Natasha Nova’s Post

🚀 Announcing the Semi-Finalists of the Digital Innovation in Arts & Culture Award 2025 (DIAC)! From blockchain provenance to adaptive fashion, streaming platforms to metaverse museums - these 14 trailblazers are redefining how art and culture are created, shared, and preserved. 👏 Congratulations to our semi-finalists: Artcrush.com (Belgium) – Turning city billboards into open-air digital galleries Art Games (United States) – Bringing art history to life with AR + AI card game Art Smiles AIS - Art Identification Standard (United Kingdom) – Building a universal ID for artworks and cultural objects Ìtàn African Artistry (United States) – Onchain exhibition platform spotlighting 200+ West African artists IMX3 Metaverse (United States) – Designing immersive, curator-led metaverse worlds for culture Loupe Art (United States) – Streaming curated art experiences into homes and public spaces MBD (United Kingdom) – Creating VR heritage journeys that put communities at the heart of storytelling Neurodivergent Synergy (United Kingdom) – Platform turning sensory needs into inclusive design and art Peggy (Canada) – Social marketplace making art ownership fairer with AI authentication + resale royalties SHE IS AI™ (New Zealand) – Global ecosystem amplifying women and underrepresented voices in AI art SmartStamp (Switzerland) – ETH Zürich spin-off making authentication tamper-proof with smartphone biometrics SVD Denim (Ukraine) – Adaptive fashion brand merging prosthetic-inclusive denim with phygital avatars The Generative Art Museum (Spain) – Barcelona-based non-profit championing generative art and creative coding WHATCLASS (United Kingdom) – Reimagining music education by turning artists into educators and fans into learners 🌍 Together, they showcase the extraordinary ways technology is shaping the future of creativity and culture. https://lnkd.in/dZY8Yfrh #arttech #digitalinnovation