Proof of Stake: Technological claims

How does technology organize life? Who gets to claim the technological as their own, and thereby becomes claimed? How can the technological be reclaimed? The Proof-of-Stake protocol is assumed to provide a sustainable consensus mechanism for blockchain transactions. This book uses this assertion as a springboard to artistically and conceptually investigate the organizational conditions and effects of technology and technological objects. Based on the exhibition Proof of Stake: Technological Claims at Kunstverein in Hamburg, curated by Simon Denny and Bettina Steinbrügge, the book brings together a global group of artists and scholars who inquire into the objects, apparatuses, geographies and power relations of organized life.

Contributing artist: Alice, Mel Chin, Joshua Citarella, Simon Denny, Fang Di, Stephanie Dinkins, DISNOVATION, Sarah Friend, Isa Genzken, Holly Herndon / Mathew Dryhurst, Femke Herregraven, Mike Kelley, Josh Kline, Paul Kolling, Agnieszka Kurant, James Luna, Karamia Müller, New Red Order (NRO): Zack Khalil, Adam Khalil, Jackson Polys, Yuri Pattison, Timur Si-Qin, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Krista Belle Stewart, Paul Thek, Luke Willis Thompson, Prateek Vijan, andBeecoin – a project by KUNSTrePUBLIK (Einhoff, Horst, Sachs) in cooperation with Hiveeyes and Nascent (Paul Seidler & Max Hampshire).

With essays by Clemens Apprich, Timon Beyes and Robin Holt, Clare Birchall, Tania Pérez-Bustos, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Gillian Russell, Rachele Delucchi, Günter Figal, Yuriko Furuhata, Marisa Galvez, Maya Indira Ganesh, Ute Holl, Geert Lovink, Reinhold Martin, Joshua Neves, Viviane Sergi, Nishant Shah, Marc Steinberg, Denise Tse-Shang Tang, Bettina Vismann, Kalindi Vora, Yutaka Yamauchi and Ko Kado.

• This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Proof of Stake - Technological Claims / Proof of Stake - Technologische Behauptungen, Kunstverein in Hamburg, 04.09 –14.11.2021, curated by Simon Denny and Bettina Steinbrügge.
• The book was created in collaboration with the Centre of Digital Cultures, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg and the Kunstverein in Hamburg.
• Editors: Timon Beyes, Simon Denny, Robin Holt, Claus Pias, Bettina Steinbrügge
• Copy Editing and Proofreading: Vanessa Joan Mueller
• Design: David Bennewith / Colophon
• Publisher: Lenz Press
• English Version, 200 pages
• ISBN: 9791280579164