Artribune Podcast: Santa Nastro and Marco Crotta on Communication, Security, and Crypto
The Artribune podcast 'Contemporaneamente' features a dialogue between Santa Nastro, art critic and head editor of Artribune, and Marco Crotta, a computer scientist and blockchain expert. They discuss communication, cybersecurity, cryptocurrencies, and the intersection of multiple languages in contemporary art. Crotta, an autodidact programmer since age 12, is a researcher at the University of Milan Bicocca and has worked on security projects for the Italian judiciary and law enforcement. He became a crypto educator in 2017 via his YouTube channel 'Blockchain Caffè', later training IBM and Banca d'Italia, and founded the startup FaunaLife in 2021. Nastro, with a degree in Art History from the University of Bologna, is head editor at Artribune and communications manager for FMAV Fondazione Modena Arti Visive and Fondazione Pino Pascali. She has written for Corriere della Sera, Arte, and Il Giornale dell'Arte. The podcast is curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, founder and director of Parallelo42 contemporary art.
Key facts
- Podcast 'Contemporaneamente' features Santa Nastro and Marco Crotta.
- Discussion covers communication, security, cryptocurrencies, and art.
- Marco Crotta is a self-taught programmer, researcher at University of Milan Bicocca.
- Crotta worked on security projects for Italian judiciary and law enforcement.
- Crotta started YouTube channel 'Blockchain Caffè' in 2017.
- Crotta trained IBM and Banca d'Italia on blockchain.
- Crotta founded startup FaunaLife in 2021.
- Santa Nastro is head editor of Artribune and communications manager for FMAV and Fondazione Pino Pascali.
- Nastro has a degree in Art History from University of Bologna.
- Podcast curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, founder of Parallelo42 contemporary art.
Entities
Artists
- Santa Nastro
- Marco Crotta
- Mariantonietta Firmani
- Francesco Arcangeli
Institutions
- Artribune
- Università di Bologna
- FMAV Fondazione Modena Arti Visive
- Fondazione Pino Pascali
- American Academy in Rome
- Exibart
- Maxim
- Fashion Trend
- Il Corriere della Sera
- Arte
- Alfabeta2
- Il Giornale dell'Arte
- minima et moralia
- Università di Milano Bicocca
- IBM
- Banca d'Italia
- Fondazione Quadrans
- Consumerismo
- FaunaLife
- Parallelo42 contemporary art
- Spreaker
Locations
- Bologna
- Italy
- Modena
- Rome
- Milan