British Museum Rides the Great NFT Wave with Hokusai Digital 'Postcards'! - WB 1st Oct 2021
Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup *** 0:00 Introduction 02:05 Rolling News… 18:14 British Museum Hokusai NFTs *** Link of the Week: 'Hi-Res Hokusai for Free': https://tinyurl.com/t89mm9nb *** Links: Stewartby Historic Brickworks Chimneys Demolished: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58665319 Listed Birkenhead Bath Reopened to Public After Restoration: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58679332 Grant Shapps Unchallenged on A303 Judgement by Transport Committee (Stonehenge Alliance): https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=333856325159981 Transport Committee - Weds 22nd September 2021: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3685f89e-91a7-4ca4-ac9f-bcc328bd1744 *** British Museum Enters World of NFTs with Digital Hokusai Postcards: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/24/british-museum-nfts-digital-hokusai-postcards-lacollection The British Museum is Minting NFTs of its Art - Because of a Cold LinkedIn Message from a Start-Up: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-september-27-2021-2013772 What are NFTs, and What is their Environmental Impact? https://earth.org/nfts-environmental-impact/ Dr. Bendor Grosvenor Twitter: https://twitter.com/arthistorynews/status/1441445985230655492 The Reproduction Fee Hustle: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/11/20/the-reproduction-fee-hustle The End of Museum Image Fees? https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/5362_The_end_of_museum_image_fees Hokusai's Imagination Leaps off the Page At British Museum: https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/hokusai-at-british-museum Sutton Hoo: Photos of 1939 Excavation Digitised: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58727183
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Welcome to Watching Brief. As the name implies, each week Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow's news) cast an eye over news stories, topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/archaeosoup
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0:00 Introduction
02:05 Rolling News…
18:14 British Museum Hokusai NFTs
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Link of the Week:
‘Hi-Res Hokusai for Free’:
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Links:
Stewartby Historic Brickworks Chimneys Demolished:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-58665319
Listed Birkenhead Bath Reopened to Public After Restoration:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-58679332
Grant Shapps Unchallenged on A303 Judgement by Transport Committee (Stonehenge Alliance):
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=333856325159981
Transport Committee - Weds 22nd September 2021:
https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3685f89e-91a7-4ca4-ac9f-bcc328bd1744
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British Museum Enters World of NFTs with Digital Hokusai Postcards:
The British Museum is Minting NFTs of its Art - Because of a Cold LinkedIn Message from a Start-Up:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-september-27-2021-2013772
What are NFTs, and What is their Environmental Impact?
https://earth.org/nfts-environmental-impact/
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor Twitter:
https://twitter.com/arthistorynews/status/1441445985230655492
The Reproduction Fee Hustle:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/11/20/the-reproduction-fee-hustle
The End of Museum Image Fees?
https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/5362_The_end_of_museum_image_fees
Hokusai’s Imagination Leaps off the Page At British Museum:
https://londonist.com/london/museums-and-galleries/hokusai-at-british-museum
Sutton Hoo: Photos of 1939 Excavation Digitised:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58727183
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