OCTARR's Origins

When co-founders Mathilda and Nathan met in August 2023, they discovered they'd both completed the same intensive one-year diploma course in Paris, earning the title "Consultant spécialiste du marché de l'art" - a qualification that reflects a deep understanding of the business and inner workings of the art world.

Nathan's son Sam Waks was hosting a festival in Berlin “Music Magic Medicine”, and Mathilda had been commissioned to create a live painting (which she later called S.A.M.M.M. i.e. Somewhere Around Music Magic Medicine). As she worked, they talked - about art, markets, potential. Nathan saw something in both Mathilda's work and her grasp of the art world. By the second day, he made a bold proposal: collaborate on a lithographic project with IDEM in Paris, the legendary atelier where Picasso, Braque, Chagall, once printed.

They printed 100 lithographs. What began as a traditional edition soon evolved. First, Nathan’s idea: make each print unique. Then Mathilda's vision expanded - not just unique, but interconnected. She created a spiral connecting all 100 lithographs, a work that, when assembled, spans 49 square meters. This monumental work became 100 S.A.M.M.M.

The questions emerged: How do we preserve the interconnection - not just sell 100 separate prints, but maintain their relationship as one unified work? How could charitable giving happen automatically with every transaction, not as a promise but as certainty? How could the work's story be permanently recorded and travel with each piece forever? How could artists finally automatically earn from resale?
The answer arrived simultaneously: Blockchain.

That experiment set the course for everything that followed. OCTARR - Owners Collectable Tokens and Artist Resale Rights - was born from the belief that extraordinary collectables deserve more than static ownership.