Art vs design and the $5.3m Creative NZ contract – NBR | The Authority since 1970

The recipient of a lucrative Covid contract to develop a digital arts agency had no experience and was more focused on NFTs, artists claim.

‘Fam Pass’ is an NFT scheme promoted by We Are Indigo co-owner Pat MacFie.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are an elusive concept, and the artistic merit of the technology is more ethereal still.

In Ant Smith’s view, an image of a cartoon-type character recorded on a blockchain is not art.

The composer and sound designer known in the business as Antsmif claims a glittering

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