NFT's, and the tokenization of culture
NFT (Non-Fungible Token), is a digital certificate that, through blockchain technology, is associated with a single digital file. Through this technology, an image, a video, audio, a text or a specific compressed file obtains an identifier in which the name of the author, its initial value, and its sales history, among other metadata, are registered. This non-fungible asset cannot be duplicated or replaced but can be traded or collected in the blockchain network. In the workshop, we will explain in detail how the disruptive technology of the blockchain can merge art, technology, and laws to build an innovative solution for exchanging digital art and collecting through a certificate of authenticity called NFT. No prior knowledge is needed as we will cover the basics of this technology to create your first NFT.
Antònia Folguera
Antònia Folguera curates festivals, conferences and podcasts, and radio shows. Her work moves across the terrains of digital art and culture, communication, and electronic music. She curates Sónar+D, Sónar Festival’s Creative Technologies Conference, and she is part of the curatorial teams of Eufònic Festival (Terres de l’Ebre, Spain) and STRP (Eindhoven, Netherlands). She is also co-founder of Barcelona Community Radio Network (XRCB) a community-based, ethical, and techno-political podcasting and streaming platform, in which (among other things) they prototype and research the radio of the future. She makes podcasts and live radio in Barcelona. As a side hustle, she speaks, moderates, and hosts all types of cultural and technological events.
How to sustain or monetize cultural and artistic projects from the digital?
Monetization? Financing? Sustainability? Any word you choose, sustaining a cultural project financially is always a challenge.
In this workshop, we will learn about different ways to finance (or support, or monetize) artistic or cultural projects. We will analyze various digital platforms, depending on the nature of our project (music, events, visual arts, technological projects, podcasts) and we will see study cases and good practices.
– How to create a community.
– Communication tools and strategies.
– Simple actions to raise money for our project.
– How to manage a crowdfunding campaign.
– Subscriptions and memberships.
– Specialized platforms.
– Web 3 and NFTs.
For more information and enrollment in the course you must access the following link: Plataforma C
What is Cryptoart?
In this introductory course we will learn from scratch the different aspects that surround this field: what are NFTs, cryptocurrencies, marketplaces… and how they can be applied in our cultural sector.
This set of relatively new and virtual tools forms a system to carry out transactions without the need of intermediaries. Some time ago we began to see how artists related to the digital world have begun to market their works thanks to the opportunities offered by these tools. Tools that continue to evolve and offer us many possibilities, but also raise many questions.
During this course, the operation of this Cryptoarte system will be addressed from scratch, to reflect on its successes and weaknesses so participants are able to position themselves critically within this contemporary context. You may have heard of this world that seems to come out of a science fiction movie; speculation and ignorance are constant around this technology.
In this workshop, we approach the subject from different perspectives to draw own conclusions regarding its use and its possibilities in the cultural field.
For more information and registration for the course, access the following link: Plataforma C