Art And Technology
A collection of 34 posts
Why the NFT Community Loves Hic et Nunc
Why the NFT Community Loves Hic et Nunc
The phrase “Hic et Nunc” can be directly translated from Latin to mean “here and now,” reflecting the immediacy of the present. Hic et Nunc (abbreviated HEN) then seems an appropriate adoption for the title of the Tezos based NFT marketplace that allows its users to manage decentralised assets without
A guide to setting up your wallet & buying NFTs on Nic et Nunc
A guide to setting up your wallet & buying NFTs on Nic et Nunc
NFTs and cryptocurrency have infiltrated the art market this past year at an accelerated pace. Entering the mainstream art world with Beeple's sale of Everydays: the First 5000 Days at Christies back in March 2021, many forward-thinking traditional collectors are now looking towards dipping their toes into the world of
Launching the first museum NFT
Launching the first museum NFT
The Whitworth, in partnership with Vastari, has entered into the emerging world of NFTs to test alternative models of financing social art practice. Together we have created the first UK museum-accredited NFT. The NFT (an edition of 50 with 2 museum proofs) will be selling on 28 July for 999
The Sound of Reopening
The Sound of Reopening
Empty halls, quiet spaces, lights off, echoes… that is the vision we have of the “closed” museum during the recent lockdown. This was confirmed by museum guards in April, who explained that looking after closed museums was strangely “eerie”. Over the past few weeks, museums are ecstatic to share that
Curate your next exhibition from your sofa!
Curate your next exhibition from your sofa!
A message to curators all over the world: Working from home is our current reality, and we are all having to adjust our personal and professional lives to it. We are exploring different tools to make these adjustments easier, and thankfully discovering fantastic technologies every day. So here’s a
Remembering the Human Factor in Tech
Remembering the Human Factor in Tech
Imagine you are at a dinner party, with an assortment of interesting art world people, and someone comes up to you and says, “Can you tell me what art you own? I’m working on an exhibition”. I don’t imagine this would be terribly engaging - likely that you’
Sometimes you need to step back to step forward: a case for digital facility reports
Sometimes you need to step back to step forward: a case for digital facility reports
Sometimes as a tech company you decide to research something in depth, find that there is a huge market, but ultimately realise that it’s a bit too ambitious to achieve right now. That’s what we discovered at Vastari when we conducted research for the market on digital facility
Is Touring a Means to an End?
Is Touring a Means to an End?
Earlier this week I was invited to take part in a panel discussion titled “Business Not As Usual. Revolutionizing the Cultural Economy” at Frankfurt Book Fair. On the panel with me were Florian Bräunig CEO at YAIR, Martin Eyerer, CIO at Factory Berlin, Stein Olav Henrichsen, Director at Munch Museum,