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NOWHERE Co-Founder and Managing Director Ana Constantino refused to let the pandemic sideline her--or the creative community she serves. Ana, who is the Co-Founder and Executive Producer of New York artistic collective The Windmill Factory, was bored and frustrated with isolation. So, in March 2020, she and her creative team began brainstorming ideas. The result: NOWHERE, a unique social-media platform for live events. Visitors can experience (and host!) music video premieres, workshops, festivals, scavenger hunts, art exhibits--all in 3D. But NOWHERE is a very different virtual experience from any others we've seen. Visitors travel through the stars to multiple surreal worlds. Portals can take you to a futuristic theatre with white strip lights and a backstage area. Or to a circular gallery among the clouds, where art hangs in space and you balance up a virtual ramp to see additional works. Or even to "6th Boro", where you stand on a sleek wooden platform in the sky, with all of New Y