New Landscapes. NFTs and the Museum

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The 2-day symposium NEW LANDSCAPES. NFTs AND THE MUSEUM will present new collecting strategies and curatorial concepts of NFTs in museums, analyse ethics and dynamics of DAOs as well as generative work in analogue and digital space, in short: it is about a critical examination of NFTs, blockchain and new technologies. The symposium will focus on the new way art museums deal with NFTs and what this can mean for the future of museums, from new collection concepts and legal innovations to questions of restitution. The symposium will be accompanied by two workshops and will be held entirely in English.

The symposium takes place at Museum Folkwang and online.
For more further updates and information: https://twitter.com/NFT_Symposium

LIVESTREAM
DAY 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdRV4gaf1nU
DAY 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYmsdSErhlc


Funded by

Pott-Stiftung und Königreich der Niederlande

OPENING 20 APRIL 2023

MUSEUM FOLKWANG

19:00
OPENING
"RAFAËL ROZENDAAL. Color, Code, Communication"


GOETHEBUNKER

22:00–23:00
ALISA BERGER (Support Act)

23:00–01:00
LEGOWELT (Danny Wolfers)

Day 1 21 April 2023 Symposium

9:30–10:30
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

PANEL 1 NFTS: A NEW FIELD FOR MUSEUMS Chair: Tristan Littlejohn

Welcome PG und MHT

10:30
WELCOME 
Peter Gorschlüter (Director, Museum Folkwang), Mathilde Heitmann-Taillefer (Curator Research, Scientific Cooperation & Provenance Research)

Tristan Littlejohn

11:00
BEYOND THE HYPE. NFTs AND THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND TECHNOLOGY
Tristan Littlejohn

Harm Van Den Dorpel

11:30
STUDIO VISIT, Harm van den Dorpel (online)

Philippe Bettinelli

12:00
A JOURNEY IN ACQUIRING NFTs AS A MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM
Philippe Bettinelli

Auriea Harvey

12:30
STUDIO VISIT, Aureia Harvey (online)

PANEL 2 THE POETICS OF NFTs Chair: Mathilde Heitmann-Taillefer

Annet Dekker

14:00
NFT, OR A POETICS OF NON-FIXED TIME
Annet Dekker

Simon Denny

14:30
STUDIO VISIT, Simon Denny (online)

Alexander Koch

15:00
NFTs AS A TOOL FOR DECOLONIZING THE MUSEUM 
Alexander Koch

15:30 COFFEE BREAK (on-site)

15:30–15:55 GUIDED TOUR TROUGH THE EXHIBITION "RAFAËL ROZENDAAL. Color, Code, Communication"
Rafaël Rozendaal (online)

Domenico Quaranta

16:00
HOW ART CAN CHANGE THE NFT SPACE BY PLAYING THE TRAITOR IN THE BYZANTINE GENERALS PROBLEM
Domenico Quaranta

Linda Dounia

16:30
STUDIO VISIT, Linda Dounia (online)

17:15–17:35 Q&A WITH RAFAËL ROZENDAAL (online)
Rafaël Rozendaal & Jan Borreck

RC

17:30 
WORKSHOPS: TRISTAN LITTLEJOHN, ROMY CAMPE
(max. 30 participants/workshop, registration only on-site on 21 April)

18:30 
GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE EXHIBITION "RAFAËL ROZENDAAL. Color, Code, Communication"
Rafaël Rozendaal & Thomas Seelig

20:00 OPEN DINNER
Restaurant edda
(Registration at Pasta Pasta 21.4.2023 until 16 April)

Day 2 22 April 2023 NFT Symposium

10:00–10:30
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

PANEL 3 NFTs AND NEW COLLECTION STRATEGIES Chair: Thomas Seelig

Saskia Draxler

10:30 
THIS CONTRACT IS ART / THIS CONTRACT IS NOT ART. NEW DIGITAL ART & DEFINITIONS
Saskia Draxler

Florian Kuhlmann

11:00 
STUDIO VISIT, Florian Kuhlmann

Martha Visser

11:30
NFTs IN LEGAL PERSPECTIVE AND CHALLENGES FROM THE FIELD
Martha Visser

Christiane Paul

12:00
COLLECTING NFTs – FROM CERTIFICATE TO WALLET PORTRAIT
Christiane Paul (online)

PANEL 4 NFTs – MUSEUMS’ FUTURE? Chair: Frank Neidig (Flux Collective, Düsseldorf)

Photo: Banz & Bowinkel, Crypto Portraits, #152 @ugopecoraio

13:30
BEYOND THE HYPE – NFTs & BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES AS PIONEERS FOR A DECENTRALISED MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS 
Ugo Pecoraio

Erick Calderon - Photo Credit: Dave Krugman

14:00
EMPOWERING 1 OF 1 OF X
Erick Calderon

Röhrs

14:30
DYOR: MAKING SENSE OF THE CRYPTO-ARTWORLD
Nina Röhrs

15:00 
ROUND TABLE:
Saskia Draxler, Christiane Paul, Ugo Pecoraio, Rafaël Rozendaal