Israeli NFT art finds a home at Influential Space gallery

Ramat Gan-based Shenkar College is at the forefront of NFT art and culture innovations. In two weeks, Shenkar will be hosting its second annual NFT conference, which, according to its website, will focus “on the main uses of NFT technology: community art, start-ups, copyrights and possible applications.” 

Shenkar President Sheizaf Rafaeli expects more than a thousand attendees at the NFT conference, including students, artists, music producers, investors and government personnel. 

“NFTs carry or broadcast a promise to solve at least part of the intellectual property ownership issue that has been troubling the creative and expressive fields for the last few decades,” he said. “As you advance digital technology, the easier they are to copy and the more difficult they are to preserve ownership and enumeration. So, the technical aspect of being able to track who currently is using what NFTs offers hope of some support.”

Rafaeli noted that Shenkar has been offering over a dozen courses on digital art, including a master’s degree in video games and digital fashion, long before NFTs first entered the mainstream lexicon. 

He added that Shenkar has already forged partnerships to promote teachings of digital art in Morocco and the Emirates. What surprises Rafaeli is how traditional and inherently tangible industries like fashion and jewelry are also entering this space at full throttle.

Click here to read the complete article!