What we can learn from indigenous gifting and games of chance. The longer you spend engaging in blockchain discourse, the more variations you will hear on the same analogy: “Crypto is a casino!” I’ve written elsewhere about the many applications of blockchain technology to domains beyond mere asset speculation (NFTs…

and The Woman Who Could Not Be Content With Simple Things. If you know me, you know I’m Seneca-Cayuga (Deer Clan) which is part of the Haudenosaunee — or what you might know as the Iroquois — Confederacy. The way I think about and relate to technology, especially blockchain, is…

If you think NFTs are scammy/bad, wait until you learn about the art market — With the recent crash in crypto markets and the gnat-like attention span of major media outlets, the fervor around NFTs has subsided a bit in recent months. It’s hard to remember now, but earlier this spring they were all anyone could talk about. So last semester, when passions were running…

This tutorial uses Algorand, Rand Gallery, MyAlgo, Procreate®, C4D, Squarespace, and Photoshop — There are many ways to mint an NFT on Algorand. NFTs are non-fungible tokens and digital assets that are based on blockchain technology. For this tutorial, we are going to use Algorand; it is inexpensive to mint (I think I spent $.20 …

But what does being “back” actually mean? — Nearly two and a half years after Covid lockdowns, we are finally back! But what does being “back” actually mean? Let’s first take stock of where we’ve been. In early 2020 we all sheltered in place. As we settled into an indefinite lockdown, everyone started to get a little weird…

Interspecies Future Podcast from the LAS 2022 is out now. I attended an Interspecies Future Symposium at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Berlin’s Natural History Museum, with the first T-Rex ever found, named Tristan, my son is also named Tristan). One of our hosts LAS (Light Art Space) describes Interspecies…

At Unfinished Live, at the Shed in NYC, we started conversations about water with a playful spirit. What is live presence? We have been talking a lot about advice for artists and art institutions, but how do you create that wow factor for conferences in this new period after many of us (myself included)…

Decentralization is a lot older and weirder than you think. In today’s world, everyone is connected to everyone else in a single decentralized network. It’s almost impossible to read that sentence and not think of hyperlinks, smartphones, social media, and connected devices. But many people don’t know that this idea has been around much longer than the internet. Way back in 1922 just following…

I have to issue a mea culpa– I have not been posting as frequently as I normally do. That’s (partially) because I’ve spent the last week in the majestic redwood forests of northern California, at the DWeb conference. DWeb (the ‘D’ stands for ‘decentralized’) is an annual four-day event put…