The two-day symposium aims at a critical examination of NFTs, blockchain and new technologies. The subject of the conference will be generative artworks in analogue and digital space, as well as the ethics and dynamics of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations). How do museums deal with these new technologies and what can they mean for the future of museums? These pressing and highly topical questions will be discussed in the context of Rafaël Rozendaal’s NFT exhibition (21 April – 20 August, 2023).

Other topics will include the utopia and dystopia of blockchain, provenance research, and new collecting strategies. Guests will include Christiane Paul (Whitney Museum), Annet Dekker (University of Amsterdam), Domenico Quaranta (Accademia di Belle Arti, Brera), and Harm van den Dorpel (media artist, Berlin). Tristan Littlejohn, founder of TrillionaireFlex, will guide the conference together with Mathilde Heitmann-Taillefer and Thomas Seelig.

The aim of the symposium is to give scientists and representatives of the Web3 community the opportunity for direct exchange. In addition, artists will give insights into their work in virtual studio visits.

Participation is free of charge. Register by 16 April 2023 at symposium@museum-folkwang.essen.de. The conference will be streamed online on the YouTube channel of the Museum Folkwang.

The symposium is supported by the Alfred and Cläre Pott Foundation.

Participation is free of charge.
Registration until 16 April 2023 at symposium@museum-folkwang.essen.de
For the speakers and schedule, please see our calendar at www.museum-folkwang.de.

RAFAËL ROZENDAAL
Color, Code, Communication
21. April – 20. August 2023
Eintritt/Admission: € 8 / € 5

From 21 April to 20 August 2023, the museum will show digital artworks by Rafaël Rozendaal (b. 1980). He is one of the best-known players in digital art worldwide. In his current NFT projects, he combines well-known pictorial motifs and themes from recent art history with current technologies, thus combining a fascinating visual language with the latest forms of communication. The extensive exhibition Color, Code, Communication makes Rozendaal’s digital art experienceable as an immersive and walk-through installation or in browsers on monitors. In addition to the exhibition spaces, individual works will also be on view in the museum’s hallways and interstitial spaces, as well as in public spaces.

Unterstützt von dem / supportet by Sparkassen-Kulturfonds des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbandes, der Sparkasse Essen und/and der Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland.