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MoMI x Tezos Foundation announce the finalists from Community Curation, an exhibition, shaped by the public
By: XTZ News
1 October 2024
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The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the Tezos Foundation have just announced the finalists for the Community Curation exhibition, which was shaped entirely by public vote. The three finalists—Rodell Warner, Anna Malina, and Ceren Su—were chosen from a shortlist of ten artists nominated by blockchain art advocates.
Each of the three artists will have their work presented on the Herbert S. Schlosser Media Wall in the Museum lobby, while a fragment of each of these digital works will also be available for visitors to take home, minted on the Tezos blockchain at a station in the lobby at no cost.
Community Curation is the second project in the MoMI x Tezos Foundation year-long collaboration “Museum Without Walls.”
“There’s an overwhelming abundance of innovation in the Tezos art community, and a shortage of documentation, contextualization, and preservation of those artworks, bridging them to IRL realities. The artists on Tezos and the cultural workers at the museum of Moving Image absolutely deserve rich connections to each other, for all of the professional, historic, and artistic possibilities that will result.”
Example Of Work:
Heirloom
Kerim Safa
“In a world obsessed with detail, pixels stand as a testament to the lasting charm of simplicity, invoking nostalgia while remaining relevant in the digital age. They offer a canvas to distill complexity into minimalist forms, encouraging viewers to discover beauty within constraints.“
Example Of Work:
The Unnecessary Machine, 2022, Still image from GIF
Linda Dounia
“My name is Linda Dounia and I’m a self-taught artist. Before I was an artist, I was a designer. I’m interested in how technology impacts society, how it changes us fundamentally for better or worse, and what the way we develop and spread technology says about what and who the world cares about.“
Example Of Work:
The Garden Under The Sun, 2022. Still from Video/mp4. Edition of 5
Anna Malina
“My materials are as important as my images. Not just paper, or charcoal, or the marching ants of GIMP; they too have their characteristic aesthetic quality and density. How will acrylic brushstrokes move? What feelings will pastel residue evoke? What kind of rhythm will torn paper edges create?“
Example Of Work:
Kollaps
Marcelo Soria-Rodriguez
“I am interested in the notion of identity, on how it changes through relationships among any combination of human/nature/machine, plus the role of emotions, in this age of new artificial beings entering our societies. Generative+evolving/interactive pieces seem to me more inclusive as they provide more diverse spaces for the experiencer to find themselves or what they resonate with.”
Example Of Work:
el inefable momento #469, 2022, made with p5js and glsl
Ceren Su Çelik
“Ceren Su, a multidisciplinary artist, explores post-human hybrids and organic transformations.“
Example Of Work:
Adopting
Martina Menegon
“One of the main reasons I clone my digital self in several of my artworks is exactly this idea that our virtual selves are no longer a separate — and lifeless — entity. On the contrary, they are part of us. In our phygital reality, they are actually us.“
Example Of Work:
one last click and i’ll be gone (06/09/2022, 12h15m), 2022, still image from video
Maya Man
“I am into this idea of community curation, curation is so beautiful and actually what life is all about… making choices and cultivating a world you want to live in. Everything is Art if you want it and you see it. Big fan of MoMI so it is quite special to be included!“
Example Of Work:
Still from ‘shift reality instantly ~ {very powerful}’, 2022
Travess Smalley:
Example Of Work:
09_25_23_Pixel_Rug_01, 2023, edition of 10
Sarah Ridgley
Example Of Work:
A Lullaby for Euclid #9, 2022, still image from generative work
Each artist was nominated by an invited advocate from the Tezos art community, and selected in collaboration with Regina Harsanyi, MoMI Associate Curator of Media Arts, and Aleksandra Artamonovskaja, Head of Arts at Trilitech. The advocates are:
Chris Coleman – Artist; Director, Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at Ohio State University
TheFunnyGuys – Collector; Founder, Le Random
VincentVanDough – Founder, AOTM Gallery
Danielle King – Artist, curator, and writer
Grida – Curator, NFC Summit; Director, Artverse
Steven Sacks – Owner and Director, Bitforms gallery
Olha Pylypenko – Head of Programs, fx(hash)
Kika Nicolela – Artist; Curator, Objkt
Xer0x – Artist and collector
Jiggy – Collector and researcher
Following the announcement of the artist shortlist, the public was able to vote on their artists between September 12 and 22nd, participating in a community curation and shaping the museum’s exhibition.
Harsanyi and Artamonovskaja said: “The Community Curation project highlights the strength of blockchain-related art communities by expanding beyond the conventional role of a singular curatorial vision. By inviting widespread public participation in the final voting process, we aim to illustrate decentralized curatorial power in practice and engage a broader audience in shaping art exhibition alternatives.”
About Museum Without Walls: MoMI x Tezos
MoMI’s yearlong collaboration with the Tezos Foundation, which started June 2024, continues the Museum’s 40+ year commitment to exhibiting artists who integrate emerging technologies in their moving image practice. Central to this initiative is the Tezos blockchain, celebrated for its innovative and sustainable approach to blockchain technology. The Tezos Foundation’s commitment to supporting the arts underscores its pivotal role in fostering creative expression and technological integration. In the spirit of both digital and participatory installation art (such as that of Carlos Motta, Yoko Ono, Carsten Höller, and Félix González Torres), visitors can acquire complimentary fragments of the artwork they encounter in the Museum with help from blockchain technology. This initiative extends the Museum’s reach beyond its walls, fostering free engagement with the act of collecting. For more information visitmovingimage.org/series/momi-x-tezos.
The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the Tezos Foundation have just announced the finalists for the Community Curation exhibition, which was shaped entirely by public vote. The three finalists—Rodell Warner, Anna Malina, and Ceren Su—were chosen from a shortlist of ten artists nominated by blockchain art…
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