Heya Greta (and other Netbehaviourists). Yes there isn’t a pre-order link yet as we are *just* announcing the project. It’s on a tight deadline, so I’m sure we’ll have a pre-order link soon. I will make sure to mention it here. Thank you for asking!
I admire you for working with complexity, of systems as well as feelings. That sounds like an excellent project. - Rhea. On October 28, 2021, NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity <netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote: > Congratulations, Rhea! Sounds amazing! Do send out a reminder once the > book actually becomes available, I didn’t see a link to pre-order it. > > I’ve been watching the blockchain stuff almost exclusively from the > sidelines the last year or so, but recently donated a work to this > charity sale / performative action by Peng! > Collective. <https://www.goldennft.art/de> The basic premise is using > the financial power of the NFT market for progressive political > causes; selling NFTs (some original, some algorithmically produced > mash-ups) with the goal of buying a golden visa for a refugee family. > I have complex feelings about it. > > Hope you’re well, > > Gretta > > > > On 28. Oct 2021, at 04:51, Rhea Myers via NetBehaviour > > <netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > <mailto:netbehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org>> wrote: > > > > Proof of Work > > > > Blockchain Provocations 2011–2021 > > > > * Paperback > > * 250×190mm > > * 220pp > > * Colour illustrations > > * Jun 2022 > > * ISBN 978-1-915103-04-8 > > > > <https://www.urbanomic.com/book/proof-of-work/> > > > > DAO? BTC? NFT? ETH? ART? WTF? HODL as OG crypto artist, writer, and > > hacker Rhea Myers searches for faces in cryptographic hashes, > > follows a day in the life of a young shibe in the year 2032, and > > patiently explains why all art should be destructively uploaded to > > the blockchain. > > > > Now an acknowledged pioneer whose work has graced the auction room > > at Sotheby’s, Myers embarked on her first art projects focusing on > > blockchain tech in 2011, making her one of the first artists to > > engage in creative, speculative and conceptual engagements with ‘the > > new internet’. > > > > This anthology brings together annotated presentations of Myers’s > > blockchain artworks along with her essays, critiques, reviews, and > > fictions—a sustained critical encounter between the cultures and > > histories of the artworld and crypto-utopianism, technically > > accomplished but always generously demystifying and often > > mischievous. > > > > Her deep understanding of the technical history and debates around > > blockchain technology is complemented by a broader sense of the > > crypto movement and the artistic and political sensibilities that > > accompanied its ascendancy. > > > > Remodelling the tropes of conceptual art and net.art to explore what > > blockchain technology reveals about our concepts of value, culture > > and currency, Myers’s work has become a required viewing for anyone > > interested in the future of art, consensus, law, and collectivity. > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > > <mailto:NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org> > > <https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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