Digital November: The French Digital Touch

EVENT DESCRIPTION

The Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau is pleased to announce the program of its 6th edition of Digital November (in French, Novembre Numérique), the yearly event supported by the Institut Français which shades light on French digital industries.

Entitled The French Digital Touch, the 10-day long event, co-organised with ARTAVERSE, will this year focus on NFT and Metaverse, bringing unique French digital art to Hong Kong.

Taking place at Artaverse Pop-Up Hub at the Fringe Club, the famous contemporary arts space in Central, this fully free event will be open to the public from Saturday November 5th until Sunday November 13th.

The Fringe Gallery will host an NFT exhibition curated by The NFT Factory, the new centre dedicated to NFTs in Paris, and three of its founding members, 0x4rt, Braw Haus and Obvious, who selected fifteen artworks from the best contemporary artists of the French crypto-art scene to be showcased for the first time in Hong Kong.

0x4rt will present the work of Albertine Meunier, Booyasan, Etienne de Crécy, Hermine Bourdin, LuluxXX and Pascal Boyart. Braw Haus’ curation will be composed of the work of Raphael Guez, Danae Gosset, Hadrien Durand Baïssas, Eliza Struthers-Jobin, Sophia Kay and Dimitri Thouzery. As for Obvious, their own work will be displayed alongside those of two guest artists: Remi and Takyon236.

A seminar will complement the exhibition to offer an exchange of perspectives between prominent French and Hong Kong figures of NFTs and Metaverse. Renowned artists, curators and institutional figures will debate these trendy topics in engaging roundtables and masterclass.

The seminar will open on November 8th with our panel speakers discussing How NFTs are redefining Art. Followed on November 9th by a talk on Women in NFTs as part of the series “Art Talks are [Women] Talks”. To finally close on November 10th with a Cross-Perspective Talk between two unique Metaverse projects: The Museum of Crypto Art (MoCA) and The Sandbox Mega City.

To enrich this eventful program, on both weekends, The Sandbox and PREFACE will organize a series of workshops which will aim to introduce the younger generation to the Blockchain, NFTs and the Metaverse.

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

It is an international event created by the Institut Français which aims to promote the French Digital industries through the French cultural and diplomatic network abroad.

Amateurs and professionals from France and abroad are encouraged to gather to (de)code, create, play and think together, in a festive spirit, about digital technology in all its forms.

Workshops, debates, shows, exhibitions, hackathons, escape games, etc. will allow us to question the forms, practices, uses and stakes of the digital revolution and to take a forward-looking look at the mutations of our societies.