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Still Don’t Understand Bitcoin? This Concept Art Will Help …

Posted: May 31, 2015 at 6:42 am

For most of us, bitcoin doesnt make much sense. The cryptocurrency has been trusted for almost 200,000 transactions totaling more than$45 million dollars, but it still feels unfamiliar.Its digital; its global; itbreezes throughnational and legal barriers.We literally cant grasp it. This week . The interactive installation puts cryptocurrency in the context of the city, making both a bit easier to understand.

IDEAS CITY is part conference and part art fair. It wasfounded by the New Museum in 2011 and made a mission of bringing art, education, and civic action to public places. The theme of this years IDEAS CITY is Invisible City, and explores transparency and surveillance, citizenship and representation, expression and suppression, participation and dissent, and the enduring quest for visibility in the city.

What sort of project do those themes inspire? There will be a painting by drones, a performative conference in hot air balloons, pop-up playgrounds, and Foamspace.

Ryan King, Katya Zavyalova, Nikolay Martynov, and Betty Fanstartedthe project in January 2015and found inspiration in the IDEAS CITYprompt:The theme for this years IDEAS CITYFestival is the Invisible City and the materialwe chose to use for our installation is omnipresent yet invisible in our everydaylives:EPS Geofoam.

Geofoam blocks are usually a structural support inside of buildings. Foamspace putsthe out-of-sight material into public view to demonstrate bitcoin exchanges.

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Transhuman Space: Teralogos News

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For nearly 75 years, Teralogos News has provided the news and information you need to make sense of an ever-changing solar system.

The Teralogos News series offers news articles from the Transhuman Space setting. This material had previously been available only via an e-mail list back in 2002-2003. With entries written by some of the biggest names in Transhuman Space including Phil Masters, Jon F. Zeigler, Jamais Cascio, and more these nuggets of information were hidden for too long. Now these news items have been compiled and formatted to fit in with the rest of the Transhuman Space line.

These stories from Teralogos News have been compiled as quarterly editions, starting with the fourth quarter of 2100. Of course, since there's no overarching plot in Transhuman Space, individual news items can be used whenever it's appropriate. Modify or ignore the ones you can't use as is ... don't worry, the world of tomorrow is flexible!

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