The Monsters of the Seven Seas
High art, high stakes, high seas.
Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and transforming the ocean trash into Sea Monsters, fusing technology, art and activism into a captivating web3 documentary film project, with a mission to save our planet.
An Ocean of Plastic
There is more plastic in the ocean than there are fish. Eight million metric tons, or about 17.6 billion pounds continue to kill 100 million marine animals a year. As the plastic breaks down, it becomes microplastic, contaminating the food chain, from sea to land.
This plastic accumulates in certain parts of the ocean. There are five garbage patches that have formed, the largest being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash covering an area twice the size of Texas.
Let’s make an impact.
Let’s use the power of community and the gravity of story to weaponize Web3 in a fight to save our planet.
Slaying the Monster
With The Sherwood Project launch, and our partnership with OneTreePlanted, we built a community and planted over 1000 trees, proving Web3 can be a mechanism for social good.
Now, with our biggest challenge to date, we're planning an expedition to The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, supporting hands-on cleanup of the world’s largest ocean garbage patch.
Like alchemy, we’ll transform the ocean trash into museum quality art, a digital collectible, and a keepsake take-home sculpture, putting the results of the cleanup effort directly in the hands of supporters.
Sea-Monsters
Amount: 7
The Sea Monsters will be seven massive sculptures, each unique, each frozen in an outer shell of crystal clear ice. Massive in size, the Sea Monsters will be masterfully constructed of plastics and debris removed, processed and catalogued from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Each of the seven monsters will have their own personality and theme, stemming from the unique traits of the “Seven Seas.”
During the premiere exhibit, the ice will melt, leaving behind only the Sea Monster, symbolizing the ticking clock and existential threat of an ocean in peril.
*Concept art for visual reference only
Little Monsters
Amount: 1,000*
Limited to 1000*, our Little Monsters will be made of recycled-ocean plastic resin, skillfully designed to look like a miniature ice crystal. Inside the crystal we’ll see floating microplastics, recovered from our expedition, and a 3D-printed Little Monster (also constructed of recycled ocean plastic), scanned and printed from the seven monsters above.
*Holders of The Sherwood Project’s inaugural NFSeed will have the option to transform their NFSeed into a Little Monster digital collectible, as well as receive a Little Monster collectible sculpture.
*Concept art for visual reference only
Seas the Moment: A Monsterpiece of Activism
Once the seven Sea Monsters and 1000 Little Monsters are completed, we’ll host an exhibit: “Monsters of the Seven Seas.” We’ll use this event to raise further awareness of the ocean plastic problem, while providing actionable solutions.
Sea Monster owners will know they had a direct impact in cleaning the ocean, with the results of their support staring back at them.
All Sherwood Project supporters will be invited to attend.
*Concept art for visual reference only
Web3 Pictures is proud to navigate the Web3 ecosystem with The Sherwood Project, using blockchain as a catalyst to both evolve traditional filmmaking structures, and instigate real-world impact.
Co-Directed by The Sherwood Project’s founders, Luke Dale and Matt Silverman, The Sherwood Project documentary is a feature-length film that will capture every angle of The Sherwood Project’s DNA, from initial inception to the growth of its community, the journey into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the production of the Seven Seas art exhibit.
This film will also serve as the quintessential snapshot, a feature-length Polaroid, at this undeniable juncture, this once-in-a-lifetime intersection, between technology and culture, demystifying Web3, while simultaneously sparking environmental action and advocacy.
Polygon has emerged as the leading platform solution for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development. Polygon's subsidiary organization, PolygonDAO is an official partner of The Sherwood Project, providing funding and support to our team.
The Sherwood Project is committed to healing the earth. To date we have planted 1,019 trees through our partnership with One Tree Planted.
In the name of our Friends of Sherwood, we’ve donated $2,500 equivalent of Ethereum to DOCU/HELP support fund, an organization supporting Ukrainian filmmakers.
Founders
With The Sherwood Project, co-founders Matt Silverman and Luke Dale are simultaneously transforming the way films are produced while setting an example of transparency, honesty, clarity and inclusivity. As veteran filmmakers, Silverman and Dale look forward to meeting you on their pioneering journey through cinema, technology and advocacy.
Matt Silverman
Co-Founder
Luke Dale
Co-Founder