Integrating NFTs into Feminist Art Practices
Actualizing the Disruptive Potential of Decentralized Technology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21974925 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalie Ponder (0009-0003-1078-0039, Hattiesburg Clinic, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 124 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0752 • E-ISSN: 2076-0752 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/arts13040124 |
| OpenAlex | W4400767205 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The integration of NFT technology into the art market utilizes a two-pronged approach of decentralization and increased accessibility as an equalizing answer to rectify gender discrepancies in the contemporary art world. This is not the first time that technology as an art medium has been used as a feminist tool to disrupt the previously established status quo. Through the exploration of the 1990’s Cyberfeminist Net Art Movement, this article will discuss how female-identifying artists employ technological characteristics such as anonymity and online gender masquerading to answer the exclusionary issues affecting their art practices. Furthermore, it will examine how NFTs work to build upon the previously established revolutionary movement of the 1990s to evolve the contemporary art practices of feminist artists. Additionally, this article will address the impacts of this new digital landscape, where anonymity is preferred and algorithmic ordering is non-existent, as a more pragmatic way of creating, selling, and buying art. Finally, this article will examine how the integration of blockchain technology—entirely machine-operated and free from human manipulation—aims to eliminate the human biases of identifying factors such as gender that can be concealed or fabricated when operating in an online sphere
Disruptive technology · Manufacturing engineering · Art, Technology, and Culture · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Engineering
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |