Oxford Blockchain, Art & Technology Conference:
I founded and co-organised the OxBAT Conference 2022 during my time in Oxford which shows my capabilities and expertise. The 3-day interdisciplinary event on Blockchain Art was the first of its kind and brought together stakeholders from various backgrounds, initiated a transdisciplinary discourse, and conveyed the potential of art to imagine desirable futures. Due to my ability to inspire people and mediate between different realms, I could do pioneering work by realizing this cutting-edge conference. https://oxbat.web.ox.ac.uk/

Medium as Message. A Case for Blockchain as an Art Medium (Master's Dissertation):
NFTs, their aesthetic and artistic value, as well as their high-priced sales, have been the subject of various controversial discussions since the beginning of 2021. However, the ongoing debate is mainly focused on NFTs as collectibles and does not include the role and potential of the blockchain itself as a profound part of artistic practice. In my dissertation, I argue that blockchain represents a new medium for art which, like every other art medium, influences how its art is constituted, produced, perceived, and consumed. In concordance with its medium, blockchain art is, as I will demonstrate, inherently programmable and decentralised. Firstly, I will expound the idea and basic concepts of blockchain technology. Secondly, blockchain art will be placed in an art-historical context, revealing the continuation and resumption of certain pre-existing issues and questions of twentieth-century and contemporary artistic practice. Thirdly, I will distinguish between examples where blockchain technology is used as a means for dissemination, and artworks where the blockchain is specifically addressed, applied, and
leveraged as an inherent part of the artistic concept, constituting the art form: blockchain art. Lastly, I will argue that this art form represents and exemplifies the democratic nature of its underlying technology, mediating the vision of decentralisation, an alternative to current societal structures. These observations and conclusions are made possible through an introduction, discussion, and analysis of examples of blockchain art.