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New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art uses Web3 gaming and NFT rewards to encourage visitors to explore the world of art history. The new game, called Art Links, challenges players to identify common threads and connections between more than 140 artworks from the MET’s collection, with new challenges to be released weekly.
It was built on the basis of Coinbase in cooperation with the start-up TR Labs. In the game, players must create a chain consisting of seven artworks and six links. They have four attempts to complete each chain.
The game offers several types of potential connections, such as the artistic movement, the work was part of the materials used. For example, a player can make the connection correctly by identifying that two pieces are physically made of the same materials or were part of the “Cubist” movement.
Players can also connect artwork through “Emojis”, shared signs and symbols. After successfully finding art-based connections – or “chains” between works, players can claim free NFT badges and earn achievements.
Players who earn these achievements can unlock real-life rewards, such as discounts at the MET store or private, curated LED tours. Art Links also includes built-in learning moments, accessible via clickable icons, so users can brush up on their art history knowledge.
The game is available now on the MET website and will run for 12 weeks in total.
Source: Met
This is not the first museum in Blockchain, but it is a little different. Back in the year 2023, the met met with the game platform for the replica, an enhanced realization-based application (available for iOS and Android) that is connected to the MET experience in roblox within the Roblox Metaverse. The app, which was created with technology partner Verizon, guides visitors through an interactive map to 37 selected physical artists spread around the museum, who can further discover by scanning the pieces in question.
In return, players could score digital collectibles — like Van Gogh’s famous straw hat — for their avatars.
Themes explored in the game include “objects in disguise”, highlighting artworks made from surprising and deliberately deceptive materials, such as Paper MED no. 18 Author: Su Xianzhong. The game also explores “Art X Tech,” “exhibition works that explore artists’ dialogue with technological innovation, including Matthew Jensen’s 49 countries.
Show Heit’s faith in blockchain technology comes at a time when the demand for NFT art is largely cooling. NFT trade volumes in the Magical Eden market are down 91% from all-time highs, and the main art world seems to be in second place.
The digital recording artist – said in December that the NFT market had “come back to earth” and that speculators had “moved on”, although he noted that “there’s still a lot of enthusiasm around this thing.”
However, the intersection between high-profile art institutions and the NFT space continues to be blurred.
In October, Christie’s London hosted an auction for Ascend, Dynamic digital artworks are registered on the Bitcoin protocol for Protocol-A for the auction house.
Edited by Stacy Elliott.
