Resources
| Resource | Summary | Link | Tags | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
$nowCash Exhibition | A web3 circle that explores the history of the digital art and cyberpunk culture. With a focus on creating physical and virtual happenings. | MetaverseExhibition | Example | |
Arhead.io | multi-chain Metaverse platform provider | PlatformMetaverse | ||
Arium | A platform to create virtual exhibitions | MetaverseExhibition | Metaverse | |
Art in the Metaverse - A new space for place making and public art by Stina Gustafsson, Portion.io (June 2022) | Article reflecting on the display of artwork in the metaverse | MetaverseCurationNews | Article | |
Avartara | AVATARA, a documentary about Onlive Traveler and its inhabitants (made in 2003) by 536 Productions of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Onlive Traveler was released in 1996. | MetaverseNews | Video | |
Caroline Sinders/Writing | Sinders has written extensively on framing technology/ digital design around ethics. An important aspect when considering the rules of engagement/guidelines in metaverses and other digitals spaces | MetaverseGovernanceNewsNFTsBackground | Article | |
Cryptovoxels | Based on Ethereum, a virtual world of galleries and collections | MetaverseNews | Example | |
Decentraland | A virtual world owned by its users based on Ethereum | MetaverseNews | Example | |
Dimoda 4.0 Dis/Location | Virtual exhibition compromising of three artworks focusing on the theme of Dis/Location | ExhibitionMetaverse | Exhibition | |
DSL Collection | A collection on contemporary Chinese art which now has a virtual museum | MetaverseExhibitionArtworkNFTsNews | Artwork | |
Facebook’s Centralized Metaverse a Threat to the Decentralized Ecosystem? by Nikolai Kuznetsov, Cointelegraph, (November 2021) | An article on how the centralised nature of Meta is a threat to decentralisation. | CriticismMetaverse | Article | |
FEELINGS Exhibition, Synthesis Gallery | FEELINGS Exhibition in the metaverse by Synthesis Gallery | ExhibitionMetaverseArtworkNews | Exhibition | |
LAGO | NFT Frames | PlatformNFTsMetaverseCollecting | ||
Lessons From 19 Years in the Metaverse by Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic (March 2022) | An interview with Wagner James Au, a journalist that has written extensively about virtual worlds such as Second Life, they discuss the lessons that could be learnt from virtual worlds | MetaverseCriticismNews | Article | |
Life 2.0 | This feature-length documentary follows a group of people whose lives are dramatically transformed by a virtual world -- reshaping relationships, identities, and ultimately the very notion of reality. | NewsMetaverse | Video | |
Modern Dream: How Refik Anadol
Is Using Machine Learning and NFTs
to Interpret MoMA’s Collection by Refik Anadol, Casey Reas, Michelle Kuo & Paola Antonelli, MoMA, (November 2021) | Interview between these artists discussing DeepDream, metaverse, and new ways of creating, sharing and communicating about art | NFTsArtworkMetaverse | Article | |
Mona | A metaverse example to collect, exhibit and display NFTs | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
Museum of Crypto Art - ROOMs | Paper explaining MOCA’s approach to metaverse architecture | MetaverseCriticismNews | Paper | |
New Art City | A virtual gallery and exhibition toolkit for digital art | MetaverseNews | Example | |
New Art City Festival 2022 | A celebration of the work that has pushed the boundaries of the toolkit provided by the platform | MetaverseNewsArtworkExhibition | Event | |
NFT Worlds | A metaverse example to explore, play and create your own metaverse | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
On Cyber | Metaverse example to display NFTs | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
Royal Shakespeare Company to Stage Live Play in Virtual Midsummer’s Nights Dream Forest by Jennifer Hahn, Dezeen, (March 2021) | Article on the RCA’s virtual showing of Midsummer’s Nights Dream in a metaverse/VR | MetaverseNews | Article | |
Scavengar AR | company offering a subscription AR studio app and customized AR experiences for art | PlatformMetaverse | ||
Snow Cash | Snowcash is a touring NFT Art exhibition that tells the story of the metaverse | Metaverse | Exhibition | |
Somnium Space | Metaverse compatible with Ethereum and Solana | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
Sotheby’s Metaverse | The auction house Sotheby’s own metaverse | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
Spatial | A metaverse for exhibitions and events | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
The Flowers I Have Never Seen in my Garden by Synthesis Gallery | Exhibition opening 24th March 2022 featuring works by Chris Golden, Sabrina Ratté, Mohsen Hazrati, and Lauren Moffatt.
Constructed in the free-floating space of Mozilla Hubs, the works on view utilize this programmable backdrop to examine how gardens might appear in the wake of ecological and social cataclysms. | NewsMetaverseExhibitionArtwork | Exhibition | |
The Promise of Art in the Metaverse by Doron Fagelson, Dataart, (January 2022) | An article that presents two types of metaverses, Sotheby’s and Meta’s | BackgroundMetaverse | Article | |
The Sandbox | a virtual reality/metaverse/game | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
The Wrong Biennale | ‘Sound becomes site: symphony for the metaverse | ExhibitionArtworkNewsMetaverse | Exhibition | |
To the Metaverse and Beyond by Habib William Kherbek (February 2022) | A critical perspective on metaverses and ownership | MetaverseCriticism | Article | |
What is the Metaverse and Why Does it Matter to the Art World? XR Panel, Art Newspaper (January 2022) | Article with Carole Chainon, Eron Rauch, Robert O’Leary, and Tina Vaz, discussing metaverses and examples of how these spaces are being used for arts | MetaverseNewsNFTsArtworkExhibition | Article | |
Wilder World | A metaverse example and marketplace | Metaverse | Metaverse | |
Will Museums & Cultural Institutions Find a Place in the Metaverse? Cuseum (March 2022) | An article outlining what metaverse are, and how might they work for traditional museums | MetaverseNews | Article | |
‘You Literally Got Me Into KAWS Fam’: What Game-Playing Teens Think About the Artist’s New Project on Fortnite Vivienne Chow (January 2022) | Article on younger audiences experiencing the KAWs exhibition through Fortnite | MetaverseNFTsNews | Article |