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Blockchain-based works such as Plantoids by Primavera De Filippi help us imagine the consequences of organising social systems through automated, gamified, incentive mechanisms Image: courtesy of Furtherfield
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Minecraft exhibit helps people escape reality virtually
MacKenzie Art Gallery embraces digital art during pandemic
While people are shut-in during a pandemic, digital art curators with the MacKenzie Art Gallery are figuring out ways to engage people with art. Canadian artist Sarah Friend, who is currently based in Berlin, Cat Bluemke and Jonathan Carroll came up with the idea for a digital art gallery featuring the popular video game Minecraft.
Carroll likes the idea of using Minecraft as a platform for digital art because it’s an interactive system that has a creative platform.
“There’s what’s called a sandbox game, which means that there aren’t a lot of limitations to what you can do within the system of the game, including of course building things out of blocks that the game is made of,” he said.