After reviewing the lecture held by Art Basel (Conversations, 2021), with the aiming of expanding influence, I invited big names into the events. Finally, Sun Bohan accepted my proposal, who is the founder of BCA and MetaOpus.
I really appreciate what Holly Herndon mentioned about the community towards artists in the NFT world.
For now, I’ve had several meetings with Sun’s colleague and made sure about the question I’m going to ask in the seminar.
The seminar will happen at the festival, which is a stage commensurate with his reputation. I also invited Matilda as co-host, the student who also study Crypto Art from MA Culture, Criticism and Curation. The preparation includes negotiation and promotion.
The promotion methodology refers to the last live streaming, furthermore a collaboration with media. This intervention is still ongoing, though the process opens a door to the professional NFT team for me. They also invited me to join the physical BCA Gallery in Shanghai after graduation.
Questions to Sun
Intro of Sun (BCA and MetaOpus)
- Would you please introduce yourself, your work at BCA and MetaOpus, and your personal collecting experiences on Crypto art?
NFT & Crypto Art in general
- For some audience here who just wandered in to this space, NFTs or Crypto Art, could you explain the history and how it works a bit?
NFT & Crypto Art in China mainland
- To what extent do you think the Chinese public has known and accepted Crypto art? And the Chinese artists?
- As we all know, the Chinese government already banned the trading crypto into fiat money, and even BCA changed the name Crypto Art to Technical Art on Chinese social platforms to avoid censorship, in this context with all regulations and inconvenience, what have been the implications for you as the leader of BCA, also for the Chinese artists and the collectors?
- What’s the scale of artists now in MetaOpus, and who are they? What’s the feeling when reaching artists from different places and cultures?
In-person experiences in NFT world
- Virtual Niche is the first major gallery that stage an offline exhibition about Crypto art, and BCA announced the opening of an in-person Gallery in Shanghai this October. What do you think the in-person experience could bring to BCA and Crypto art?