THE NEW VANGUARD
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By Enrico
$28,168 displayed raised · 15 fund applications (5 funded) · 2 seasons · best rank #56 in Season 6
A cinematic archive of Nigerian identity documenting a generation & educating communities on Web3 cultural preservation.
CultureDigital ArtEducationNFTsPhotographyPublic GoodsVisual ArtWeb3 decentralizedpublic-goodsarts-mediacommunity-economyculture-identityeducation
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About
A physical exhibition and onchain archive of contemporary Nigerian portraits. This is a permanent historical record, built to keep our raw emotion and fashion safe in a digital space that lasts forever.
Impact
Educating creatives and attendees about NFTs while preserving contemporary Nigerian identity as a public cultural good. This creates a permanent, blockchain-backed archive that ensures our culture remains secure and accessible.
Progress
Over 5 years as an Abuja Photo Festival community member, I've built a substantial archive plus documenting Capitol Film Fest, AWG Fest, and personal projects that embody this vision and visual language. Early exhibition images are ready.
Team
I am an insider documenting a generation I belong to. My unique qualification is the deep roots I have in this scene, which I’m now using to show other Nigerian creatives how to adopt and navigate NFT technology and build a future for art.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $815 | $1,450 | $2,265 | $4,530 | $6,795 | $0 | $40 | $6,020 | 1.8x | 7.3x | 7.4x | $2 | — |
| Season 7 | $4,320 | $9,940 | $14,260 | $8,090 | $22,350 | $4,470 | $113 | $22,613 | 3.3x | 5.2x | 5.2x | $28,168 | — |
| Total | $5,135 | $11,390 | $16,525 | $12,620 | $29,145 | $4,470 | $153 | $28,633 | — | — | — | $28,170 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | WildSeed Creators Fund | funded | 2026-02-11 |
| Season 6 | Reciprocity Fund for Indigenous Creators | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration | funded | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Freedom of Art Fund | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers | funded | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Radical Responsibility Fund | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Terminus Fund for Network States | submitted | 2026-02-11 |
| Season 6 | Nouns Africa Fund for IRL Education & Ecosystem Building | funded | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | Cryptoart Fund for Preservation & Practice | submitted | 2026-02-02 |
| Season 6 | FTC Fund for Public Goods | submitted | 2026-02-11 |
| Season 6 | ZAO Fund for Emerging Culture | funded | 2026-02-25 |
| Season 7 | Creative Republic Fund | submitted | 2026-07-17 |
| Season 7 | Explorer Fund for Living Places | submitted | 2026-07-16 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Platform page (offline): https://artizen.fund/index/p/the-new-vanguard
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/the-new-vanguard
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: links, drives, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Republic Fund +11 | $234 |
| 2. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Republic Fund +10 | $563 |
| 3. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +9 | $14,777 |
| 4. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +9 | $360 |
| 5. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +8 | $1,356 |
| 6. | HERITAGE COLLECTION: Fashion, Music & Blockchain Show A Multidisciplinary Fashion, Music & Blockchain Showcase | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Republic Fund +7 | $20,742 |
| 7. | ISEDA (BEGINNING) A new, immersive approach for in-demand African folklore cinema celebrating Yoruba herita… | Africa Web3 Fund for Culture and Code, Capitol Film Fund for African Storytellers, Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing +7 | $3,553 |
| 8. | International Artists Project Global Music Community uplifting artists born in every country of the world, preserving h… | Creative Wellness Fund for Community Healing, Cryptoart Fund for Preservation & Practice, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +7 | $462 |
Other funds of top siblings
Clear Mind: Music + Mental Health Fund Stories Without Borders Fund MultiMax Fund for Immersive Interaction Habitat Fund for Wild Realities Solarpunk Futures Fund Harmonia Fund for Women in Art & Tech for Environmental Furtherance HERDAO Fund for Emerging Kenyan Builders Global Music Fund