#92 NFT – a fad or the future of art?

When we think of art, nume­ro­us pain­tings, and sculp­tu­res, pla­ced in museums and art gal­le­ries come to mind. The dyna­mic tech­no­lo­gi­cal deve­lop­ment of recent deca­des is visi­ble in almost eve­ry aspect of our lives. What came as a sur­pri­se to many people – it has also influ­en­ced the world of art to a signi­fi­cant extent. This is hap­pe­ning thanks to NFT, or non-exchan­ge­able tokens, based on the block­cha­in method. How will this tech­no­lo­gy affect our per­cep­tion of arti­stic works and what is the futu­re of art in the era of digi­ta­li­sa­tion and platformisation?

Prof. Miko­łaj Lewic­ki and Feliks Tusz­ko from the Depart­ment of Socio­lo­gy at the Uni­ver­si­ty of War­saw talk abo­ut non-exchan­ge­able NFT tokens, the­ir prin­ci­ples of ope­ra­tion and the­ir impact on art, whi­le answe­ring Dr.Justy­na Pokoj­ska’s questions abo­ut:
- the prin­ci­ples of NFT and digi­tal equ­iva­lents,
- reasons for the­ir popu­la­ri­ty,
- methods of acqu­iring them,
- attempts to ste­al or hack the codes,
- the value of this type of art,
- the secu­ri­ty of codes,
- intan­gi­ble art,
- NFT ver­sus phy­si­cal artwork,
- aesthe­tic con­si­de­ra­tions of NFT works,
- pro­fit opportunities.