‘Proof of Work, What’s at Stake?’
at PLUS-ONE Gallery
About
The first fully screen based digital art exhibition at PLUS-ONE Gallery in Antwerp which opened during Antwerp Art Weekend.
What we dit
Advisory, Exhibition concept and co-curating, Technical (web3) support (Smart contract & NFT management), Production assistance Vaast Colson, Exhibition management, Scenography, Visual communication.
-
Proof of Work, What's at Stake?
PLUS-ONE Gallery (South)
26.05 - 26.06.2022
Vlaamsekaai 74
2000 Antwerp, Belgium -
Main exhibition: Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Beni Bischof, Frederik Heyman, Jan Robert Leegte, Nicholas William Johnson, Vaast Colson, Victor Verhelst, Yannick Val Gesto.
THEWUNDERWALL.XYZ: Esther Noben, Ruohan Wang, Sarah Mayer. -
Lead: Jason Poirier dit Caulier, Thomas De Ben.
Exhibition assistance: Manon Bolssens, Carlo Westdorp, Ayrton Eblé, Eva vandekerckhove, Nathalie Lauwereyns.
Production: Albe De Coker, Milo Profi, Dens.
Development: Studio Dier.
Photography: Joost Joossen.
Exhibition text
PLUS-ONE Gallery presents under the title Proof of Work, What’s at Stake?, an exhibition that’s dedicated to digital art. It will explore the possibilities of what NFT-technology can bring to artists and the gallery.
In a first exhibition, it brings together a number of artists who each give meaning to their work by using digital resources or choose digital as an absolute medium.
The title of the exhibition Proof of Work, What's at Stake? plays on 2 levels. The technology is a great way to 'prove' authenticity, ownership and sale of a (digital) artwork in a transparent way. But these technological changes put a lot 'at stake’. First of all the energy consumption issues for the heavy calculations, where fortunately change is coming, but also the position of the physical art gallery and how the traditional art world will deal with these new art audience of digital natives.
Despite the current NFT hype, PLUS-ONE Gallery chooses to look beyond the hype and embraces these new technologies and its digital resources that artists today consider to be full-fledged. And just like in the gallery’s program, curatorial choices based on artistic practices are made independent of the hype of the moment.
Despite the current NFT hype, PLUS-ONE Gallery chooses to look beyond the hype and embraces these new technologies and its digital resources that artists today consider to be full-fledged.
