Metaverse and its creative potential for visual arts

Agata Kępińska; Rafał Wiśniewski

doi:10.18778/0208-600X.85.04

Authors

Agata Kępińska Dział Badań i Analiz, Narodowe Centrum Kultury, ul. Płocka 13, 01-231 Warszawa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3623-1815
Rafał Wiśniewski Instytut Nauk Socjologicznych, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01-938 Warszawa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7952-8021

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-600X.85.04

Keywords:

Metaverse, virtual reality, NFT, digital art, sociology of art

Abstract

The National Centre for Culture is conducting a foresight research project on the impact of emerging technologies on the arts. The article presents the first findings brought by the analysis of opportunities created by the development of virtual spaces accessible to artists and the public – which are expected to create the Metaverse and promote a new form of ownership, NFT. The text is dedicated to the potential of new tools and media – the positive side of the interface between modern technologies and art. The article offers definitions of the Metaverse, NFT and digital art. Apparently, these elements of social (and technological) reality not only overlap, but also complement each other. The text attempts to answer the question of what potential the next phase of digital transformation brings for visual artists.

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