“In 2019, I invited my friends Rick Silva, Addie Wagenknecht, and artist duo exonemo (SEMBO Kensuke and AKAIWA Yae) to help me select a large group of artists to run an experiment. We called the experiment a2p, short for artist-to-peer network, in reference to decentralized peer-to-peer network structures. a2p was made by artists, for other artists. It was created to explore emerging ideas about digital art and to create connections. I started Feral File with Bitmark in June 2020, right after we finished the second a2p project. Today, Feral File is over two years old and this is our 34th exhibition. Feral File would not exist without “the experiment” we called a2p. Today I’m excited to bring a2p back into focus and to celebrate what we started in 2019 and what we’re building now.” — Casey REAS
