Conference

The next edition of the NFT DEB Generative Dimensions is a response to the "meta-crisis," which manifests in climate, politics, environment, and value emergencies. Our challenges are interconnected, and we must connect in new ways to wrestle with the most urgent problems of our times. NFT DEB is forming a community of practice, exploring new patterns of living within nature and technology. We investigate what appears by linking people, projects, networks, and ideas. 

The emergence of a more conscious society has already begun. We connect transformative and inspirational innovators, scientists, and creatives with people across the globe. We spotlight the most daring pathfinders and visionaries using systems thinking, driving social renewal and cultural transformation toward a more equitable future.

The NFT DEB is founded and curated by curator Viola Lukács and digital artist Péter Weiler.

24.11.2022

RED DAY

Red Day is to connect our community and recognize water emergencies onsite. We dedicate the first day to visiting the Hortobagy Natural Reserve and learning about the circle of water from the natural water reserve to the city of Debrecen. Natural water scarcity is an urgent problem on every continent, with poorer communities most badly affected. To build resilience against climate change and to serve a growing population and industry, an integrated and inclusive method is needed to manage this finite resource.

2 pm

Becoming Water, a participative, somatic performance lead by artist and educator Judit Navratil at the MODEM, Debrecen, Baltazár Dezső tér 1.

6 pm

Final Presentation of NFT DEB Hackathon Teams

GROUPS OF SCIENTISTS AND CREATIVES LED BY PIONEER DIGITAL ARTISTS INTRODUCE THEIR WORK AND GENERATIVE ARTWORK USING DATA BASED ON NATURAL WATER RESOURCES. EACH WORK WILL BE MINTED ON THE TEZOS BLOCKCHAIN AS A COLLECTIVE CREATION, EXHIBITED, AND AUCTIONED IN THE SPRING OF 2023.

7 pm

OPENING OF THE NFT DEB 2021+2022 FINALISTS' EXHIBITION AT MODEM

MODEM will present twelve generative artworks created around environmental emergencies. Each work critically examines avian migration data or natural water pollution and provides an artistic interpretation with the help of artificial neural networks and blockchain technology. 

25.11.2022 

9 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. CET

Field trip. Visit to the Hortobagy Natural Reserve and the Natural Water Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project. 

Dress warm. Van leaves from the front of Mercure Hotel, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 11, Debrecen, 4025.

CONFERENCE 1-7 p.m. CET (streamed)

WHITE DAY

White Day is for faith and action for digital democracies. Decentralized technology, such as global digital assets, censorship resistance, and automated activities, will change how communities, cities, and countries operate. We identify and encode social relationships of trust through the recent development of web3 and AI systems.

• Body, Data, Space

What is the new social contract for digital society? Our next collective challenge is recognizing and engaging with the topical and complex identity issues within a data-driven culture.

1:15-1:55 Dr. Márton Szentpéteri 

1:55-2:35 Claudia Hart

2:35-3:15 Judit Navratil

3:15-3:45 discussion, q&a

3:45-4:15 break

• Digital democracy

Cities should provide agency to citizens through participatory democracy and use the city data to tackle our urgent environmental and social challenges: climate, sustainable mobility, affordable housing, healthcare, and education. Francesca Bria suggests starting with a network of cities promoting ambitious policies to take back the democratic governance of digital technology and data sovereignty from corporations. 

4:15-4:20 Introduction to the panel

4:20-5:00 Blanka Vay

5:00-5:40 Andreas Vogel

5:40-6:20 Nikita Freeboid

6:20-6:50 discussion, q&a

8 p.m. CET

Audio-Visual Performance: 

Poetry without Language

Kalen Iwamoto

Meszaros-Hock-Klausz-Kitzinger

26.11.2022

1-7 p.m. CET

GREEN DAY

Green Day is for sustainable and innovative ideas and white-label solutions focusing on the complexities of networked culture—and unveiling the roots of artist experimentation with new technologies, economies, and means of data awareness.

Panels:

• Art after NFTs

A discussion on the aesthetics of NFTs, their cultural significance, and how the unique properties of blockchain technology might be used to create new forms of art.

1:00-1:15 introduction to the panel

1:15-1:55 Glosso

1:55-2:35 Dajana Krüger

2:35-3:15 Alex Estorick

3:15-3:45 discussion, q&a

3:45-4:15 break

• Human minded AI

Investigating new responsibilities with artificial neural networks' rapid development and social applications.

4:15-4:20 introduction to the panel

4:20-5:00 Rupa Singh

5:00-5:40 Peter Weiler

5:40-6:20 David Szauder

6:20-6:50 discussion, q&a, closing of the conference