Online Events | Friday, 30.04.2021, 18:00–20:00
Online Masterclass: NFTs and Photography
Adam Broomberg, still from Going. Full time. 1, 2021
A special Self Publish, Be Happy masterclass in collaboration with The Photographers’ Gallery and Fotomuseum Winterthur
In this online masterclass, Marco De Mutiis (Digital Curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur) and Jon Uriarte (Curator for the Digital Programme at The Photographers’ Gallery) will attempt to map the current development of NFTs and blockchain technologies from their curatorial perspective. NFT stands for non-fungible token, a unit of data or token stored on a digital ledger or blockchain that certifies a digital asset is unique and therefore non-interchangeable. It acts as a certificate of ownership for virtual assets, such as digital art, and allows a digital artwork to be attributed to an owner.
Amid heated discussion about their role in the future of economics and governance, NFTs and blockchain technologies have begun to impact upon art and photography. On one side, supporters of such systems promise that they are radically improving the art market, guaranteeing authenticity, offering more support to creators and even enabling spaces for new forms of art. On the other, critics have pointed to global environmental issues, financial speculation and problematic systems of value that contradict the fundamental promises of the internet as a space for the free circulation and exchange of culture.
Marco De Mutiis and Jon Uriarte will especially focus on the perils and opportunities that these systems can pose for artists, photographers, curators, collectors and institutions working with photography and visual culture.
This event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Self Publish, Be Happy Masterclasses are a series of two-hour online lectures aiming to inject provocative new ideas into the contemporary cultural debate. Curators, academics and artists are invited to reflect upon our fast changing world and offer their ideas on how to use and think about art and photography today.
Image: Adam Broomberg, still from Going. Full time. 1, 2021
In this online masterclass, Marco De Mutiis (Digital Curator at Fotomuseum Winterthur) and Jon Uriarte (Curator for the Digital Programme at The Photographers’ Gallery) will attempt to map the current development of NFTs and blockchain technologies from their curatorial perspective. NFT stands for non-fungible token, a unit of data or token stored on a digital ledger or blockchain that certifies a digital asset is unique and therefore non-interchangeable. It acts as a certificate of ownership for virtual assets, such as digital art, and allows a digital artwork to be attributed to an owner.
Amid heated discussion about their role in the future of economics and governance, NFTs and blockchain technologies have begun to impact upon art and photography. On one side, supporters of such systems promise that they are radically improving the art market, guaranteeing authenticity, offering more support to creators and even enabling spaces for new forms of art. On the other, critics have pointed to global environmental issues, financial speculation and problematic systems of value that contradict the fundamental promises of the internet as a space for the free circulation and exchange of culture.
Marco De Mutiis and Jon Uriarte will especially focus on the perils and opportunities that these systems can pose for artists, photographers, curators, collectors and institutions working with photography and visual culture.
This event is free and takes place on Zoom. Details on how to access the talk will be confirmed upon registration. REGISTER HERE.
Self Publish, Be Happy Masterclasses are a series of two-hour online lectures aiming to inject provocative new ideas into the contemporary cultural debate. Curators, academics and artists are invited to reflect upon our fast changing world and offer their ideas on how to use and think about art and photography today.
Image: Adam Broomberg, still from Going. Full time. 1, 2021