ART IN THE DIGITAL AGE
- Co-Founder of Roehrs & Boetsch
- Curator of the secteur digital at Paris Photo
- Curator of the exhibition DYOR at Kunsthalle Zürich
Following the successful launch in 2023,
@ParisPhotoFair
has decided to make the Digital Sector an integral part of the fair and to expand it further in the coming years.
Read this thread 🧵⬇️
I would like to thank all the exhibitors, artists, collectors, visitors, etc. of the new Secteur Digital at
@ParisPhotoFair
2023, as well as Anna Planas (Artistic Director of Paris Photo) and Florence Bourgeois (Director of Paris Photo) and the entire team, without whose…
Tomorrow is the launch of my latest curatorial project 'Creating Connections - Digital Art for Connectivity'.
A charity auction to benefit
@Gigaglobal
, a
@UNICEF
and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative to connect every school and student to the Internet.
The…
This November, a new SECTEUR DIGITAL will premiere at
@ParisPhotoFair
with a selection of nine contemporary art galleries and curated platforms at the forefront of new technologies, showcasing artists who integrate digital realities into their work.
JEAN-KENTA GAUTHIER…
One year ago tomorrow, the exhibition DYOR (
@DYOR_CryptoArt
) opened at
@KunsthalleZH
. An occasion to celebrate. And we found a special place for it with
@RossnerManuel
.
Previously only accessible via a VR headset in the exhibition, the DYOR - Digital Space can now be experienced…
[Digital Sector] This year, Paris Photo is launching a new section dedicated to photography in the digital age. Join us to discover a selection of nine contemporary art galleries and curated platforms at the forefront of new technologies, showcasing artists who integrate digital…
Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity – an online charity auction hosted by Christie's 3.0 – is only possible thanks to the generous support of 24 digital artists who are each donating a work.
On behalf of
@Giga
and
@UNICEF
I would like to thank
@_deafbeef
,…
The auction for FAKECATTELAN (2/21) is now live:
3D printed in vibrant yellow, this Pepe is duct-taped to the (gallery) wall, just like Cattelan's original.
Fake Rares Series 12 Card 1
3D printed PLA, 25 x 9 x 6 cm, duct tape, 2022
Edition 21
Paris 🥖🇫🇷 digest: It was a crazy, great series of side events and a never-ending gathering for the web3 art community. Some of my highlights🧵
1 / Joined the
@brtmoments
DAO by live minting a CryptoParisian by
@q2design
. Wonderful IRL experience gifted by
@worthalter
A 2023 recap by
@artnet
, featuring the presentation of Big Buck Hunter by
@videodrome
(Robbie Barrat), presented by
@avant_galerie
within the new digital sector
@ParisPhotoFair
in 2023 - among many other highlights.
Check it out:
This October, an enchanting new work by
@nbakercahill
commissioned by the
@whitneymuseum
/ curator
@ChristianePaul2
will rise above the skyline of New York's Meat Packing District.
CENTO is an interactive augmented reality creature. If you're in New York, don't miss the…
This week, we were fortunate to acquire three lots from
@ChristiesInc
's charity auction, which was curated by
@NinaRoehrs
.
The auction was held to support
@Gigaglobal
, a joint initiative of
@UNICEF
and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aimed at providing internet…
"I am the nothing that makes everything happen ... I am blockchain." – Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future (2020)
Thanks to
@nbakercahill
for this great conversation about the exhibition DYOR (
@DYOR_CryptoArt
) at
@KunsthalleZH
.
With Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity - a charity auction presented by Christie's 3.0 in partnership with
@UNICEF
Switzerland and Liechtenstein - 24 artists are generously supporting Giga's goal of connecting every school in the world to the internet.
Against…
Bidding for the 24 lots of Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity is open from 24–31 January 2024.
Bidders who are new to
@ChristiesInc
3.0 can create an account here
Image: First Painting Created by an AI Showing a Painting Auctioned at…
A special thanks to
@fabooowy
,
@shawnleary
and the whole Pepe Community
@FAKERARES_XCP
, who made my first Fake Pepe work happen.
... are you not entertained. I am ...
I’m excited to write NFT history with
@kennyschac
and friends. OPEN BOOK is coming soon … on
@AsyncArt
.
Sign up to be among the first to write NFT history ->
1/ "Play Record Mint primes you for a show (
@dyor_CryptoArt
) that is less about contemplation than it is about active discovery, productive engagement, and even collecting." –
@ran_dom
Video:
@playrecordmint
featuring Body Circles by
@zachlieberman
Creating Connections - Digital Art for Connectivity' - a charity auction to benefit
@Gigaglobal
, a
@UNICEF
and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative to connect every school and student to the Internet has come to a successful end.…
Boys of Summer definitely contradicts the widely held notion that NFTs are over.
It is time to stop treating art and NFTs as a new genre and look at the individual work and see what technologies like blockchain and NFTs can add to the game.
Thx
@Lucy2Scribbles
&
@nbakercahill
✍️"The Boys of Summer is profound, its technical complexity matched by its conceptual intricacy—made accessible through the essence of the game"✍️
The wonderful
@Lucy2Scribbles
and
@nbakercahill
offer brilliant insight on BOS in this review
Tonight the Zürich Biennale exhibition opens at
@KunsthalleZH
and FitArt developed by
@Damjanski
and me in 2020 is part of it.
FitArt provides art shows on your phone in the form of a fitness plan. Available to download for iOS and Android, the application is designed as a…
Thank you
@LindaDouniaR
for sharing your story and the story of your work in such a powerful way.
Join us for tomorrow's live X space (at 4 pm CET)
➡️
to hear more about the importance of access to the digital world from Linda and the other artists…
So when
@NinaRoehrs
approached me about contributing a work to Unicef's fundraiser for
@Gigaglobal
to connect more children around the world to the internet, it was a no brainer!
Thank you Nina,
@sebastianss527
, and the
@ChristiesInc
team for giving me an opportunity to a cause…
The
@CentrePompidou
in Paris breaks new ground and acquires 18 NFTs ... but has no wallet?
Indeed, proper storage is a challenge for institutions and for curators and artists who work with them.
@WeAreMuseums
6/ "Souvenirs" from
@nft_paris
And finally, I've been indoctrinated by
@tom_sachs
at the
@tsrocketfactory
and hope to visit my Sovereign Planet Holder neighbor Brigitte Macron soon 🚀.
Un grand merci à tous. Au revoir Paris.🇫🇷
1/ 🐸And here's why Pepe finally made it to the museum and even got his own cypherpunk living room as part of the exhibition DYOR at
@KunsthalleZH
.
Thanks to Martin Lukas Ostachowski (
@MLOdotArt
) for this brief history of Pepe the Frog published by
@RtClick_Save
.
There's good news for anyone in love with physical works of art. The current
@Christie
's 3.0 auction includes three such lots.
1) Still Life - a plotter drawing by
@SarahMeyohas
accompanied by a certificate token
Hurry over to the auction website (less than 4 hours to go) and…
Together with
@chrisfabian
(CEO of
@Gigaglobal
), Sebastian Sanchez (
@ChristiesInc
) and several artists in the auction, we will discuss the importance of connectivity in the digital age and how it translates into their lives and work.
Join us for this talk with
@colesternberg
,…
After all, without the access to the digital world that many artists take for granted, neither art production nor distribution would be possible at today's level.
And with this in mind, 24 native digital artists have generously contributed to Creating Connections: Digital Art…
WAC Weekly Ep 7 is Wed, Dec 6 at 6pm CET! ✨
This week's session focuses on digital art and our guest is
@NinaRoehrs
!
Nina will chat to us about about the new digital art section she curated at
@ParisPhotoFair
2023 👏
Last day - last tour ... join us on a final tour of the exhibition
@DYOR_CryptoArt
(17 h at
@KunsthalleZH
) and the finissage.
Image credit: DYOR: Crypto Glossary – NFT by
@Moxarra
and Adina Glickstein
Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity is now LIVE for bidding.
➡️
With every bid, you'll be helping to bridge the digital divide and give children the connection they need to thrive.
Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity in partnership with
@UNICEF
to benefit
@GigaGlobal
is now live for bidding.
@sebastianss527
@NinaRoehrs
Bidding is open from 24 - 31 January on Christie’s 3.0
2/ This would not have been possible without the exhibitors and partners who placed their trust in us in the first year and strongly contributed to the success with their presentations.
Still Life by
@SarahMeyohas
is now part of The Medici Collection. And with it, another artist has taken an important step in the context of the Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity auction in support of
@Gigaglobal
.
Congratulations and a big thank you to the artist…
Ecstatic to add this beautiful plotter by the legend
@SarahMeyohas
to The Medici Collection.
I've long admired Sarah for both her practice and work in evangelizing crypto art.
Grazie
@NinaRoehrs
& Christie's for assembling an auction for a special cause
@Gigaglobal
1/ I am delighted to continue to support
@ParisPhotoFair
, the first European art fair to embrace the digital age in its programme, with the launch of the new Digital Sector last year.
Kunsthalle Zürich does not run a collection. But some projects involve(d) sales and royalties or even made the institution a co-creator. Plus
@KunsthalleZH
documents all activities by keeping a record of works from each project.
Image: DYOR project
@playrecordmint
5/ In November 2024,
@ParisPhotoFair
will return to the Grand Palais. And the Digital Sector will be located on the main floor, together with the galleries of the main sector of the fair.
PAYPHONE continues today at 11am ET. We may be experiencing high call volumes and gas costs may be high. If you can't get through, don't worry, this is not your only chance, there will be at least one more session next week. Talk to you soon 📞
Curating a charity auction is never easy, but in today's digital creative art world, which has reached new forms of visibility and significance with the establishment of the Internet and Blockchain technology, the basic idea of
@Gigaglobal
finds great resonance.
4/ "Souvenirs" from
@nft_paris
Tested SCANNERS - an interactive data-mining experiential installation (conceived by
@ebb_global
in collab with
@Nicolas_Sassoon
&
@computedvv
) - which turned my IRL-URL imprints into a generative onchain NFT
Still from SCAN V1 - 29
@NinaRoehrs
“PAYPHONE” by
@_deafbeef
: How to Dial In
Join 0xDEAFBEEF for the performance of PAYPHONE on March 21, 11am ET.
1) Visit
2) Connect your Ethereum wallet of choice at the top of the page
3) Submit your prompt and click “Call me”
4) Confirm the transaction.…
Many thanks to Sebastian and team for providing such a strong platform for this charity auction with Christie's 3.0 and for our great cooperation.
Let's make this a great auction and support
@Gigaglobal
in its aim to connect every school in the world to the Internet.…
gm, i'm very excited to announce
@ChristiesInc
x
@UNICEF
digital art auction for an incredible cause to benefit
@Gigaglobal
, whose mission is to connect every school to the internet. curated by
@NinaRoehrs
and featuring a spectacular group of artists.
And it was even acknowledged as "museum quality" by being part of the
@DYOR_CryptoArt
exhibition at
@KunsthalleZH
.
I have fond memories of working with
@fwd
and
@FAKERARES_XCP
community and all the Pepe artists who created this amazing living room and store.
#BTC
NFTs are seeing huge expansion and adoption…
$Pepe has gone nuts, breaking a long list of records…
Funny that it’s still little known alpha that it was the memetic power of Pepe on BTC that actually pioneered web3 digital ownership 👀
#RarePepe
Thank you
@Vince_Van_Dough
for the most perfect GM for Art Basel Miami Beach week.
FAKECATTELAN - inspired by Maurizio Cattelan's conceptual artwork Comedian, which premiered at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019 to significant media attention.
Each asset…
4/ In the 2023 Digital Sector, four thematic group exhibitions and five solo artist presentations offered an in-depth presentation of photography at the intersection with technology and digitalisation.
This is my piece for the
@Gigaglobal
and
@UNICEF
charity auction at
@ChristiesInc
.
LOT 18
Title: SAYONARA
(The piece was minted SuperRare.)
➡��
All proceeds from the sale of the artwork will be donated.🙏🙏
Join us next week for the New Landscapes NFT Symposium at Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. I'll be sharing some insights from the
@DYOR_CryptoArt
exhibition and the experiences we've gained at
@KunsthalleZH
curating the world of Web3.
This weekend another annual edition of the
@EngadinArtTalks
took place.
As always the programme offered a rich variety of impulses, ideas and perspectives coming from the fields of science, art, music, and film. This year following the topic ‘Beyond Powerlessness’.
Personal…
Tomorrow and Friday I'll be at artgenève for the Prix Mobilière award ceremony and an
@ArtReview_
talk on museums and the immersive artwork with Hannes Koch, artist and co-founder of
@RandomInternational
, moderated by
@jjcharlesworth_
, Editor at
ArtReview.…
Every collection tells a story (
@outland
). Through its activities,
@KunsthalleZH
is currently active on three blockchains and one platform, holding various NFTs in different wallets.
Image: DYOR project A Slice of the Pie by
@s_schmieg
&
@silvio_lorusso
Smol Dollar is a collection featuring onchain procedurally generated ASCII drawings of dollar notes. The collection employs smart contract-based mechanisms to establish a sovereign corridor for price development. Miniting starts 4PM CET 02.02.2024 at
Currently on view:
@joanheemskerk
's exhibition: "Hello,world!".
Several works in the exhibition originate from the research she did during her residency between
@CERN
in Switzerland and Copenhagen Contemporary, as the first recipient of CERN’s Collide Copenhagen residency award.