The Valley of Ashes
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$2 displayed raised · 4 fund applications (3 funded) · 2 seasons · best rank #50 in Season 6
An effort to digitally preserve historically-relevant ephemeral artifacts and environment…
3D ModelsClimate ChangeCurationHistoryImmersiveMixed RealitySocial Impact climate-ecology
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About
A time capsule of our era, archiving surreal and poetic modern day artifacts created entirely by climate change and social unrest. The archive includes still lifes from hurricanes, wildfires, civil unrest and protests.
Impact
This project aims to eloquently and imaginatively document and examine what's happening now in our society and what it could realistically lead to if we don’t work together to address the most urgent issues facing our planet.
Progress
The archive includes still lifes from hurricanes, wildfires, civil unrest and protests, which I have gathered over my 15+ years working as a journalist covering news events nationally and abroad.
Team
For over fifteen years, I’ve worked as a journalist for the New York Times, CNN and other outlets, utilizing emerging technology from VR, AR, drones, photogrammetry and LiDAR to pave the future of immersive storytelling.
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 5 | $15,000 | $0 | $15,000 | $379 | $15,379 | $0 | $812 | $1,190 | 0.0x | 0.0x | 0.1x | $0 | — |
| Season 6 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | $10 | $2,010 | 2.0x | 2.0x | 2.0x | $2 | — |
| Total | $16,000 | $2,000 | $18,000 | $379 | $18,379 | $0 | $822 | $3,200 | — | — | — | $2 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 5 | XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling | funded | 2025-02-03 |
| Season 5 | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists | submitted | 2025-05-20 |
| Season 5 | WildSeed Creators Fund | funded | 2025-05-21 |
| Season 5 | deZine Fund for DIY Creators & Print Media Rebels | funded | 2025-04-25 |
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.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/the-valley-of-ashes
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, 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. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists, WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling +1 | $14,777 |
| 2. | W8W Creative Hub W8W Creative Hub: A Geometric Machine of Energy Distribution | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists, WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling +1 | $86 |
| 3. | The Valley of Ashes An effort to digitally preserve historically-relevant ephemeral artifacts and environment… | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists, WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling +1 | $0 |
| 4. | Three Ears Attenuation Residency Site (TEARS) Extending the gift of space, time, silence, and solitude. | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists, WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling +1 | $0 |
| 5. | Caught in the Crossfire A radio drama illuminating the origins of Red Cross volunteerism during the Boer War, adap | INTERSECTIONS Fund for Techno-Artists, WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling +1 | $0 |
| 6. | Finding Lost Dreams: A Digital Story Project A project that listens to the voices of young IDPs and allows them to find and work on th… | WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling, deZine Fund for DIY Creators & Print Media Rebels | $758 |
| 7. | Labour Union of Higherdimensional Shapeshifters Collaborative transmedia experience (interactive movie) inviting Artizen community to rea… | WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling, deZine Fund for DIY Creators & Print Media Rebels | $360 |
| 8. | ALANAmagazine - AIR Edition ALANAmagazine™ is where technology, culture, and lifestyle converge with a particular emp… | WildSeed Creators Fund, XR Film Fund for Immersive Storytelling, deZine Fund for DIY Creators & Print Media Rebels | $110 |
Other funds of top siblings
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