Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology
Real Virtuality: Creating the next normal with the crutches of technology
We are blaming it on the virus. But it seems, in hindsight, as if we were anticipating this moment in time, when we could be forced to withdraw from other fellow beings. The proof is the technologies and devices we invented. On the surface, they may have seemed to be about more sociability, but it was always harbouring its invisible other, the asociability of it all.
Natlet, an artwork by Susanta Kumar Panda and Ramakanta Samantaray, highlights the perfect beauty of nature and the fatality of unchecked rampant urban expansion. It’s among a series of artworks presented by Terrain.Art, India’s first blockchain-powered platform and the brainchild of Aparajita Jain. The platform mints a corresponding NFT for each work on Ethereum, establishing its authenticity and eliminating fakes