The Future of NFT Art

Since 2021, NFT art has been a target of much attention. Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) assign a unique value to digital data that would normally be easily copied using block chain technology, and digital art that has had value added to it through this technology is known as NFT art. Media artists involved in NFT art will unravel its origins and idiosyncrasies, and explore its future potential and expected developments.

Speakers:
Harm van den Dorpel (Artist)
Yoichi Ochiai (Media Artist / Assiciate Professor at University of Tsukuba)

Speaker Profiles

Harm van den Dorpel
Harm van den Dorpel (b. 1981, Zaandam, the Netherlands, lives and works in Berlin) dedicated to discovering emergent aesthetics, composing software and language, borrowing from disparate fields such as genetics and blockchain. He co-founded the now closed early NFT marketplace “”left gallery.””
His work has been widely shown at exhibitions including the New Museum in New York, MoMA PS1 in New York, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, MMCA Seoul, ZKM Karlsruhe, and the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam.

Yoichi Ochiai
Yoichi Ochiai (b. 1987, Tokyo, Japan) received his Ph.D. in Applied Computer Science from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information. He is Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba where he is also Head of Research and Development Centre for Digital Nature. He is Principal Investigator for the JST CREST xDiversity project, has received Super Creator / Genius Programmer titles from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan. From 2017 to 2019, he was advisor to President of University of Tsukuba, From 2018, he was committee member of IP Strategy and Visionary committee member of Moonshot Program at CAO Japan, member of Digital Transformation Committee, Japan Cultural Envoy, Theme Producer of EXPO2025.
His work explores the intersections between images and materials, nature and computers, and freely crosses the boundaries of computer science, applied physics and media arts.