NFT Exhibition curated Sónar | Tezos is part art gallery and part audiovisual piece. A composition of
12 synchronised large-format screens will showcase the work of a selection of the artists that are
shaking up the blockchain, one NFT at a time.
Beyond the polarised debate provoked by the crypto-sphere, file-based art - whether video, sound, images, or generative code– has found a home in the blockchain and on crypto art platforms.
The exhibition shines a light on the diversity of creative languages and aesthetics that exist in digital art. From works made in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence by visual artists like
Memo Akten,
Sofia Crespo and
Mario Klingemann, or the GPT poetry of
Sasha Stiles; to the generative artworks of
Casey Reas,
Alba G.Corral,
Zancan and
Anna Carreras. Representations of the human (or post-human) body feature in the work of
Patrick Tresset,
Harriet Davey and the duo
Operator; and nature and ecology are explored from different angles: geology (
Joanie Lemercier), biology (
Agoria), and climate change (
Kelly Richardson). Others experiment with nature itself:
Luna Ikuta removes the color from plants and submerges them in water to create an ethereal ghostly effect. The gallery also features NFTs by longtime collaborators
Ali M.Demirel and
Richie Hawtin (under his
Plastikman alias) and Catalan director and visual artist
Franc Aleu.
NFT Exhibition curated Sónar | Tezos is open to all Sónar by Day ticket holders from
13:00 to 20:00 on
Thursday 16th,
Friday 17th, &
Saturday 18th June in
SonarMàtica by Tezos.