Thursday, Mar 26 2026, 6 – 7:30pm
Members – Adult: $0.00
Non-Members – Student (with ID): $0.00
Non-Members – Adult: $0.00Member discounts applied with login at checkout where applicable.
About the Event
This panel talk will explore the evolution of net-art, an avant-garde movement rooted in the open architecture of the internet and its complex, often ambivalent relationship with NFTs and digital ownership. Net-art emerged with a radical premise in which art created on and for the internet should remain publicly accessible, ephemeral, and non-commodified. The discussion will take place in person for attending audiences, with select panelists joining virtually as part of a hybrid format.
This program is organized and presented in partnership with the Lynn NFT Art Museum and the Loop Art Critique.
Panelists
Rodolfo Peraza
Cuban-born digital and new media artist whose practice spans interactive installations, VR environments, and social commentary. Through works such as Insecurity of Freedom and Terminus, and through his platform Firesale.live, Peraza investigates blockchain and decentralized networks as tools for civic resistance. He offers a global South perspective on NFTs, highlighting both their emancipatory potential and their risks of reinforcing exclusion.
Vuk Ćosić
Founding figure of net-art, credited with coining the term “net.art” in the 1990s. Known for conceptual works such as ASCII remakes of blockbuster films and early browser interventions, Ćosić has consistently critiqued technological hype and institutional commodification. He brings historical grounding and a philosophical perspective on net-art’s ethos of openness in contrast to NFT-driven scarcity.
Rhea Myers
Artist, hacker, and writer originally from the UK and now based in British Columbia. Since 2014, her practice has focused on blockchain as both medium and metaphor, using raw transactions, smart contracts, and ERC-721 tokens to probe ownership, property, and the anxieties of digital control. Myers has exhibited internationally at venues including the ArtScience Museum (Singapore), Kunsthalle Zürich, Sotheby’s London, and Chronus Art Centre (Shanghai).
Moderator
Ariel Baron-Robbins
Interdisciplinary artist and professor of animation at Florida International University. Creator of Loop Art Critique, a metaverse-based, anonymously juried residency for digital artists, and curator of the Lynn NFT Museum at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus. She has organized panels and exhibitions including What to Call Digital Art Now? and Art on BRiC Walls, bridging experimental practice with public discourse.
Partners
The Lynn NFT Art Museum connects contemporary digital art with emerging technology, giving students and the broader community direct access to work created in and for the digital space. The museum engages with blockchain as a way to think about ownership and distribution in new ways. It reflects Lynn University’s interest in preparing students for a changing media landscape. Through exhibitions, conversations, and collaborative projects, it creates an active space where digital art can be experienced, discussed, and developed. Learn more at https://lynnnftmuseum.org/
Loop Art Critique (Loop) is an artwork and pedagogical platform that facilitates dialogue and community amongst artists using digital tools. The program’s goal is to create an online space where artists share new and in-progress work, without the pressures of large social media platforms or the market. Learn more at loop.onland.io
Museum Hours
Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thu: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Mon, Tue: Closed
Location
Boca Raton Museum of Art | Wolgin Education Center
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
