This week we have an in depth conversation with ICO Analyst Aram Barnett of Affinity.io, who funny enough talks about how he stumbled onto bitcoin at age 14.

AOTB News – Top 5 for this Episode 7 recorded September 27, 2017

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1.​November 9 - Furtherfield and NEoN Digital Arts Festival

The call closed on September 4, but it is worth noting that this event called "The CryptoDetectorist – coins, trades & hoards" held by Furtherfield's Blockchain Art Commission and NEoN invited proposals for a "new artistic online commission that takes the blockchain as the site of its manifestation." Examples included:

a smart contract that sits on the blockchain for interaction by an art audience via a web browser

a visualisation of blockchain activity, whether famous hacks or daily coffee purchases

a set of complex scripts or transactions that make the blockchain itself into art

crypto tokens, assets or trading cards9that make a game of blockchain value

thought experiments or illustrative works

The idea is that the art should work as a future media archeological artefact of blockchain finance and it has to be exhibitable online.

http://www.furtherfield.org/projects/blockchain-art-commission

2.​$50 million ARToken crowdsale starting October 25 by Cappacity

From website: "We believe the AR/VR revolution will be driven by content creators. That’s why we are introducing the first platform that leverages blockchain infrastructure to create, rent and sell 3D content. This approach ensures decentralized and trustless copyright storage and content exchange within the AR/VR ecosystem."

https://artoken.io/

https://www.coinspeaker.com/2017/09/04/cappasity-set-unveil-worlds-first-blockchain-platform-arvr3d-content/

3.​October 6-8, 2017 Blockchain art hackathon

There is a call for art submissions for a blockchain art hackathon. From the website: "It is an environment where the open-minded artists and the blockchain enthusiasts can meet each other and jointly discuss issues and challenges that new blockchain-based technologies present to us."

The work may be shown in Abu Dhabi, Rotterdam, Berlin, Warsaw and Johannesburg.

BlockChain Art Hacathon, in Kyiv, Ukraine, October 6-8, 2017.

www.blockchainart.io

4.​September 2017 - New blockchain art business called "bit2art" opened this month - purpose is to storing and trading fine art and other valuables.

http://www.bit2art.com/

5.​September 15, 2017 - Melbourne’s Thierry B Fine Art has become the first art gallery in Australia to accept Bitcoin as a means of payment.

From website: "The decision to embrace Bitcoin was made after a survey by the gallery revealed that Thierry B’s clientele was familiar with the digital currency and keen to use it for purchasing art works", said gallery manager, Vicki Finkelstein.

https://culthub.com/2017/09/16/thierry-b-first-australian-art-gallery-to-accept-bitcoin/

www.thierrybfineart.com/

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