We welcome you to the 7th edition of #nfcdab (Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale). It’s a show travelling through Europe every two years (formerly Amsterdam, Wroclaw, Warszaw, Gol, Valencia, Pedreguer, Berlin, Thessaloniki, Gardony, Dusseldorf, and others). The biennale uses NFC/QR-technology to exhibit online net art in physical, public places. As such it’s a bridge between the digital and the physical and makes it possible to create site-specific, contextual and multi-layered works. #nfcdab keeps a DIY/DIWO (do it with others) open format and protocol: no jury, no fees, no return(!). The focus is on informal experiment with technology with much irreverence and humor.

– The Amsterdam show –
The Amsterdam show will probably take place in and around the Rietveld Pavilion organised by browserbased.org with collaboration from https://dogtime.rietveldacademie.nl/.

– The nfcdb initiative –
#nfcdb (NFC database) is one of the platforms in this biennale. The intention is to provide a global show and register of current and former works of #nfcdab-related activities, i.e. using the technology to exhibit online art in public environments. We keep a DIY/DIWO (do it yourself/ do it with others) open format and protocol: no jury, no fees, no return(!). The focus is on informal experimenting with technology with much irreverence and humor, with a database to back it up and a mapping to show and for the public to explore both online and on the ground.
Link to nfcdb: https://noemata.net/nfcdb/

Participants: https://noemata.net/nfcdab/2026/participants.html