# Nouns @ DevConnect 2025 (revised)

## Notes

In light of the defeated last prop, the DevConnect team has offered us the space at no cost to help Nouns get a spot at the Ethereum World's Fair. This will be a prominent, high-traffic, and central space within the venue.

- **Showcase Booth →** free, in collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation. 
- **At least 10 artists featured →** different artists each day, each one producing illustrations per day. Each piece will be minted as an open edition + 500 risograph/physical prints. 
- **Artists' compensation →** we are increasing this budget to raise compensation and add a couple of artists (shout out to Dusk for suggesting increasing this budget!) 
- **Community schedule →** time slots for Nouns builders to host lightning talks, activations, or workshops. 
- **Nouns Gallery →** video, illustration, animation, and other media looped/displayed. 
- **Noun o'Clock →** we'll celebrate the birth of a Noun every day at DevConnect. 
- **Full nounish art environment →** booth walls entirely covered with Nouns art. Selected projects/stories will be showcased (e.g., Nouns Glass Frog, school in Uganda, e-Sports, etc.). 
- **Collaboration with artist [Bure](https://farcaster.xyz/bure) →** leading the booth design / visual direction. 

# 📌 TL;DR

We’re bringing the art of storytelling, onchain minting, and risograph printing together in Buenos Aires for [DevConnect](https://devconnect.org/) 2025. "The Nouns Fair: Draw ETH. Mint ETH. Print ETH." is a hands-on activation where artists will jam, draw, mint on Ethereum, and print their creations live with a risograph.

It’s part art residency, part minting lab, part print studio — and all Ethereum x Nouns.

![drawETH_mintETH_printETH_-min](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HyWpw3y5gg.jpg)

# 🎡 The Nouns Fair: Draw ETH. Mint ETH. Print ETH.

## 🧪 Printing and Minting Lab

In November, we will host an art minting and printing lab at DevConnect 2025 in Buenos Aires in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation. This creative space will welcome thousands of the 10–20k expected attendees throughout the week, showcasing Ethereum as a home for art and culture by hosting artists who merge visual storytelling with Ethereum x Nouns and risograph printing.

The minting and printing lab will operate during DevConnect throughout the week, where artists will:

- Celebrate the Noun of the day at Noun o'clock 
- Develop mini narratives & visual stories 
- Learn about NFTs in a no-BS way 
- Mint their creations as collectibles on Ethereum 
- Print their work live on a vintage-style risograph machine 

And general attendees will:

- Learn about Nouns in a dedicated showcase 
- Celebrate the Noun of the day at Noun o'clock 
- Get Nouns' merch and swag 
- Meet and greet the nounish artists 
- Meet and share ideas with the Nouns community 

## 🧑‍ Featured Artists

We'll invite a curated cohort of at least 10 artists (because Ethereum's 10th anniversary!) to participate in a short-term art residency at the Ethereum World's Fair. A mix of established artists within the Nouns ecosystem and renowned artists in the Argentine illustration scene, helping to root this project in the local creative community.

Each artist will create a final artwork to be minted as an open edition and produced as a run of 500 risograph prints. We'll have different artists working on their creations each day, which will be printed at the end of the day, for five consecutive days. On the sixth day, we'll bring everyone onsite to participate in a free jam to close the event.

We are currently in talks with several artists and will announce the final lineup in future updates. ;) – our first confirmed artist is [Kidd](https://farcaster.xyz/holakidd)! ✨

![confirmed_artist_kidd-min](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/rkvPjty5ge.png)

## 🖼️ Nouns Environment and Gallery

The space will be fully covered with Nouns art featuring representative projects, making the space as nounish as possible. Additionally, we will install a gallery that showcases videos, illustrations, and animations of Nouns' artwork and projects.

![reference-space-and-art-min](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/HJxy0bR5ex.jpg)

## 🗓️ Nouns Community Schedule

We will create a community space designed to host Nouns builders, who can share their projects through a lightning talk, activation, or small workshop. We want to make this a collaborative space for the Nouns and Ethereum communities.

![reference-nouns-community-schedule](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/Hy4u5-C5ee.jpg)

*Image reference: World of Apps ⌐◨-◨ at ETHNYC. 2025.*

## 🕰️ Noun o' Clock

We'll celebrate the birth of a new Noun every day at DevConnect at Noun o'Clock. A celebration attended by thousands of people every day for a week.

![reference-noun-o-clock](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/BJsuc-05xl.jpg)

*Image reference: This is Nouns; ETHGlobal Lisbon 2023.*

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DevConnect is Ethereum's most relevant and highly expected event of the year. We will transform the space into an art lab, where attendees will witness the creative process, engage with artists, and their art. We want to create a connection with Ethereum through the playful spirit of Nouns. We aim to bring Nouns' good vibes to the core, making Nouns the cultural and visual layer of Ethereum.

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Fun fact: we’ve handed out Nouns risography prints at every edition of the Nouns Fair. For us, it’s fun to spark conversations about new technologies and creative practices while grounding them in traditional media, bringing together both worlds. Using risography feels fitting—its punk, DIY spirit of self-publishing echoes the cypherpunk ethos at the heart of Ethereum.

For those unfamiliar with risograph printing, take a look at this fantastic batch of postcard prints created by the talented team of Nouns Beyond Screens. You can also [check this short video](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1zA7gDFvO-k) explainer about risograph printing.

![reference-risography-min](https://hackmd.io/_uploads/B1t2hZ09gg.jpg)

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## 📰 General

- **Name**: The Nouns Fair: Draw ETH. Mint ETH. Print ETH. 
- **Dates**: 17-22 November 
- **Location**: La Rural in Buenos Aires, Argentina (DevConnect 2025's venue) 
- **Size**: 10-20k attendees throughout the week 

## 🗓️ Activities

- 📼 Onboarding sessions (leading up to DevConnect) 
- ✍️ 6-day onsite art creation at DevConnect 
- 🖼️ NFT live minting 
- 🖨️ Risograph live printing 
- 📽️ Nouns showcase 
- 🎈 Nouns installation 
- 🗓️ Nouns community schedule 
- 🪇 Nouns community gathering space 

## 🌱 Outcomes

- NFT gallery displaying minted artworks at DevConnect 
- Physical collectibles printed in risograph at DevConnect 
- Embed local artists into Ethereum and Nouns 
- Nouns as the cultural and visual layer of Ethereum 

## 🤝 Partners

Ethereum Foundation – In light of the defeated last prop, the DevConnect team has offered us the space at no cost to help Nouns get a spot at the Ethereum World's Fair. This will be a prominent, high-traffic, and central space within the venue.

> We can't have an Ethereum World's Fair without Nouns.
> -Heather Davidson from DevConnect.

DevConnect 🤝 Nouns

## 🪙 Budget — $48,500

| Item                               | Cost (USD) |
| ---------------------------------- | ---------- |
| Showcase space at DevConnect       | $0         |
| Printing and minting pop-up studio | $10,000    |
| Booth production                   | $8,000     |
| Merch and swag                     | $5,000     |
| Artists (10)                       | $10,000    |
| Photo/Videographer                 | $1,250     |
| Riso printing operators            | $1,250     |
| Production (Lex and Mono)          | $10,000    |
| T&E (Lex and Mono)                 | $2,500     |
| Misc.                              | $500       |
| Total                              | $48,500    |

We are requesting that 48,500 USDC be transferred to the 3/5 Nouns Fair multi-sig.

Address:

- 0xFB35d8B136729D3aB74d687E482F3D16CE18d89C 

Signers:

- Lex – ok-lex.eth 
- Mono – monografia.eth 
- Benjamin Latsko - latsko.eth 
- Index – indexcard.eth 
- Satori – admin.0xsatori.eth 

## 👯 Team

[Lex](https://farcaster.xyz/lex-) and [Mono](https://farcaster.xyz/0xmonografia) – the team behind the [Nouns Fair](https://x.com/NounsFair) at ETHGlobal hackathons, with a track record of Nouns' IRL propagation impacting over 10,000 people in more than 10 countries worldwide, and builder-forward supporters in Latin America and beyond with [Nouns Amigos](https://x.com/NounsDAOAmigos).

In collaboration with the DevConnect's organizing team.

Let's make this IRL/onchain creation station a reality at DevConnect 2025 in Buenos Aires, Argentina! 🧉

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Outcome: EXECUTED