Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)
2025
NFC Lisbon
In early June, the crypto-adjacent art world descended on Lisbon for its annual NFC organized by John Karp.
The experimental Web3 festival mixed talks and panels with notable performances and side events like the Glitchbox and Sasha Stiles poetry readings.
Otherwise the interesting discussions and art-related people were mostly at Arab Bank Switzerland’s Artist Villa, which hosted its own day of talks and programming. This author participated in both events, giving youtu.be and organizing a panel at the ABS Villa with Emily Xie and Feileacan McCormick from Entangled Others.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Emily Xie, Feileacan McCormick, John Karp, Sasha Stiles
Movements
NFT Art, Web3, Generative Poetry
Filed under
- Ideas
- crypto culture, performance, poetry
- Technologies
- programming, Web3
- People
- Emily Xie, Feileacan McCormick, John Karp, Sasha Stiles
- Works
- Glitchbox
- Organisations
- Arab Bank Switzerland, Entangled Others, Non Fungible Conference
- Places
- Lisbon, Switzerland
Echoes across time
- 1973 · France Hosts International Computer Art Events
- 1969 · Computerkunst - On the Eve of Tomorrow Exhibition in Hanover
- 1982 · L’Art et l’ordinateur in Paris
Le Random editorials
- Emily Xie on Textile as Personal Canvas, Peter Bauman, March 27, 2024
- Sasha Stiles and Martha Joseph on Language as Technology, Peter Bauman, September 10, 2025
- Sasha Stiles on Writing Poets, Peter Bauman, January 25, 2024
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 10—On-Chain Era (2020s) with Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Itzel Yard & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — listen with transcript on Le Random (02 Sep 2024, 63 min). Chapter 10’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify