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DESCRIPTION:The blockchain idealizes decentralized and distributed knowledg
 e\, presenting ties to intersectional feminist theories and historical cra
 ft practices. Unfortunately\, media attention around blockchain-based art 
 reproduces certain biases in art discourse\, focusing on North American an
 d European production—predominantly male artists—and an economic rationali
 ty. In this talk\, Charlotte Kent presents the problems and possibilities 
 inherent in this emergent technology and suggests a material culture appro
 ach to the study of blockchain-based contemporary art. Bard Graduate Cente
 r (BGC) PhD candidate Michael Assis introduces Kent\, explains how blockch
 ain technologies have been utilized in artistic production\, and places bl
 ockchain-based artistic practices in the greater history of art and materi
 al culture.Charlotte Kent\, PhD\, is associate professor of visual culture
  at Montclair State University. She is an arts writer whose research conte
 xtualizes contemporary art\, digital culture\, and the absurd while addres
 sing the theoretical implications of their current productions. Contributi
 ng to numerous arts and culture magazines and academic journals\, she is a
 lso an editor at large for the Brooklyn Rail and co-editor with Katherine 
 Guinness of Contemporary Absurdities\, Existential Crises\, and Visual Art
  (forthcoming\, Intellect Books). She is a graduate of the CUNY Graduate C
 enter\, St. John’s College\, Phillips Academy Andover\, and the Writer’s I
 nstitute.Michael Assis is a doctoral candidate at BGC. He specializes in t
 he philosophy and theory of digital art and (new) media and is currently w
 riting a dissertation on blockchain-based art. His research lies at the in
 tersection of digital art history and material culture\, science and techn
 ology studies\, and media studies. Before entering the metaverse\, Michael
  specialized in European medieval and Renaissance art\, and holds a BA and
  MA in art history and philosophy from Tel Aviv University. Beyond academi
 a\, Michael is also the co-founder of Artfora\, a Web3 platform that pairs
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Material Culture and the Blockchain
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