{"id":73433,"date":"2021-07-29T09:44:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=73433"},"modified":"2024-09-01T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:54:53","slug":"cronin-nfts-by-chimpanzees-like-1950s-primate-art-raise-questions-about-the-nature-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/07\/cronin-nfts-by-chimpanzees-like-1950s-primate-art-raise-questions-about-the-nature-of-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"CRONIN: NFTs by chimpanzees, like 1950s primate art, raise questions about the nature of creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Keri Cronin, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at Brock University, wrote a piece published in <i><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/nfts-by-chimpanzees-like-1950s-primate-art-raise-questions-about-the-nature-of-creativity-164661?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2029%202021&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2029%202021+CID_695fc86fc89b4b862e5248252a67b55b&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_ca&amp;utm_term=NFTs%20by%20chimpanzees%20like%201950s%20primate%20art%20raise%20questions%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20creativity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Conversation<\/a><\/span><\/i>\u00a0about art created by non-human animals.<\/p>\n<p>She writes:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAccording to the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Fla., history was\u00a0<\/em><em>made when non-human primates created NFTs (non-fungible tokens)<\/em><em>. As with all NFTs, these pieces\u00a0<\/em><em>are unique digital collectibles<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The art was created by chimpanzees\u00a0like Cheetah. Cheetah had lived alone in a steel cage for 13 years and was used in a biomedical study, but now lives at the Save the Chimps sanctuary. The money raised from Cheetah\u2019s and others chimps\u2019\u00a0<\/em><em>Primal Expressions<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>painting collection\u00a0sales will help to support sanctuary operations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Save the Chimps was founded in 1997\u00a0by primatologist\u00a0Carole Noon, and its residents come to the sanctuary from a range of situations. Consider the trio who created these NFTs:\u00a0Tootie began\u00a0life in the entertainment industry, and both Cheetah and\u00a0Clay spent\u00a0years in research laboratories. Today all three are members of the\u00a0chimp family\u00a0at Save the Chimps. The CEO of the sanctuary says the chimps have\u00a0responded positively to the inclusion of art supplies as part of their enrichment program.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>The launch of these NFTs is the latest chapter in a long and complex history of non-human animals in the art world. As I have explored in my research, this history also includes thinking about how those advocating for the\u00a0<\/em><em>well-being of animals have used artwork in their campaigns<\/em><em>. My exploration of these questions led me to co-found\u00a0<\/em><em>The Unbound Project, dedicated to sharing stories about contemporary and historic women at the forefront of animal advocacy worldwide<\/em><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/nfts-by-chimpanzees-like-1950s-primate-art-raise-questions-about-the-nature-of-creativity-164661?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2029%202021&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20July%2029%202021+CID_695fc86fc89b4b862e5248252a67b55b&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_ca&amp;utm_term=NFTs%20by%20chimpanzees%20like%201950s%20primate%20art%20raise%20questions%20about%20the%20nature%20of%20creativity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keri Cronin, Associate Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at Brock University, wrote a piece published in The Conversation\u00a0about art created by non-human animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,37,6],"tags":[384,3897,46,2518,5512,111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73435,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73433\/revisions\/73435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}