@perrychen

artist. founder of kickstarter.

 New York, NY
perrychenstudio.com/
Joined October 2007
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perry chen@perrychen21 Nov 2016
Sherry Turkle and I on the Darwinian nature of democracy & how the nomination process must reflect that. medium.com/@perrychen/democr… // @STurkle

Democracy has a Darwinian heart

By Perry Chen and Sherry Turkle

medium.com
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BLINKY@HeyHeyBlinky26 Jan 2024
Pretty proud to present to the world my 3rd album, We Cut Keys 2, been a labor of love and I’m so thankful to everyone that has supported me through this. We had a blast playing it at the listening party yesterday. Enjoy and share! #wecutkeys2
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the era of simple narratives is over
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Beyond the hype and imperfections, blockchain technology is a powerful tool for human coordination. Kickstarter is embracing it in a way that — even 6 months ago — I didn’t understand was possible. We explain here: kickstarter.com/articles/the…
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Kickstarter going “decentralized” and help launch “an open source protocol that will essentially create a decentralized version of Kickstarter’s core functionality. This will live on a public blockchain” @perrychen @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/articles/the…
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Portraits for the Future: A Celebration of James Barnor by Serpentine Galleries, on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/143…
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Another masterpiece by Adam Curtis. Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Master craftsman, master storyteller. Lucid As f*ck. Bravo. youtu.be/MHFrhIAj0ME
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Artnet
@artnet6 Feb 2021
Listen to kickstarter founder Perry Chen discuss art in the age of hypercomplexity: bit.ly/2MveJWb
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Perpetual Novelty Conversations 🎧 In the first episode, We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, artist @perrychen is joined by @WalterIsaacson to explore how we can navigate a time of immense technological change: viewingroom.naturemorte.com/… #NMViewingRoom
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My interview with the awesome @thecreativeindp is now live... on art, Kickstarter, creating formats, my recent projects, and more!
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thecreativeindependent.com/p…

Artist and Kickstarter founder Perry Chen on the boundlessness of art – The Creative Independent

Artist and Kickstarter founder Perry Chen on creating new spaces online and in the world, not being afraid to be a beginner, and how the different things you make are connected.

thecreativeindependent.com
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Now live! My new show, Perpetual Novelty, exhibited by Nature Morte: viewingroom.naturemorte.com/… I explore the idea that more than any specific challenges — covid, A.I., gene editing — it’s the increasing complexity of our world that we must learn to negotiate.
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Join @perrychen, #artist and founder of @kickstarter in conversation with Monica Narula from @raqsmediacollective on @jlflitfest
JLF International@JLFLitfest18 Dec 2020
A session which unlocks the confusion and the 'unknowable' factors involved in the functions of the virtual world of communication.
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“Perry Chen’s work as an artist, like the technologies it explores, often answers questions in ways that give rise to more questions.” - @BOMBmagazine We're pleased to announce an #exhibition with @perrychen, an #artist and founder of @kickstarter. Coming soon #NMViewingRoom
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Happy to announce I have a new show — *Perpetual Novelty* — coming v soon to @NatureMorte gallery in New Delhi, with a full virtual exhibit for viewing anywhere. More to come.
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Also, in preparation for the show I completely overhauled my neglected site perrychenstudio.com/ and added new projects, including *Significant Exchange, 2020* — a giving ritual in the time of Covid.

Perry Chen

Perry Chen is an artist & the founder of Kickstarter. Chen has used art to explore technology, and technology to help democratize the funding of creative work.

perrychenstudio.com
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History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Headlines from exactly 100 years ago *today* about Supreme Court battle. chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l…
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The duo behind New Orleans Airlift built their community art org after Hurricane Katrina—and have advice for artists working through COVID-19 now. kickstarter.com/in-crisis-th…
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a story, beautifully designed and told... nytimes.com/interactive/2020…

In Praise of a Normal, Boring Country (Published 2020)

A cartoonist finds solace in Estonia's grit, thrift, and good cheer.

nytimes.com
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Just backed... "Radical: The Savoir Faire of French Hip-Hop" by Miles Marshall Lewis on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/rad…
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