Spice DAO

Often described as the greatest movie that was never made, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune was slated to become one of the greatest cinematic feats in history. The 15-hour space epic Pre-production work was done by Jean Giraud, also known as Moebius, who had co-founded the seminal comics publication Métal Hurlant, and himself one of the most talented and important comics artists of his generation; Chris Foss, a British illustrator who had made a huge number of illustrated wrappers for pocket editions, including books by Isaac Asimov and Edmund Cooper; and Hans Ruedi Giger, a Swiss artist well-known for his airbrush work.

Dune DAO Mission Statement

We believe the artwork and storyboard in Jodorowsky's legendary Dune adaptation is strongly in the public's interest, and we hope to raise funds for the purchase so it can be in the hands of crowdraisers, not private collectors, and then collectively pursue projects that help its preservation and increase its accessibility.

Spice DAO's immediate goal is to purchase the Jodorowsky manuscript from the Christie's auction. If successful, the DAO may then collectively explore the goals of:

1. Preservation (e.g. through professional digitization; to the extent permitted by law)

2. Accessibility (e.g. through public viewings and digital lending; to the extent permitted by law)

3. Awareness (e.g. through events such as a panel with the artists represented in the manuscript).

Spice DAO utilizes Web3 platforms and standards, structured as proposal based governance with token-weighted votes with a multi-sig for execution.

This trio led most of the preliminary work and were in charge of the artist direction of the whole project - designing the characters, costumes, vehicles and environments. Also would feature Orson Welles as Baron Harkonnen, Salvador Dalí as the emperor, Shaddam IV, and an accompanying soundtrack by Pink Floyd. But the project ran out of funding before it could see the light of day.

This volume was designed to arouse the interest of major American production houses during its funding round, including reproductions of many of the thousands of drawings made by Moebius, Foss and Giger as well as a complete cutout of the film, forming a storyboard. An extraordinary artifact from one of the most iconic science fiction filmic adaptations - a doomed project which inspired legions of film-makers and moviegoers alike. It has been notorious for its secretive influence, as the concept art mined for George Lucas' Star Wars and Ridley Scott's Alien.

The artwork and storyboard in this legendary Dune adaptation is strongly in the public's interest and has long been sought after by curious individuals. With crypto technology we are able to liberate it from private collectors while maintaining security and fairness to the crowdfunders. We believe this project is not just achieving a public good in aiming to make accessible a culturally significant artwork, but also in demonstrating the power of new tools in Crypto & Web3 to coordinate and organize individuals towards projects like this.