Gateway Miami Live Blog: Day Two
Deep within Miami’s vibrant art hub, the Faena Forum has become the epicenter of creativity as Gateway Miami unfolds.
Situated in the heart of South Beach’s Faena District, the Faena Forum is an elegant venue designed by Rem Koolhaas and the OMA team, led by Shohei Shigematsu. It features two grand halls, a rose marble amphitheater, and ease of access from the week’s major art fairs on the beach.
After two years of hosting Gateway in downtown Miami, our move to Faena Forum represents a significant evolution for the event series, showcasing the intersection of the digital and physical art worlds and the rapidly growing digital fashion and luxury category. Produced in partnership with FACTBLOCK, the theme “Blossoming”— celebrates the “creativity and resilience” of artists in full bloom.
Attendees, speakers, art enthusiasts, critics, and visionaries for live programming, digital art, and fireside chats. If you cannot attend in person or just want a summary of events, watch this live blog for timely summaries, recaps of panels, and exclusive behind-the-scenes insights. Check out the Day One recap.
1:00 p.m.: Round two of Yatreda’s Coffee Ceremony begins
2:00 p.m.: Ceremony wraps and Shiseido Generative Art panel with Jen Stark and Snowfro transitions in.
2:14 p.m.: Shiseido shares pieces from its digital art collection and introduces some of the featured artists.
2:20 p.m.: Jen Stark talks about her piece “Fractal Bloom,” inspired by psychedelics, nature, and mathematical equations.
3:00 pm.: Niche to Mainstream panel starts with an all-star, female-dominated panel featuring Amanda Cassatt of Serotonin, artist Krista Kim, and Simone Berry of POCLab.
3:10 p.m.: “We don’t want to work with brands; just check a box. We want to be authentic.” – Simone Berry, on big brands entering Web3. She emphasizes that brands can only succeed if they’re community-centered and genuine.
3:15 p.m.: “Web3 is not monkey pictures. It’s clay. It’s something that people can mold.” – Amanda Cassatt
3:30 p.m.: Berry wraps by presenting her 50 Years of Hip Hop project in collaboration with Walmart to the audience.
3:50 p.m.: Emi Kusano, Heno., and Lady PheOnix talks about how they tools like Lens Protocol to leave a mark, share their thoughts, and enhance their humanity.
4:30 p.m.: Christie’s panel kicks off with asking Jack Butcher about how his project Checks VV started.
4:45 p.m.: “Opepen and Checks are like yin and yang of each other.”
4:48 p.m.: AC says the Christie’s evening sale is like the Super Bowl.
“You’re going to have a really short amount of time to collect these immortal pieces. Everything will be on Ethereum if it’s valuable.” — AC
5:20 p.m.: RTFKT Panel Begins; final panel of the day
5:30: p.m.: “Everything we’ve done we let digital pay a huge role. We didn’t found ourselves as an NFT brand. We always started physical with a digital counterpart.” – Chris Le and Zaptio, co-founders of RTFKT
5:40 p.m.: The founders don’t believe in using the term “NFTs.” Since the beginning, they prefer saying “digital collectibles.”
5:45 p.m.: Alejandro Navia and Zaptio discuss why creators are the next athletes.
6:00 p.m.: RTFKT team drops alpha on physical rings.
6:30 p.m.: Thank you everyone for joining us! It was an amazing event. The gallery will be open until 8 p.m.