Organized by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation, the exhibition was curated by Arturo Galansino, director general of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, and Serena Tabacchi, director of MoCDA, Museum of Contemporary Digital Art. The display sees digital installations and multimedia experiences crafted by artists who communicate the multifaceted study of crypto art, based on the success of NFTs, which are redefining what makes a work of art unique and valuable.
Entering the courtyard, visitors are greeted by Turkish artist Refik Anadol’s (1985) site-specific installation that focuses on the relationship between digital and physical architecture. The swirling display and dreamy soundtrack captivate all those who pass by, with the mesmerizing large-scale work drawing viewers into its hypnotic spiral. Inside the gallery, viewers take a further deep dive into digital art with immersive rooms created by various artists including Mike Winkelmann’s Beeple, looking at politics and pop culture in dystopian scenarios. Daniel Arsham reflects on the idea of sculpture through temporal loops in which materiality and immateriality blend together in continual transformation and destruction, while Krista Kim’s hallmark minimalist style brings us into an impossible world of geometry and reflection. Andrés Reisinger brings poetry, sound and images together in a meditative experience that invites us to reflect on our daily routines and on our use of social media. Finally, live concerts by the Anyma Collective add visual performances and music to the enthralling displays.
“Let’s Get Digital aims to bring the general public closer to the recent developments in digital art, which is now universally recognized by the contemporary art world,”
explains Serena Tabacchi.
“Decentralization, blockchains and NFTs have certified and circulated the work of many artists who weren’t considered as such up until a few years ago. This bottom-up movement has made artists famous who were only appreciated in social media communities until a few months ago… The art of the future meets digital as the preferred medium for creative expression. We can expect an infinite number of possibilities. The best is yet to come.”
Arturo Galansino added
“This is a unique project in the Italian cultural panorama. Let's Get Digital is one of the first and most important exhibitions dedicated to the NFT revolution…this exhibition stands as a further piece of experimentation and vision on the art of the present and of the future, opening up more and more to new possibilities of artistic production and relationships with the public".
