Lanificio Digitale will host the crypto art and NFT workshops in Naples
For the first time in Italy, Naples will host the exhibition event dedicated to the history of Cryptoart and NFT technology. Lanificio Digitale will host the workshops.
Naples opens up to the world of digital art. Over the Halloween long weekend, on October 31 and November 1, Sewer Nation - a Milan-based under-30 company specializing in cutting-edge technologies - has organized an exhibition event, NFTs Are Dead: The Funeral, dedicated to the history of crypto art and NFT (Non-Fungible Tokens) technology.
Thanks to blockchain and NFT systems, it is possible to create an entirely digital work or digitize a physical one, which users can sell or buy, often using cryptocurrencies as well.
An opportunity that no longer seems to be just a trend and that is actively involving real estate, fashion, design, and even politics.
Meanwhile in Naples, workshops and digital exhibitions will take place across the Galleria Borbonica, Lanificio Digitale, and puntozerovaleriaapicella, welcoming international artists and people interested in learning about the technology that makes it possible to certify ownership of an asset through the blockchain structure.
The agenda of the Crypto Art event
It begins on the morning of October 31 in the former Lanificio Sava at Porta Capuana.
At 12:30 p.m., in the puntozerovaleriaapicella space, workshops and panels will be held on the history of crypto art from 2015 to today. At 3:30 p.m. the program continues in the offices of Lanificio Digitale, where attendees can explore the world of NFTs further; NFTs will be presented not only as objects of speculation but also as pillars of the digitization of assets and of relationships between customers and businesses.
At 7:15 p.m. the event moves to the Galleria Borbonica. A digital Dante will guide nerds, enthusiasts, and newcomers into the world of virtual art. Video mapping and images created with Artificial Intelligence, projected directly onto the walls and ceilings of the Bourbon tunnel, will create a unique immersive experience. Artists, including international ones, will be present, from Robness to Andrea Chiampo, as well as Francesco Vincenti, Dusty Eye, and Ninfa.
The event repeats on Monday, November 1: in the morning, again in the former Lanificio Sava, explanatory workshops will show how NFTs are used in fields beyond art, from real estate to fashion, from design to politics. Then, starting at 7:15 p.m., digital art will bid farewell to the city of Naples with the closing ceremony at the Galleria Borbonica, ahead of the next events in London and Prague.
“The aim is to demonstrate the infinite management resources that revolve around the NFT market within a world that is often attacked, - explains Luca Martinelli, known as Vandalo, creative director of Sewer Nation - and that, from bitcoin onward, has been evolving more and more toward the digital era, made of algorithms, programming, and software that make real even what cannot be touched, but exists only because it is virtual".
“The digital culture of decentralized governance”
“We are happy to take part - says an enthusiastic Davide Bussetti, co-founder of Lanificio Digitale - and to support digital culture, sharing a space and a moment of encounter and exchange with artists and enthusiasts from all over the world.
Lanificio Digitale, like Sewer Nation, in line with the paradigms of Web 3.0, wants to introduce the adoption of new platforms that foster decentralized governance.
This need reflects the responsiveness of young people, a versatility that the world of work must prepare to listen to and embrace.”
“The meetings - concludes Giordano Iovine, co-founder of Lanificio Digtiale - will take place in part of the Lanificio Digitale spaces, located in the former Lanificio Sava at Porta Capuana, a UNESCO site in the historic center of Naples.”
"NFTs at the height of their popularity: they let you own the original work and, at the same time, prove ownership of it"
“The culture of crypto art - explains Luca Martinelli - is literally revolutionizing the way art is made, attracting a wide range of artists from every field.”
“Although they have been around since 2014, at this point in history NFTs – stresses Marco D’Aiuto, Chief Marketing Officer of Space Farm - are at the height of their popularity, as they are increasingly used to buy and sell digital works. Just consider that in the first five months of 2022, NFTs reached a business volume of 37 billion dollars.”
Why buy a digital work if I cannot display it at home or in a gallery?
The answer is that an NFT allows the buyer to own the original work and, at the same time, to prove ownership of it.
“It is a mechanism – explains D’Aiuto - that has taken hold in the art world, where the risk of unauthorized reproduction and distribution of works has led many artists to turn to this new science, which guarantees the direct purchase of authorship.”
And digital works are booming. For those who do not yet know, the most famous digital artist, Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, created a collage (Everydays: the First 5000 Days) of 5,000 drawings, producing what is perhaps currently the most famous NFT, auctioned by Christie’s for over 69 million dollars.
And if a forerunner like Gabriele Salvatores anticipated the world of video games and virtual reality in his Nirvana back in 1997, when many of these young people of the digital era had not even been born, it is a safe bet that the phenomenon will not stop here.
Information and tickets on the website https://vandalo.art/