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EXALT THE NEW PUNK – CryptoArt is the New Punk
Ilan Katin, Entter, Jasmin Waschl, Nicolas Joos, Catarina Lente
TALK
MAY 31ST OF 2024, 3.30PM
ROOM 9 EP1 – ESAD.CR
Words like Crypto Art, Blockchain, Smart Contracts, NFTs, Tezos, Ethereum or Bitcoin, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative Art, Web3, and Metaverse are increasingly present in various contexts today. The diversity of opinions on these topics reflects the complexity of the moment. Surprising, captivating, frightening, confusing, uninteresting, or indifferent, we all feel seemingly obliged to take a definitive stance on a subject where there are few certainties, primarily because it is still in the phase of definition and construction. The potential value of creativity, the role of artists and designers, the commercialization of artworks from digital formats, royalties and copyrights, as well as the crucial and catalytic role of the collector/gallerist, are some of the topics we intend to address at this meeting, considering it as a new window of opportunities and not as a replacement or annulment of what already exists.
The proposal is to gather in a roundtable to explain the main concepts of the Crypto Art universe, the individual journey that led them to this space, and their opinions on what they consider to be the positive and negative aspects.
To do this, moderated by Designer Catarina Lente, a former student of ESAD CR (PT) (ExOrbita), Visual Artist/Designer Entter (ES), Fousion Gallery Owner Jasmin Waschl (ES), Crypto Art pioneer Ilan Katin (USA), and Artist/Designer Nicolas Joos (ExOrbita) (CH).
Ilan Katin
Ilan Katin (1972) is a Berlin based artist who currently makes non-figurative drawings, occasionally collaborates with musicians doing live visual performances, and sometimes ventures into the creation of installations. As of late 2018 he has been involved with the blockchain art community, publishing works on superrare.co, knownorigin.io and contributing to DADA.art.
Entter
Entter (1977) is a visual artist and designer. He has worked with electronic musicians in acclaimed audiovisual shows, performing in festivals such as Sónar, Primavera Sound, Mira Digital Arts, Dour Festival, Transmusicales Rennes, Amaze Berlin and Mapping Festival Geneva. He also has worked in the Vidy Theatre of Lausanne in Switzerland as video artist, developing audiovisual scenography. He has curated installations, audiovisual shows, workshops and talks at Hangar.org and Reial Cercle Artistic de Barcelona. He’s widely known for his visuals focused on retro arcade and low-fi gaming graphics from the first era of home entertainment consoles such as the C-64 and Nintendo’s NES. He adds a certain regard for glitches, ROM hacking, machinima, and random visual algorithms.
He’s Crypto Artist since early 2020.
Jasmin Waschl
Jasmin Waschl (1980) is german Architect, Designer and Curator, Fousion Gallery Owner in Barcelona
Nicolas Joos
Nicolas Joos (1974) is swiss artist and designer. For the last 20 years he has worked on a variety of media, proving himself at ease on paint, photography, metal work and industrial design.
Catarina Lente Catarina Lente (1974) is Portuguese designer and artist.
