Criticism

The Hirsch Truth: Episode 1

by Ann Hirsch

Ann Hirsch, a pioneer of social media art and the grandmother of selfie feminism, shares her critical takes on NFTs in a new video series called “The Hirsch Truth.” In the first episode she reviews PFP projects World of Women and Milady Maker, as well as fruit videos by Katherine Frazier and an abstract animation by Sara Ludy.

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