We require new models to respond to the ever-changing way in which we interact and consume content, objects, products
As technology evolves, new means of creation and dissemination of cultural artefacts surface. Cataloguing these new forms of cultural production is not straightforward because they are decentralised and more often than not, ephemeral. In the past, we had libraries and physical archives which functioned as repositories of reliable knowledge. As the digital landscape evolves, we require new models to preserve content while maintaining context and authenticity.
One experiment in addressing these concerns was the NFT. While much of the NFT market has already lost its speculative value1, it offered an early model for thinking about digital archiving and the politics of ownership: NFTs are contemporary archival systems.