Meanwhile, at NOME Gallery

Marjolijn Dijkman ELECTRIFY EVERYTHING Friday, 10 September, 5–9pm / English version / German version below NOME is pleased to present Electrify Everything, a solo exhibition of new works by the Dutch artist Marjolijn Dijkman. Dijkman’s multi-disciplinary, research based practice is concerned with the residues of enlightenment ideology, manifestations of collective memory, and the blind spots […]

Loot, maybe the strangest NFT scheme to date

https://collisions.substack.com/p/gimme-the-loot https://www.lootproject.com

New Feral File NFT show sold out in seconds

*Well, that was that. https://feralfile.com/exhibitions/instructions-follow-f1c

The Arduino of Soft Robotics from MIT Media Lab

*It’s not easy to become Arduino, but at least it’s a noble goal. https://www.hackster.io/news/go-with-the-flow-1afc9b3e85c0

Ars Electronica starts tomorrow

*Wish I was there in Linz, and also wish that Covid-19 didn’t exist. Neither is true, though. https://ars.electronica.art/newdigitaldeal/de/

A new “Maker Demerit” badge

*Those are funny. I should get some. https://www.tested-store.com/listing/glued-fingers-de-merit-badge?product=1475

NFTs with functionality

*This seems plausible. Also, this blogpost is six months old, so I rather expect this to start happening in some way that I’ll notice. https://j.mirror.xyz/2j2iAo4su48mkfZoGWHZCMVkmPi8mE_YOyyMWrNPAX4 NFTs are about more than art by John Palmer (…) Basically, NFTs are about proven ownership of something digital, and what that unlocks for the owner. Right now, we’re in […]

ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community SPARKS

ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Art Community SPARKS September SPARKS Theme: Creative Coding: Generative / Algorithmic Art and the Exploration of Authorship and Authenticity Moderated by Casey Reas and Bonnie Mitchell The ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community (DAC) sponsors monthly conversations around topics of interest to our community. 8-10 lightning talks selected by the moderators are followed […]

Art collecting in a modern pandemic

https://www.artsy.net/series/art-collecting-2021-artsy-report/artsy-editorial-foreword-key-findings-06-30-21 In 2019, Artsy produced “The Online Art Collector Report,” which examined the behaviors of collectors who bought art online as a subset of the broader community of art collectors. At the time, online sales accounted for just 9% of the entire art market. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, most in-person art world events transitioned […]

Meanwhile, at Art Basel

*International art events are still having a tough pandemic time of it. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-basel-letter Art Basel has written a letter to exhibitors in an attempt to calm nerves in the run up to the Swiss fair later this month, telling galleries it is “committed to hosting the fair under the current conditions because we firmly believe […]