Alfredo Cramerotti x CIMAM webinar: Art & Advanced Technologies (AxAT) – 27.04.2023, 11am BST / 12pm CEST
We are pleased to announce the upcoming webinar, Art & Advanced Technologies (AxAT) in museums programming: an overview of possible paths and possibilities on Thursday 27 April at 12:00 pm CEST.
This session will offer a focus on technologies such as NFT/crypto and museums beyond monetary speculation and fundraising i.e. the role of NFTs in cultural institutions and the implications and impact on museum practices, offering new points of view from museums, researchers, and artists.
Invited Speakers
- Diane Drubay, Founder, We Are Museums, Berlin, Germany
- Frances Liddell, Researcher, writer, advisor, and lecturer working at the intersection of museum practice and web3 technologies, Manchester, UK
- Marcella Lista, Curator, Head of the New Media Collection, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Tamar Clarke-Brown, Arts Technologies Commission Producer, Serpentine Galleries, London, UK
Organised and moderated by CIMAM member, Alfredo Cramerotti, Director, MOSTYN, Llandudno, UK.
Yu Jin SENG, Deputy Director (Curatorial & Research), National Gallery Singapore, will represent the CIMAM Board and accompany the invited speakers and the moderator during the session.
About the webinar series:
CIMAM 2023 Rapid Response Webinars are made possible with the support from the Getty Foundation through its Connecting Professionals/Sharing Expertise initiative.
→ Check the full calendar and register here: Webinars’ Program 2023
Alfredo Cramerotti speaking at the Inaugural Evidence Session of the UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group on metaverse, web3, arts & culture at the House of Lords
Today we’re making history indeed as they say!
Honoured to be a witness expert called in for the inaugural Evidence Session of the UK Government All-Party Parliamentary Group on metaverse, web3, arts & culture at the House of Lords.
An incredibly focused session, with key questions asked to the experts invited. A thought-provoking meeting, which will help the UK Government’s direction on arts & advanced technologies. Respect to #baronessuddin and #afaghmulazadeh for conceiving this initiative.
As curators working at the crossroad of contemporary and digital arts – contributing to merging the two – we indicated the main opportunities that lie ahead for the sector:
1) Fostering inclusion, diversity, equity, and access to the art. Not only for the audiences but also for the practitioners who can now create, distribute and sell their works directly to collectors and institution worldwide. And that is important for sustaining creative careers no matter background of geography.
2) Opportunity for cultural organisations to engage with new generations of audiences through broadening their remit – offering a wide range of cultural projects both irl and online in order to nurture the future patrons of the arts.
To achieve this, museums and galleries of the future must build in-house expertise and capacity and this calls for partnership with tech enterprises. Culture organisations and tech businesses must come together.
3) The environmental sostenibility of this merging between contemporary art and digital art allows producers, artists, institutions, the art market itself and its audiences to interact with each other for a fraction of the carbon footprint of the same exchanges irl. Engaging in a meaningful way and enjoying the experience of art is now more sustainable in terms of climate justice.
Digital art is not a replacement of irl experience but it’s a meaningful expansion of it. As curators, we are here to make this possible and to help artists, art institutions and creative businesses to achieve this.
Call it the arts & advanced technologies manifesto if you like.
THE CONTEMPORARY IS DIGITAL ART, panel talk at Art In Space 360 Dubai
Date: 26th February 2023, 4 PM – 4:45 PM
Moderator: Michaela Lallouz
Speakers:Auronda Scalera, Alfredo Cramerotti, Florencia SM Brück, Javier Krasuk
A fire-shooting conversation on the convergence of contemporary and digital art, based on 10 questions:
- What defines contemporary digital art, and how has it evolved over time?
- How does contemporary digital art challenge traditional notions of art and creativity, and what new opportunities does it present for artists?
- How has the rise of digital technology and social media impacted contemporary art, and how have artists adapted to these changes?
- What are some of the most significant contemporary digital art movements and styles, and what makes them unique?
- How can we better integrate contemporary digital art into mainstream art spaces, and what challenges do we face in doing so?
- How can we support emerging digital artists and provide them with the resources and opportunities they need to succeed?
- What role do institutions like museums and galleries play in promoting and showcasing contemporary digital art, and how can they better engage with audiences?
- How do contemporary digital artists navigate issues of copyright and intellectual property, and what challenges do they face in protecting their work?
- How does contemporary digital art reflect and comment on contemporary social and political issues, and what impact can it have on society?
- What do you see as the future of contemporary digital art, and how will it continue to evolve and shape the art world?
Multiplicity-XXNFT and IAM–Infinity Art Museum: NFTs, Crypto Art & the Metaverse | Talk by Alfredo Cramerotti + Auronda Scalera @ RENDR Creativity & Technology Festival
Alfredo Cramerotti (@curatorview) + Auronda Scalera (@auronda), co-Directors of @infinityartmuseum speak at RENDR 2023, on curating exhibitions and working with contemporary artists bridging the ‘legacy art world’ of cultural institutions and #metaverse #web3 #NFTs #cryptoarts as well as the world of Art & Advanced Technologies (AxAT) in general.
From recent hybrid IRL/online exhibitions such as Mavericks: Warriors, Fighters and Badass Goddesses of the Verse and Metamorphosis to the curatorial & publishing platform Multiplicity-XXNFT and the blockchain-based IAM-Infinity Art Museum, they will tackle the future of art, film, gaming and media on February 23, 6:20pm in Belfast, NI, among 30+ creatives from Netflix, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, George Lucas Film, and Epic Games.
Other speakers include Mike Reiss (creator of @thesimpsons), @erik.kessels (whom I fondly remember working with on a past edition of @formatfestival), Muki Kulhan (top 20 women in metaverse), Charmaine Chan (of the very @lucasfilm), Dorothy Di Stefano (founder of @moltenimmersiveart & curator of @noorriyadhfestival), @helenstills (yes indeed of #gamesofthrones) and other amazing minds.
IAM–Infinity Art Museum @infinityartmuseum is the first ever-evolving art museum in the Metaverse. It promotes art by connecting artists, curators, and collectors in a creative and immersive way.
NFT Artwork credits: Katie McIntyre
@katie.mcintyre 🙏🙏
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