Daata
Reinvention
In Spring 2022 I launched a season of activity around two of Daata’s commissions: The New Me (2022) by Rosie Gibbens and Trulee Hall’s Two Heads, Two Ways (2020). Whilst Rosie’s work examined how capitalism fuels personal reinvention, Trulee’s film focused on the introspective process of personal change and acceptance.
Reinvention gathered a diverse mixture of audiences to explore the works’ feminist themes and their broader context in web3. Two months of live events, online talks, creative workshops, community reading groups and editorial content examined the impulse to redefine and reposition the self.
“Digital art and blockchain present a new technical frontier, with the potential to break free of conventional economic and social systems. But technology is a mirror as well as a portal; without critical thinking are we merely reinventing the wheel?
As winter fades, Daata invites audiences to have a spring clean: to look within and look beyond, to revel in the freshness of alternative perspectives and question our motivations for a reboot.”
A highlight was speaking with collectors at Daata’s booth at NADA NYC and interviewing Trulee as part of their live programme.
Playlist of films exploring reinvention: a fresh look at older works in the Daata archive
Audio interview with Rosie Gibbens
I organised a reading group to discuss the themes within Charlotte Kent PhD's text on The New Me
Open Studio: Cocktails with Rosie Gibbens
'The New You' Make Up Tutorial with Rosie Gibbens
I interviewed Trulee Hall at NADA NYC and on the DAO Friends With Benefits' pirate radio channel. I then hosted a collectors' after-party with a group from FWB.
A still from Trulee's film 'Two Heads, Two Ways'.
I gave a lecture to The Stack World members with guidance on collecting NFTs and the benefits of collecting through a gallery
A still from my lecture at The Stack World showing the benefit to artists' of selling NFTs via a gallery. I was joined by artist Rosie Gibbens.
Web3 may sound like a whole new world but does that mean a whole new ‘you’? Advisor Fanny Lakoubay and artist collective Keiken shared their tips for successful creating and collecting on the blockchain.
Is blockchain reinventing the art of journalism? This influential panel of experts forecast what the future holds.