Muse of artists - An Ocean of Imagination
Organiser:
VAVortex & Digital Bohemians
Theme:
Inspired by the Greek word Hydra (ὕδρα), meaning water, this theme explores the many shades of blue; from sea and sky to dreams, mythology, emotion, and the iconic blue-and-white spirit of Greece. All forms of Visual Art, Music and Poetry (Spoken Word) are accepted (jpg, png, GIF, mp4 and mp3)
Launched:
15 August 2026
Submission deadline:
7 September 2026 11PM UTC
Vote started:
8 September 2026 8AM UTC
Vote ends:
30 September 2026
Winners announced:
30 September 2026
Charity:
Submit Artwork Only
Prizes:
Exclusive IRL Physical AR Location-Based Exhibition on the Island of Hydra Greece: Selected artists will be showcased in September 2026 in a cutting-edge AR experience and exhibited in the dedicated Metaverse Experience. 14 sports avalible. ONE Grand Winner will be selected by public vote and get a SOLO IRL Physical AR Location-Based Exhibition on Hydra Island summer 2027.
Muse of artists - An Ocean of Imagination
Organiser: VAVortex & Digital Bohemians
Theme: Inspired by the Greek word Hydra (ὕδρα), meaning water, this theme explores the many shades of blue; from sea and sky to dreams, mythology, emotion, and the iconic blue-and-white spirit of Greece. All forms of Visual Art, Music and Poetry (Spoken Word) are accepted (jpg, png, GIF, mp4 and mp3)
Launched: 15 August 2026
Submission deadline: 7 September 2026 11PM UTC
Vote started: 8 September 2026 8AM UTC Vote ends: 30 September 2026
Winners announced: 30 September 2026
Charity: Submit Artwork Only
Prizes: Exclusive IRL Physical AR Location-Based Exhibition on the Island of Hydra Greece: Selected artists will be showcased in September 2026 in a cutting-edge AR experience and exhibited in the dedicated Metaverse Experience. 14 sports avalible. ONE Grand Winner will be selected by public vote and get a SOLO IRL Physical AR Location-Based Exhibition on Hydra Island summer 2027.
Title: ὄνειρος — DREAM
Artist: RockinFREEWorld
Bio: ὄνειρος — the Ancient Greek word for dream — explores the moment the visible world gives way to the subconscious. A solitary figure appears suspended between ocean, sky and inner space. Her eyes are closed, yet water erupts upward from them in impossible vertical currents, opening into an Aegean horizon and a radiant sky. Gravity has stopped behaving normally. The landscape exists both outside her and within her. Blue remains the gravitational center of the work — cobalt, ultramarine, cyan and midnight tones — but it is invaded by molten orange, magenta, violet and gold. Psychedelic currents move through celestial geometry while circles become planets, portals and shifting points of perception. A monumental crescent cuts through the composition, hovering somewhere between moon, symbol and pure geometric form. The work moves deliberately between serenity and sensory overload. Water becomes thought. Horizon becomes memory. Color becomes dream. Created through my RockinFREEWorld aesthetic, ὄνειρος combines 1960s modernism, Bauhaus and Op Art geometry, psychedelic color, mixed-media texture and AI to build a visual language that is simultaneously analog, digital, nostalgic and future-facing. ὄνειρος was created for HYDRA BLUE 2.0, inspired by water and the many shades of blue — from sea & sky to dreams & mythology, and the iconic blue-and-white spirit of Greece.