IL SENSO ESTETICO DELL’INTELLIGENZA ARTIFICIALE | ESPOARTE CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE
by Ennio Bianco
L’Intelligenza Artificiale (AI), con gli attuali sistemi di Machine Learning e Deep Learning, sta riscuotendo un sempre maggiore interesse da parte di artisti impegnati ad indagare le relazioni tra arte, scienza e tecnologia, perciò anche importanti centri espositivi stanno proponendo e discutendo sulle loro opere: tra quelli più in evidenza, il Barbican Center di Londra presenta Ai: More then Human (1), il MAK di Vienna Künstliche Intelligenz & Du (2), la Kate Vass Galerie di Zurigo Automat und Mensch (3), la Transfer Gallery di New York Forging the Gods (4) e infine l’HEK di Basilea Entangled Realities, Living with Artificial Intelligence (5). Un’unica fotografia del complesso di proposte risulta difficile, tuttavia generalizzando si possono individuare due linee di tendenza in qualche modo contrapposte.
Die Blockchain soll auch bei der Suche von Fälschung in der Kunst helfen | NZZ am Sonntag
Die neue Technologie wird auch in der Kunstszene heiss diskutiert. Sie könnte den Markt transparenter machen – oder neue Falltüren öffnen.
Gerhard Mack
Der Künstler Kevin Abosch mit dem Neon-Werk «Yellow Lambo». (London, 17. 7. 2018) / Christie's London
CHRISTIE’S ART+TECH SUMMIT: THE A.I. REVOLUTION
NEW YORK | 25 JUNE 2019
This June, the 2019 Art+Tech Summit: The A.I. Revolution, held in conjunction with Christie’s Education and presented by Hyundai, will explore the ways in which artificial intelligence is making its impact in the art world, as well as addressing its potential implications for the future. Convening top tech minds and innovators from Google, M.I.T. Technology Review, the New Museum and more, the Summit will offer a comprehensive programme of lectures, talks and panel discussions on a topic transforming the global landscape.
This year’s accompanying exhibition includes the New York premiere of a moving-image artwork Yugen, by filmmaker and artist Martha Fiennes, featuring the actor Salma Hayek Pinault and made possible with generous support by Gucci.
World-renowned conceptual artist Kevin Abosch will be one of the spakers and he will show the new 'Line Work: NYC'.
'With “Line Work: NYC,” Kevin Abosch challenges the nature of identity while considering mobility within a densely populated city. With a handheld mobile device, and the aid of more than 100 remote cameras and other sensors in public spaces across New York City, Abosch collects terabytes of photographic and other data.
A series of algorithms are presented with the data to be “emotionally distilled” but ultimately only serve to modulate the rate at which the artist’s computer generates a segment of a perpetually-growing horizontal line. As there is nothing visually in the line itself to suggest uniqueness, Abosch connects the temporal with the sacred while confusing the boundaries between artist, subject and computer.'
ANIMOCA BRANDS APPOINTS ACCLAIMED ARTIST KEVIN ABOSCH AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Congrats to artist Kevin Abosch!
Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd (ASX:AB1) has appointed internationally acclaimed artist Kevin Abosch as its creative director.
Abosch is a renowned conceptual artist based in New York City, having produced works in photography, sculpture, installation and film.
His work aims to bridge art and technology by utilising digital tokens and blockchain and has been exhibited globally in Russia, Ireland, Columbia and Switzerland.
LE QUOTIDIEN DE L'ART - TABLES RONDES L’ART À L’ÈRE DES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES
Jeudi dernier, au Swissôtel de Bâle, s’est tenue une table ronde organisée par l’Art & Tech Association et la New Art Academy sur l’impact des nouvelles technologies dans le marché de l’art, dont le QdA était partenaire. Le panel était composé de cinq intervenants : Nanne Dekking (fondateur d’Artory et président de la TEFAF), Adriano Picinati di Torcello (directeur du département d’art et finance de Deloitte, Luxembourg), Elena Zavalev (fondatrice de la New Art Academy et de CADAF Fair), Sabine Himmelsbach (directrice du centre d’art HeK à Bâle) et Niko Kipouros (Fondateur de 4ART Technologies). Ces derniers ont entre autres abordé l’émergence des nouvelles plateformes numériques ancrées dans la blockchain (de catalogage ou d’authentification) et les différentes politiques institutionnelles face à l’émergence d’œuvres numériques. « Il faut impérativement créer de nouveaux modèles », a rappelé à plusieurs reprises Adriano Picinati di Torcello. Plusieurs pistes d’action ont été esquissées : Elena Zavelev a par exemple évoqué la création de manifestations adaptées aux créations numériques, telle que la Contemporary Art and Digital Art Fair, pilotée par elle-même. Pour sa part, Nanne Dekking a souligné le besoin d’instaurer des rapports de confiance avec les grands acteurs du monde de l’art - notamment les maisons de ventes - afin de mettre fin à leurs réticences vis-à-vis des nouvelles plateformes ancrées dans la blockchain. Le débat a ensuite été ouvert au public, qui a notamment partagé ses opinions et interrogations sur la propriété fractionnée. L’événement s’est conclu par une session de networking. OSCAR HEINKE
ART & TECH PANEL JUNE 13TH | THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS ON THE ART MARKET
PANEL AND NETWORKING SESSION DURING ART BASEL WEEK
As a member of ART & TECH Association Switzerland, Kate Vass Galerie is happy to invite you for a panel and networking session during Art Basel week on June 13th.
The talk, The Impact of Technological Innovations on the Art Market, will cover the latest tech innovations used for exhibiting, collecting, managing and creating art. We are excited to discuss how new media art is becoming an important segment of the global market.
When:
June 13, 2019
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Where:
Hotel Swissôtel Le Plaza Basel
25 Messeplatz, 4058 Basel
Switzerland
Nanne Dekking | Artory and TEFAF
Sabine Himmelsbach | HeK (House of Electronic Arts Basel)
Niko Kipouros | 4ART Technologies
Adriano Picinati Di Torcello | Deloitte
Elena Zavelev | New Art Academy and CADAF
Moderated by Alison Moss | Le Quotidien De L'art
GIVING GENERATIVE ART ITS DUE
Brilliant article by the curator of Automat und Mensch Jason Bailey for Artnome, check it out!
SAVE THE DATE! UPCOMING EXHIBITION 'AUTOMAT UND MENSCH'
'AUTOMAT UND MENSCH'
Curated by Jason Bailey & Georg Bak
VIP Preview
May 29th, 2019 at 18:00
Open to Public from
May 30th, 2019 at 11:30
The Automat und Mensch exhibition is, above all, an opportunity to put important work by generative artists spanning the last 70 years into context by showing it in a single location. By juxtaposing important works like the 1956/’57 oscillograms by Herbert W. Franke (age 91) with the 2018 AI Generated Nude Portrait #1 by contemporary artist Robbie Barrat (age 19), we can see the full history and spectrum of generative art as has never been shown before.
KATE VASS GALERIE @CADAF 2019
CONTEMPORARY AND DIGITAL ART FAIR | NEW YORK MAY 3-5, 2019
Kate Vass Galerie is happy to announce its participation to the first edition of CADAF, which will take place in New York City on May 3 - 5, 2019.
CADAF is dedicated to showcasing the diversity of digital artistic mediums, including immersive installation, video art, virtual reality, creative experiments on the blockchain and more.
If you're in NYC, come visit us!
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PUBLIC ART [커버스토리] MARCH VOL.150 존 코너 JOHN KØRNER, 2019.03
THE MONTHLY PUBLIC ART MAGAZINE
The gallery is proud to be featured in this edition of PUBLIC ART with the successful 'PERFECT & PRICELESS' exhibition!
FRÖSCHE, KATZEN UND ANDERE DIGITALE KOSTBARKEITEN
REVOLUTIONIERT BLOCKCHAIN DEN DIGITALEN KUNSTHANDEL?
von Alex Kälin
WAS UNTERSCHEIDET EIN GIF VON EINEM ÖLGEMÄLDE? AUF DEN ERSTEN BLICK SO EINIGES. AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE SIND BEIDES VISUELLE AUSDRUCKSFORMEN, DIE SICH FÜR UMSETZUNGEN MIT DEM PRÄDIKAT «KUNST» EIGNEN. DOCH DIE MÖGLICHKEIT DIGITALE KUNST SO EINFACH KOPIEREN ZU KÖNNEN, DISQUALIFIZIERT DIESE DAVON ALS UNIKATE ODER AUFLAGEN GEHANDELT ZU WERDEN. NACH EINIGEN BIEREN UND EINER EWIGEN DISKUSSION KAM DIE IDEE: KÖNNTE MAN NICHT GENAU DAFÜR DIE OMINÖSE BLOCKCHAIN VERWENDEN? DIE IDEE WAR GUT, NUR WAREN WIR NICHT DIE ERSTEN, DIE SIE HATTEN. DIE WELT DES NOCH JUNGEN BLOCKCHAIN-KUNSTHANDELS TAT SICH MIR AUF UND WECKTE MEIN INTERESSE. SO SEHR, DASS ICH GELD FÜR EINEN DIGITALEN FROSCH AUSGEGEBEN HABE. REVOLUTIONIERT BLOCKCHAIN DEN DIGITALEN KUNSTHANDEL?
NEW ENTRY IN NEURAL ARCHIVE!
Our last publication Collecting Contemporary Art featuring the exhibition 'Perfect & Priceless' - Value Systems on the Blockchain is now part of the Neural Archive!
BREAKERMAG | HOW CRYPTOPUNKS CREATORS CHARMED THE ART WORLD AND PAVED THE WAY FOR BLOCKCHAIN ART
"App developer John Watkinson had never signed a piece of art before. He certainly hadn’t signed one that would grace the walls of a gallery in Zurich, Switzerland—a country he’d never visited—alongside a piece by the famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Until recently, he’d never introduced himself as an “artist.”
“I’m nervous about signing these,” Watkinson said one day in October in his shared office space on Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal, bent over a printed image of a CryptoPunk—a simple, pixelated image of a man with a beard, mohawk, and sunset-colored glasses. “I’m one of those computer guys who never learned to handwrite anything.”
Watkinson practiced his signature a couple times before marking the 12 CryptoPunk prints that would appear in the “Perfect & Priceless: Value Systems on the Blockchain” exhibition in November at the Kate Vass Galerie in Zurich. He’d been invited to exhibit his work there by Georg Bak, a Swiss curator and digital art expert, while appearing at a blockchain conference at Christie’s, the famous auction house, in London—another thing the computer programmer never expected to do..."
BLOCKCHAIN KUNSTMARKT - INTERVIEW MIT GEORG BAK
Don't miss this interesting interview to Georg Bak, the curator of 'Perfect & Priceless' exhibition.
MME | CRYPTO MEETS ART
CRYPTO ART TALK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FIRST BLOCKCHAIN ART EXHIBITION IN SWITZERLAND
For the first time in Switzerland, Kate Vass Galerie in Zurich is presenting a comprehensive and unique exhibition on blockchain art, showcasing the most important protagonists of this movement.
Georg Bak, Curator and Digital Art Expert, and Mónika Molnár, MME Tax Expert, have asked themselves whether art is measurable, whether the beauty of art is measurable in digits or tokens and what crypto art is all about.
This conversation will continue in an open discussion about the contemporary developments of art in a decentralized world. The interaction of man and technology and their effects on art and taxes.
CRYPTOMONDAYS INAUGURAL EVENT
Join us for the launch of CryptoMondays in Switzerland - the global initiative that brings together movers and shakers in blockchain space!
The first meetup will be hosted during our exceptional exhibition 'Perfect & Priceless' where engineering meets art.
We will be hearing from world-class creators & engineers who push boundaries of what we call art:
John Watkinson - is a Canadian computer scientist and generative artist living in Brooklyn. He was the co-creator of the "Cryptopunks"-- the first crypto art token on Ethereum.
Myn Kang - UX & Design lead at Google, previously led design teams at Facebook, Wieden and Kennedy, startup co-founder, and creative thinker.
Georg Bak - ART ADVISOR: Crypto + Blockchain Art, Digital + Generative Art, Vintage Computer Art from 1960s and Photography,15 years experience in senior positions at Hauser & Wirth, LGT Fine Art Services Scheublein + Bak gallery.
To make the evening special we will have wine tasting presented by Flo’s Wine followed by Georg Bak’s exhibition tour.
Partners:
CV VC
Crypto World Zug Association
Kate Vass Galerie
SPBA
Orion Vault AG
Flo’s Wine
COME SAY HI TO THE BLOCKCHAIN ARTISTS
THESE ARTISTS ARE DIPPING THEIR PAINT IN THE BUCKET OF BLOCKCHAIN.
Don't miss this interesting article from Soha Ali where artists Ed Fornieles, Rob Myers and Sarah Friend are featured in!
Soha brings the irony out of the crypto world by contributing to the Unfiltered section of BlockPublisher.
ARTEEZ | L’ART DU BLOCKCHAIN À LA GALERIE KATE VASS, ZÜRICH
Les monnaies cryptées sont à l’honneur à la galerie Kate Vass de Zurich jusqu’au 11 janvier 2019.
L’exposition {Perfect & Priceless} – Value Systems on the Blockchain présente pour la première fois en Suisse une série d’œuvres inspirées par l’univers des monnaies virtuelles et la façon dont la technologie blockchain influence non seulement la création, mais aussi l’achat et la vente d’œuvres d’art.
En effet, la transparence des systèmes basés sur le blockchain peut garantir la traçabilité des œuvres par l’enregistrement de chaque transaction dans un registre commun décentralisé et accessible par tout utilisateur à tout moment. L’artiste pionnier Rob Myers permet de visualiser ces transactions dans sa série Blockchain Aesthetics en représentant l’ajout d’une transaction ou « bloc » par une accumulation en temps réel de carrés ou cercles de couleurs. Ces compositions digitales traduisent de manière visuelle, dans l’esthétique de l’abstraction moderne, la succession des transactions Bitcoin, aussi appelée the blockchain.
PERFECT & PRICELESS ON KUNSTBULLETIN 12/2018
{ PERFECT & PRICELESS }
von Mathis Neuhaus
Zürich — In der Kunst wird oft gespiegelt, was in der Wirklichkeit passiert. Denn was viele Menschen bewegt, das ist zumeist auch ein fruchtbarer Nährboden für eine künstlerische Auseinandersetzung. Was in der Kunst jedoch ebenfalls häufig geschieht, ist die Auseinandersetzung mit Themen, die noch an den Rändern der Gesellschaft verhandelt werden, bevor sie die breite Masse erreicht haben. Die Kunstschaffenden sind in diesem Fall Trendforscher, Scheinwerfer oder Lobbyisten in Personalunion. Sie setzen Agenden, überprüfen Potenziale und stellen dich dem Ungewissen. Eine Technologie, die lange an den Rändern der Gesellschaft ihr Dasein fristete und dann -plötzlich mit Wucht in den Mainstream katapultiert wurde, ist die Blockchain.
KRYPTOMAGAZIN | PERFECT & PRICELESS – WERTESYSTEME AUF DER BLOCKCHAIN
Our current exhibition PERFECT & PRICELESS featured on Kryptomagazin.de
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