Primary Job Title Founder and Visioner Primary Organization FAYR Ecosystem
Location Vilnius, Vilniaus Apskritis, Lithuania Regions European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Non-Binary
Website www.fayr.org/gleb-divov/
Gleb "Xvs" Divov - inventor, visioner, creative technologist.
Gleb Divov is a show business professional, IT professional, serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of international experience.
He is a CultureTech, Creative AI and NFT pioneer, visioner and founder of the leading private CultureTech ecosystem in Baltics/EU - FAYR
Ecosystem - and all its Flagship Projects, including: Musical Blockchain, Digital/Culture Center, CryptoArt Hub Baltics/EU and more – see the list at www.fayr.org.
Gleb is an educator, organizer, producer and active member of the global music/art/cultural communities.
As a guest lecturer he works with students of VU, MRU, EHU, LMTA in Vilnius, Lithuania and other schools and universities around Europe.
He is a regular speaker at the conferences like Vancouver Biennale Art & Technology, LOGIN conference, ETHDenver, Indie Week Canada, SCREENxSCREEN, VRAF Multiverse/NFT, MVMF, Creative AI x Music and others.
Gleb is a mentor for the Nordisk kulturkontakt (Nordic Culture Point); official Lithuanian Partner for the Pépinières Europénnes de Création (European Pepinieres of Creation); co-founder of the Token of Gratitude - AI/HCI/NFT international charitable initiative (Canada/US/EU); co-founder and international curator of the European Art & Research Center of United Futures KARA AGORA.
He is an international curator for Bill Drummond's (The KLF) The Curfew Tower, Northern Ireland; Carbon Art Residency in Kyiv, Ukraine; Angular VR Gallery in Paris, France; Multiverse Gallery Network in Europe.
Gleb Divov is an Artistic Creator of the Republic of Lithuania, officially approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
He is an active multidisciplinary immersive artist with his selected works and curated collections included in the permanent collections of real-world modern art museums and private collectors, recognized OG cryptoartist, composer, multi-instrumentalist.
He represents the Human side in Kosmosonic Konglomerate with Musical Blockchain - an artificialive multimedia touring act playing their own AI-composed/generated audio-visual material.
His Excellency Mr. Gleb Divov is the Minister of Culture and Innovations of the independent artistic Republic of Užupis in Vilnius, Lithuania – world’s most innovative Micronation with a global recognition. Known for its creativity, inventiveness and artistic freedom, The Republic of Užupis in Vilnius, Lithuania is often mentioned alongside with Montmartre in Paris, France, and Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Official page: https://www.fayr.org/gleb-divov
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Press mention highlights:
- BBC Radio 4 / BBC World Service, 04/2022, EU, "Don't log off" interview. - NOAR.EU, 11/2021, EU, "The future of the art market" panel discussion @ ArtVilnius’21. - Radio Študent Ljubljana, 08/2021, SI, "Užupis from the Cultural perspective" interview. - FYI Music News, 04/2021, CA, "Token of Gratitude" interview. - The Cooperative City Magazine, AUT, "Užupis Republic: A self-governing micronation in the Lithuanian capital" interview. - Paris Match, FR, "Užupis, Lithuania: the Republic of Free Spirits". - LRT National Lithuanian TV, LT, Interview in "Rusu Gatve" Series. - TV3/Verslo Žinios/15min/Žmones, October 2020 News, LT, Glowing Fantasy Collaboration. - NOAR Access art!, EE, Augmented reality at ArtVilnius’20. - Social Talk, LT/RU, Digital//Kalnas Gallery Interview. - Discovery Channel, PL, Micronations series (premiered 08/2020). - European Cultural Foundation, EU, KARA AGORA Interview. - Playboy America, US, Winter 2020 #TheEqualityIssue. - MASTACTVA Magazine, BY, 11/2019 Issue.
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Latest selected keynotes, lectures and more:
- Exhibition NFThon: The Future, Kaunas - European Capital of Culture 2022 program, 2022, Kaunas, LT.
- NFThon Kaunas - first in-person NFT hackathon in Baltics/EU, Kaunas - European Capital of Culture 2022 program, 2022, Kaunas, LT.
- LOGIN Conference, "Menas - tvarumo priešas?" discussion, 2022, Vilnius, LT.
- MTL24/24 Conference "Montréal au Sommet de la nuit", 2022, Montreal, CA.
- #NFTMai "Dawn of the Metaverse" keynote, 2022, Munich, DE.
- NFT gallery Munich, first physical NFT gallery in Bavaria, 2022, Munich, DE.
- Indra Marcinkevičienė with Gleb Divov – exhibition and NFT collection "Pasinerk į savo gelmes", Town Hall Vilnius, 2022, Vilnius, LT.
- SCREENxSCREEN conference, 2022, CA.
- TeleNFT project, 2022, Online/Intl.
- Speaker / multiple panel discussions @ Indie Week, 2021, Online/CA.
- “Understanding Images thru sound” lecture, Lithuanian Music and Theather Academy, 2021, LT.
- Speaker / multiple panels @ first international Metaverse NFT/Music Festival MVMF2021, Online/Intl.
- “The future of the art market: what change will technologies & metamodernism bring?” discussion, ArtVilnius '21, LT.
- OKAPI NFT Wall @ ArtVilnius ‘21, Vilnius, LT.
- Indra Marcinkevičienė with Gleb Divov – "Pasinerk į savo gelmes" exhibition, 2021, Traku Voke, LT.
- Series of 6 installations, Užupis' Light Festival, 2021, Vilnius, LT.
- ZWFood project Vision presentation, Zero-Waste Festival Lithuania, 2021, LT.
- Užupis' Summer Day of Culture, 2021, Vilnius, LT.
- Špunka Space installation, 2021, Vilnius, LT.
- Gleb Divov and Rait Prääts – "Augmented Reality" exhibition – Pärnu Art Festival 2021, Pärnu, EE.
- Nighttime Governance in Times of Covid / Global Nighttime Recovery Plan, 2021, Intl.
- Reacognition – Art Therapy/Audio Therapy experiment, 2021, UA.
- DI + muzika ir menas (AI + music and art) – AI BOOST / Lithuanian governmental Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA), 2021, LT.
- Gleb Divov – special guest @ Indie Week, multiple sessions, 2021, CA.
- Token of Gratitude international charitable initiative public launch + NFT drop, 2021, CA/EU/US.
- Gleb Divov and Rait Prääts – "Augmented Reality" exhibition @ OKAPI Gallery, Tallinn Triennial of Applied Arts, 2021, EE.
- Musical Blockchain x Rait Prääts HCI Collaboration, Tallinn Triennial of Applied Arts, 2021, EE.
- KARA AGORA team presentation, Festival Recto / VRso 2021, 2021, Online/FR.
- Gleb Divov/Musical Blockchain and Ben Watkins/Juno Reactor @ Composers Breakfast Club, 2021, Online/US.
- Art therapy, Sound desing and AI / media-art practice @ V-ART platform, 2021, Online/UA.
- Unleashing Potential: Blockchain, Art, Schnibbles and more, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), 2021, Online/HU.
- Digital Wine / S2E1 – Artist Development in CryptoArt, Blockchain, NFT and modern reality @ CryptoArt Ukraine, 2021, Online/UA.
- How to showcase digital art @ V-ART / Clubhouse, 2021, Online/UA.
- CryptoArt/NFT @ ETHDenver, 2021, Online/US.
- "This is not a dramatic reading" performance, 2021, Kyiv, UA.
- KARA AGORA Documentary, 2021, Online/EU.
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