy. The power of Art.
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Zewed means crown To wear it is to accept that you may not return
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WINDOWS // NYC For the past five years, I've immersed myself in a photographic, typological study of the illuminated windows of New York City at night. On June 16th, we invite you to build a new world with us, a multilayered, interconnected city of light and shadow, powered by @TransientLabs Studio. This has been my biggest undertaking to date, and is the extension of my lifelong interest in photographic patterns and generative photography. This interest was crystalized in 2021 with my project DRIVE and continued in 2022 with Drip Drop. Over the years, I've learned so much about the conceptual world of typologies, about the intersection of photographic technologies and blockchain as immutable records of consensus and truth, and of course, about how the constant evolution of technology broadens the scope of what is possible for us artists- revealing new ways to create and connect with the people who seek to do the same. The process of creating WINDOWS // NYC has been the best sort of challenge, and as always, the incredible minds at @TransientLabs have taken my ideas and built technological frameworks that have elevated this project beyond my wildest dreams. I cannot wait to show you more, but for now, drop a comment if you want to connect, hear what we've built, and for information on how to participate and get involved. I love this world. I love looking at it in intricate detail and making photographs so that others can look at it that way too. And this pattern of windows and grids is one of my favorite ways to see. Sign up at windows dot davekrugman dot com, or via link in the comments below!
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