Experts at Edinburgh have launched an initiative that seeks to demystify a digital phenomenon taking the art world by storm.

The new venture explores a growing trend in which digital artworks are sold using the same online technology as cryptocurrencies.

A Token Gesture is an exhibition and research project that helps people unravel the complexities of so-called non-fungible tokens – more commonly known as NFTs.

It offers a risk-free opportunity to find out how these encrypted internet transactions can – or cannot – offer audiences new ways to connect with, and ‘own’, digital art.

The project, led by the University’s Institute for Design Informatics, will also enable researchers to gauge the impact NFTs are having on the art world.

Reference Link:https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/2022/digital-experts-spotlight-dizzying-art-trend