2/ Seeking to extend the precedents set by galleries like cointemporary we became a blockchain-based platform for the display and dissemination of downloadable objects.

3/ That event marked the official launch of the gallery, which had been in operation since 2015, and grew out of the experience presenting the work "Event Listeners" to the Austrian Museum of Applied and Contemporary Arts (MAK) @MAKWien

4/ The offering of that work marked the first recorded occasion on which an artwork was purchased by a museum using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

5/ The event was accompanied by a meal prepared by Harm van den Dorpel consisting of "gado gado" — Indonesian specialties which became familiar to Europeans as the advance of Dutch colonialism subsumed the territory known today as Indonesia.

6/ The foregrounding of the dish’s colonial origins not only placed an elided aspect of European history in the spotlight, but also sought to explore the quasi colonial relations that are built into the Internet’s infrastructure, a mentality we wanted to confront and oppose.

7/ At the time, few were interested or understood the potential of crypto tech to question, improve, and correct the power structures of the internet.

8/ We wanted to create a curatorial context and technical infrastructure to disseminate and monetise digital artworks and software art, and support artists.

10/ Now, in 2022, there clearly are many minting and sales platforms for NFTs, and a huge and exciting market has emerged for these artworks.

11/ Co-founder Paloma Rodríguez has shifted her primary focus on intercultural conflict mediation and coaching frameshift.berlin

12/ Co-founder Harm van den Dorpel has decided to commit to his own artistic practice.

14/ We will continue to offer support, host, and seed IPFS hashes for the artworks we have sold.

15/ And in particular we love to thank all artists, curators, collectors for their support and trust over the years.

5/7 Spike Art Magazine Magazine partners with left gallery for an NFT collection selling all 70 magazine covers from its 15-year history, minted via @ourZORA.

A week after the @ourZORA x left gallery auction that got this party started, we're weighing in with some reflections on our first experience selling NFTs. ♡ Read here: spikeartmagazine.com/?q=articles/sp…

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