While the eyes of the Web3 world are on Consensus 2022 in Austin, Texas, protest art collective Pussy Riot has staged an attention-grabbing protest in the city—and minted the moment as an NFT.
On Thursday, the group unfurled a banner reading “MATRIARCHY NOW!” from the third floor of the Texas State Capitol building, in support of reproductive rights.
PUSSY RIOT x IKIYA X UNICORN PROTESTS THE ATTACK ON REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS WITH “MATRIARCHY NOW!” BANNER AT TEXAS STATE CAPITOL
Pussy Riot announced that the moment is being minted as an NFT and auctioned using PartyBid, a platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain to auction non-fungible tokens. The group said that all proceeds from the auction will go to the fight for reproductive rights.
“Texas is a battleground state for reproductive rights, and what happens here is watched closely by the rest of us,” Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova told Atšaukti per telegramą.
Before the event, a tour guide led a group into the domed room to see the walls lined with the portraits of former Texas governors. As Pussy Riot entered, wearing green bandanas that spelled out the group’s name, they briefly spoke with a female member of the Texas State police, who seemed intrigued by what the group was doing.