Crypto Art Award Winner 2023

Proof of War - Egor Kraft (Tokyo ↔ Vienna)

Artwork description

In Lies, Half-Truths & Propaganda [The Bad, the Worse, and the Worst] Russian-Austrian artist Egor Kraft opens up questions about these ideas, and the possibilities these new technologies are able to offer to counterweight and work against the realities of propaganda and misinformation during a time of war. The artworks presented are all dealing with the notion of censorship, archiving, preservation and how to create and consider solutions and alternatives to counterpoise fake news, manipulated images, and misinformation. 

The pieces included range from highly technical ideas and apps, with direct solutions, to more conceptual works which offer deeper reflections on what is or isn’t presented in the mass media channels and state-regulated outlets. The solutionist concept of technology is always present, but its subtlety allows for focus on the conceptual layers of what archiving, preservation and documenting in times of censorship might mean.

Partners and collaborators

Egor Kraft [Concept, installation, protocol design, UI/UX design, technical research, documentation, essay and film]
Marios Isaakidis [blockchain architecture, privacy engineering and protocol design]
vSelf [Web3 development]

Support recieved from

Ethereum Swarm blockchain
alexanderlevy gallery
Kraft Studio
Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen
European Media and Information Fund
Creative Europe programme of the European Union
Austrian Blockchain Center and Austrian Blockchain Award