This article is for makers and potential collectors who are new to cryptoart. If you already have some knowledge, this may not be your cup of tea. As of April 2022, the time I am publishing this article, digital artworks circulate on the Blockchain in the form of NFTs, non-fungible…

“Why” is the most powerful question of all. It should be treated with the care and respect it deserves. Honouring the “why” of a situation has led to the most powerful human creations. …

How digital ownership may be shifting the ways we experience art. — Let me start with a disclaimer: I was a latecomer in the world of NFTs. I knew about blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and a bit about smart contracts. But I never dived into understanding what an NFT was. And that’s why, as many culture lovers like me, the news that came in…

The filmmaking algorithm explained — Jan Bot is a computer program that works day and night producing experimental films sourced with footage from EYE’s Bits & Pieces, a collection of hand-picked found footage that curators from EYE have been gathering since 1989. Jan Bot uses so-called Artificial Intelligence algorithms to select news items that are…

On how Jan Bot gets inspired by trending news to craft its own films. — The event took place in mid-May 2018. It started with a confused –and probably extremely bored– group of high school students debating if the computer generated voice they recorded from an online dictionary was saying “Yanny” or “Laurel”. Unable to agree among themselves, they started a forum on Reddit. But…

Speculating about social media aesthetics for the avant-garde presentation of film archives — Based on our intentions to produce an artwork that can explore the notions of audiovisual archive and filmmaking in the realms of the Internet, we decided to study the aesthetics of one particular kind of online space where humans most directly get to interact with computer algorithms: social media. As…

Or how can art help humanity to embrace technology without losing trust in its human condition. — Seeing the evolution of humanity over history, we have moved from the belief of a world that has been given to humans, either by gods or by chance, to a world designed by humans through technology. In the last century, with the development of computers subsequently on with the Internet…

Artists during the 20th century began to create their own machines to reflect on the aesthetical consequences of mechanical production. — Speaking of aesthetics, we could say that our post-industrial society has produced two classes of machines: practical machines and wild machines. Practical machines are designed to produce unambiguous results, like shaping wood, tracking time, or providing fast transportation. Wild machines, on the other hand, tend to be less predictable. Their…

Institutos fílmicos y cinematecas en todo el mundo trabajan arduamente en el archivo y restauración de su material fílmico. Sin embargo, este trabajo pierde relevancia si tales obras no se hacen visibles a nuevas audiencias. En busca de una solución para este desafío, mi colega Bram Loogman y yo –ambos…