NFT Art Gallery Art Blocks is hosting its second annual open house this weekend – The Big Bend Sentinel
MARFA — Art Blocks, a generative NFT platform that operates a gallery space in downtown Marfa, will be hosting their second annual open house event this weekend starting Friday the 11th. November through Sunday, November 13 at their location at 109 W. San Antonio.
The events are free and open to the public. The schedule of events, which can be found on Art Blocks’ websiteincludes opening reception for perceive () an exhibition set up by guest curators – which will be on view until spring 2023 – a panel of NFT artists, collectors, curators and engineers as well as a cocktail gathering at Marfa Spirit Co. with a special surprise and a backyard meal.
“This is really a community celebration for us, for our Art Blocks community, and then for anyone, it’s free and open to the public,” said Art Blocks Marketing Manager Hannah Siegel-Gardener. “It’s really just an open invitation to find out more about Art Blocks and experience what people love about this type of art.”
perceive(), the fourth NFT exhibition to take place in the house, curated by Art Blocks community members 0xTechno, Plutonium. F, and indeed, will be divided into three sections, with each curator programming his own space within a gallery space. The selected artworks highlight the diversity of generative projects released on the Art Blocks platform over the past two years.
Saturday’s panel talks at Art Blocks will involve NFT artists and collectors as well as those working to archive the digital creations. In addition to one perceive() exhibition-focused panel, another will take place on the futuristic capabilities and implications of generative technology. A final talk will be about a new project titled friendship bracelets, which Art Blocks recently launched, combining creative coding with a spectrum of embroidery colors.
Siegel-Gardener said last year the event attracted about 300 people. This year, event organizers expected a significantly higher turnout, with all Airbnbs in the tri-county area booked out and 600 people responding to a survey saying they planned to attend.
Wrong Marfa, a new “internet object analog gallery,” located in downtown Marfa at 108 East El Paso Street, will also host a series of community events and exhibits throughout Art Block’s open house weekend. To see the schedule, visit their website at glitchmarfa.com/
For more information on Art Blocks programming, visit info.artblocks.io/spectrum/open-house-weekend
