Progressive Position
The Progressive Position
What distinguishes Nonterritorial in the landscape of art-technology initiatives is its synthesis of several streams that the FAE research identifies as typically separate. Unlike art stacks that optimise for spectacle and scale, Nonterritorial prioritises democratic access. Unlike NFT platforms driven by speculation, Nonterritorial's blockchain application serves transparent compensation and circulation tracking. Unlike traditional institutions that digitise existing models, Nonterritorial creates a genuinely new mode of art experience native to networked conditions while preserving physical, embodied encounter.
The FAE research observes that 'cultural institutions with a mandate for creating public value can act as market creators rather than competitors in the field of AxAT.' Nonterritorial embodies this principle: creating a new market category—Private Exhibitions as a scalable service—rather than competing within existing categories.
Concluding Assessment
The Serpentine R&D Platform's Future Art Ecosystems research provides an authoritative framework for understanding the structural transformations required in cultural infrastructure. Nonterritorial's approach aligns with and operationalises the research's key recommendations: moving beyond the white cube model, integrating production-distribution-finance functions, creating sustainable artist compensation mechanisms, building interoperable systems, and delivering genuine public value through democratic art access.
This alignment is not incidental but foundational. Nonterritorial has been developed with awareness of these structural imperatives, grounded in the philosophical frameworks of Édouard Glissant's Relation and Stephen Wright's usership theory. The result is infrastructure that meets the criteria the FAE research articulates: technologically sophisticated, economically sustainable, democratically accessible, and genuinely innovative in its approach to art circulation.
Research Source: Future Art Ecosystems Volumes 1-3, Serpentine R&D Platform (2020-2024)
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