White Papers on Dissent
Rethinking Art, Value, and Resistance Through Blockchain
$64.61
- Paperback
216 pages
- Release Date
6 October 2026
Summary
White Papers on Dissent explores blockchain technology beyond its economic narratives and technical promises, framing it as a social device to rehearse post-capitalist imaginaries. Far from being a neutral infrastructure, blockchain has become a contested terrain where governance, value, and cooperation are redefined. Barbara Cueto moves beyond market-driven interpretations to explain how blockchain can function as a tool for radical imagination—a structure that, despite its entanglements wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262056694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262056690 |
| Author: | Barbara Cueto |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 178mm |
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ENDORSEMENTS
“A vital and timely book in our current moment of global systems failure; it opens a door to reimagine positive futures through the lived practices of art and technology.”
—Alistair Hudson, Chairman and CEO, ZKM (Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)
“Barbara Cueto demonstrates how artists’ experimentation with blockchains pushes us to think beyond established structures. This book highlights the critical importance of artists engaging with the social, political, and aesthetic potentials of technology—I highly recommend it!”
—Dr. Bettina Kames, CEO and Co-Founder, LAS Art Foundation
“This book refuses to accept hype and headlines as a substitute for what is possible. By charting artistic practice and crafting theory, Cueto keeps alive the prospect that an internet-dwelling economic system need not be entirely captured and commodified by capital, but might still be the site of creative, life-altering liberation.”
—Nathan Schneider, author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
Barbara Cueto
Barbara Cueto is the curator of the 40th edition of the transmediale festival in Berlin. She has convened and curated projects internationally and holds a PhD in Cultural Analysis from the University of Amsterdam.
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