Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The museum has emerged as of the most serious institutional players in the realm of NFTs and blockchains
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Six Perspectives on Decentralized Curation
How is the web3 principle of decentralization changing the way art is funded, produced, collected, and displayed?
Jonathan Perkins
The cofounder of SuperRare reflects on how the marketplace has evolved since its founding five years ago, while staying true to its original vision.
Centre Pompidou
Curators Marcella Lista and Philippe Bettinelli discuss the museum’s landmark acquisition of NFTs.
Nicolas Sassoon
His animations use the visual language of vintage computer graphics to explore timeless topics.
Rhea Myers
Rhea Myers, who has been making art using blockchain technologies since 2011, discusses her pioneering work.
Craig Barrow & Regina Harsanyi
How do you design an exhibition of digital art? What unique challenges and opportunities do different forms of new media present?
The Outland Review, vol. 01
Bitcoin NFTs Taproot Wizards, Julian Opie's VR installation, Jill Miller's Ariel Pink project, and on-chain robots Kazokutchi reviewed in brief
Clement Valla
The artist discusses his research into technologies of computer vision and 3D scanning.
Through the Looking Glass
A survey of art made for and about screens traces a supply chain of sorts, with works considering the material history of their production and the emotional aspects of their use.
Greg Liburd & Alex Zhang
The community structures of Friends with Benefits and Refraction DAO are informed by web3 tools, but not determined by them.
Manual Override
In the work of Tyler Hobbs, the relationship between humans and machines is filled with productive tensions.
Emily Edelman & Sasha Stiles
How do algorithms, blockchains, and artificial intelligence expand the possibilities for artists working with text and language?
Linda Dounia
The Senegal-based artist talks about working with AI tools and sharing knowledge with her community.
Building a Decentralized Art World
Outland’s new guest editor Refraction DAO is creating alternative models for organizing and funding an international network of exhibitions and events.
Archive from the Future
Ahaad Alamoudi’s digital manipulations of Saudi national symbols reflect the changes being driven by both state-led social reforms and a grassroots online culture of parodies and remixes.
The Render and the Real
Isaac Sullivan’s images-within-images, collected in cities around the world, reflect the complex entanglements of the virtual and the material in contemporary life.
Style over Substance
To situate early computer art in familiar narratives of abstraction and minimalism, an exhibition rewrites history by separating social concerns from formal ones.
Unsellable
The "garbage collectors of the NFT world" buy unwanted tokens for a pittance and preserve as relics of a historic bubble.
Holographic Media
Media is no longer linear. Legacy outlets fade into noise, and communities have become filters through which all platforms are accessed.
Guest Editor
Shumon Basar
We're in an era after the end of eras. We have a final, historical ending in sight, while simultaneously being aware that such an end never actually arrives. Here are stories, strategies, and speculations about how we might go from here to there—and what “there” could even be.
Holographic Media
Media is no longer linear. Legacy outlets fade into noise, and communities have become filters through which all platforms are accessed.
Predicting the Present
Outland’s new special issue draws on the program of Art Dubai’s Global Art Forum, and its “agnostimistic” inquiry into trends in media, technology, and culture.
The Render and the Real
Isaac Sullivan’s images-within-images, collected in cities around the world, reflect the complex entanglements of the virtual and the material in contemporary life.