image courtesy of CoinCentral.com As an artist, digital technology's impact on traditional fine art serves as the basis for my work with 3D printed sculpture.
As a 3D printing consultant, I'm always expanding my knowledge of new and growing technologies. I focus not only on 3D printing and its related fields but on technology in general.
Following technological trends is important. You never know when you'll find yourself at an intersection of two cutting-edge technologies or in this case, the crossroads of the cutting edge and the traditional.
Recently, this article from CoinCentral, titled “An Insider's Guide to the Best Decentralized Art Galleries” by Steven Buchko caught my eye.
The article introduces the idea of moving away from centralized brick and mortar art galleries in favor of virtual assets or financial shares of a physical art piece. Hence the term “decentralized”. An entirely new way of interacting, collecting and investing in the fine arts all made possible by blockchain technology.
I won't delve too deeply into what blockchain is or how it works in this post. I'll admit, I'm too much of a novice with the technology to explain it properly. It would be like asking a white belt to teach a martial arts class.
In a nutshell, CoinCentral describes blockchain technology as, "a list of digital records (blocks) that are chained together using cryptography".
Buchko's article continues with an overview of some of the more prominent decentralized art galleries currently.
While I have heard of blockchain technology and the related cryptocurrency before, it had not occurred to me what sort of impact blockchain technology could have on the fine arts until I read this article.
I have been exploring ways in which 3D printing technology can impact and expand the fine arts world and I can see where blockchain technology can be the next step in the distribution and commodification of art.
As I expand my knowledge of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, I'll post more articles and share my thoughts here on my blog. Some will relate to the art and entertainment fields and others will be more general interest.
Beyond the financial investment front, I wasn't sure how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies related to me. After reading this article, all that's changed. Time will tell if decentralized art galleries will be a revolution, evolution or passing trend in the art world.
Either way, time to head down this technological rabbit hole. Stay tuned.
Please leave any thoughts or experiences you have with decentralized art galleries in the comments below.
As a 3D printing consultant, I'm always expanding my knowledge of new and growing technologies. I focus not only on 3D printing and its related fields but on technology in general.
Following technological trends is important. You never know when you'll find yourself at an intersection of two cutting-edge technologies or in this case, the crossroads of the cutting edge and the traditional.
Recently, this article from CoinCentral, titled “An Insider's Guide to the Best Decentralized Art Galleries” by Steven Buchko caught my eye.
The article introduces the idea of moving away from centralized brick and mortar art galleries in favor of virtual assets or financial shares of a physical art piece. Hence the term “decentralized”. An entirely new way of interacting, collecting and investing in the fine arts all made possible by blockchain technology.
I won't delve too deeply into what blockchain is or how it works in this post. I'll admit, I'm too much of a novice with the technology to explain it properly. It would be like asking a white belt to teach a martial arts class.
In a nutshell, CoinCentral describes blockchain technology as, "a list of digital records (blocks) that are chained together using cryptography".
Buchko's article continues with an overview of some of the more prominent decentralized art galleries currently.
While I have heard of blockchain technology and the related cryptocurrency before, it had not occurred to me what sort of impact blockchain technology could have on the fine arts until I read this article.
I have been exploring ways in which 3D printing technology can impact and expand the fine arts world and I can see where blockchain technology can be the next step in the distribution and commodification of art.
As I expand my knowledge of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, I'll post more articles and share my thoughts here on my blog. Some will relate to the art and entertainment fields and others will be more general interest.
Beyond the financial investment front, I wasn't sure how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies related to me. After reading this article, all that's changed. Time will tell if decentralized art galleries will be a revolution, evolution or passing trend in the art world.
Either way, time to head down this technological rabbit hole. Stay tuned.
Please leave any thoughts or experiences you have with decentralized art galleries in the comments below.
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