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Imagining Otherwise Under Conditions of Impunity

ByRichelle SteynJan 2, 20266 mins

“Capitalism does not merely constrain change; it organises which forms of suffering matter, which legal rulings are enforced, and which crimes are indefinitely deferred. It functions as a selective enforcement regime, shielding actors embedded in military, financial, and diplomatic infrastructures from consequence.”

Dream Technologies and Ancestral Images: Reimagining Digital Art as Cultural Repair

ByRichelle SteynNov 25, 20257 mins

“Nice Aunties’ work hints at a future for digital art that is more human, more ritualised, and more ancestrally grounded. Cobb and Slattery provide the philosophical scaffolding; Khoi and San traditions offer the ethical and imaginal inheritance; dream technologies, fictional or real, show how images are medicine. What emerges is a powerful proposition: digital art can become a contemporary dream…

Timekeepers of the Anthropocene: Digital Art in the Grammar of Ancestral Time

ByRichelle SteynNov 24, 20254 mins

Tewame Tiyolicha Kawitl: Timekeepers of the Anthropocene (invites us) to rethink how we hold time, and how digital art might become a vessel for repairing its ruptures. The colonial and industrial eras (of the Anthropocene) imposed a linear, extractive temporality—one that measures productivity rather than reciprocity, acceleration rather than attunement. It is this regime of time .. that has destabilised…

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Beyond the Gavel: The New Dynamics of Digital Art Auctions in the Crypto Age

ByRichelle SteynJul 29, 202413 mins
The digital art world has experienced a seismic shift with the advent of online auctions, particularly those leveraging blockchain technology and NFT (Non-Fungible Token) marketplaces. Initially, online digital art auctions mirrored traditional methods, where artworks were sold on platforms like eBay or specialized auction websites through fixed prices or standard bidding systems. However, the rise […]

The Glitch That Spoke Too Plainly

ByRichelle SteynAug 12, 20255 mins
In a media landscape where the journalists are gone, the platforms are captured, and the truth is a liability, even a machine’s momentary gasp of honesty is worth archiving.

CRYPTOART Culture & Four Emerging Trends

ByRichelle SteynJul 5, 202414 mins
As we navigate the evolving landscape of CRYPTOART, it is clear that this cultural movement is poised to redefine the art world. In this article, we will explore the culture of CRYPTOART, cultural significance, as well as trends that are likely to shape the CRYPTOART space in the year ahead.
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