Exhibited Work: Proof of War Installation
Duration: 14.12.2023–16.05.2024
Event type: Group Show
Curator: Ina Neddermeyer
Organizer: Zeppelin Museum
Venue: Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Cryptomania interrogates the promises and contradictions of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies through the lens of contemporary art. The exhibition positions the blockchain not merely as a technical innovation but as a cultural and socio-political phenomenon, questioning its claims of transparency, decentralization, and democratization. By juxtaposing the utopian rhetoric surrounding digital payment systems, tokenisation, DAOs, and smart contracts with critical artistic interventions, the show foregrounds the tensions between technological potential and structural power. Collaborating with experts from fields as diverse as finance, science, fashion, and beekeeping, the exhibition situates these debates within a broader discourse on economic, ecological, and social futures. Egor Kraft’s Proof of War installation contributes a speculative lens, reflecting on the epistemic and ethical complexities of trust, value, and authority in the era of distributed ledgers, prompting viewers to reconsider the socio-technical imaginaries that underlie contemporary blockchain culture.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Server rack. Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Drone with camera, Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.
Exhibited Work: Proof of War Installation
Duration: 14.12.2023–16.05.2024
Event type: Group Show
Curator: Ina Neddermeyer
Organizer: Zeppelin Museum
Venue: Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Cryptomania interrogates the promises and contradictions of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies through the lens of contemporary art. The exhibition positions the blockchain not merely as a technical innovation but as a cultural and socio-political phenomenon, questioning its claims of transparency, decentralization, and democratization. By juxtaposing the utopian rhetoric surrounding digital payment systems, tokenisation, DAOs, and smart contracts with critical artistic interventions, the show foregrounds the tensions between technological potential and structural power. Collaborating with experts from fields as diverse as finance, science, fashion, and beekeeping, the exhibition situates these debates within a broader discourse on economic, ecological, and social futures. Egor Kraft’s Proof of War installation contributes a speculative lens, reflecting on the epistemic and ethical complexities of trust, value, and authority in the era of distributed ledgers, prompting viewers to reconsider the socio-technical imaginaries that underlie contemporary blockchain culture.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Server rack. Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.

Drone with camera, Proof of War installation view, Cryptomania: Promises of the Blockchain, Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 2023–2024.
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
Egor G. Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
mail[at]kraft.studio
Tokyo, Mishuku, JPN
Vienna, Neubau, AUT
mail[at]kraft.studio
Egor G. Kraft – artist-researcher, founder
Anna Kraft – researcher, director
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