The central plaza is the event's main agora, the space through which everything flows. Dmitri Cherniak's LED triptych anchors it as a landmark, presenting a new project connected to his Ringers series at monumental scale, in the open air, in relation to the industrial architecture around it. Container galleries line the plaza with solo and group presentations. Outdoor murals transform the walls of the venue itself into surfaces for permanent encounter.
The plaza is also where the event's parts connect. Collectors who have come for the art building pass through on their way in. Attendees from the AI summit, the decentralized finance track, and the kawaii summit all converge here. This is where John's vision of digital culture becomes a physical fact rather than a program intention.
Dmitri Cherniak — Giant LED triptych, new project connected to the Ringers series
Container Galleries — JIWA (solo presentation, supported by Opensea), Efdot (solo presentation, supported by OpenSea), Cult of Crypto Art (group show), and Normies (presented by serc).
Tezos Curation — A dedicated presentation from the Tezos ecosystem with multiple curations
2. NFC Art Factory — Fábrica de Moagem: Four floors. One continuous system of curations.
Unicorn Factory Lisboa, formerly the Fábrica de Moagem An agro-industrial 19th century flour mill and one of the largest surviving industrial complexes of its kind.
The Fábrica de Moagem was designed as a total system. Grain arrives at the silos. It moves through tubes and machines, floor by floor, transformed at each stage, until it exits to become flour, bread, pasta in adjacent buildings. Every element of the building is connected to every other element. Nothing operates in isolation. The machines that processed grain for decades are still here, still visible, still in working condition in each room as a reminder that this space was built for continuous transformation.
The curations are multiple, from Arab Bank Switzerland to RNA Studio via 100 collectors to reflect the diversity of what the digital art space has to offer, with various angles.
100 collectors curated the flow of the floors and exhibitors for NFC via Fanny Lakoubay. She says: “Our role is that of meta-curator and puzzle maker: to organize the chaos of a genuinely plural field into something that moves with intention, where each floor leads to the next. You might not like everything you see. That is not a failure of the program. It is what an honest experiment in a field this alive looks like. What we hope is that you enjoy the sense of experimentation, that you leave with at least one artist or idea you had not thought to look at, and that the experience of encountering digital art here feels different from anywhere you have encountered it before.”
Basement — The Rave Cave
Curation by RNA Studio
The basement is where transformation used to end. Flour, the final product, passed through here on its way to the world. RNA Studio has reimagined the space as the place where a different kind of transformation is happening now: artificial intelligence taking over the machines, atmospheres and experiences occupying an industrial environment that was built for something entirely different. The space asks what it means when the system starts making its own decisions. It is not a gallery. It is an experience.
Ground Floor — Grand Hall
Large-scale presentations
The grand hall is the building's central volume, a high-ceilinged industrial space that presents work made at a corresponding scale. The presentations here are among the most ambitious in the exhibition.
At the entrance of the building, 100 collectors will run a welcome desk and meeting point for guided tours and questions about digital art. No prerequisites. No minimum knowledge required. This is the most important thing we can do in this building: make sure no one decides it is not for them.
Vhils and Boldtron — Large-scale presentation by ETERNO (Lisbon)
Eko33 — New project presented by DANAE (Paris)
Bitart — Mosaic by Bitcoin Art Society (Dubai)
Bard Ionson — Solo show presented by HASH (London)
Second Floor — The Full Spectrum
How many ways can digital art be shown?
The second floor is organized around a question rather than an aesthetic. Each presentation here makes a different argument about format, scale, surface, and what it means to encounter digital art in a physical space. You will see works on small screens and large ones, in immersive environments and intimate corners, in community-led presentations and tight solo shows. You will see galleries exhibiting next to independent artists next to communities next to platforms.
That is not an accident or a failure of curation. That is the point. Digital art is not one thing. It is not limited to screens, nor to a single aesthetic or technology. It can be physical, generative, participatory, networked, evolving. The second floor is an honest picture of that.
As we announce more exhibitors, we can mention some solo shows by Bryan Brinkman, Maryam Hassani, Alan Bolton, VEXA by Shils, gallery presentations by Cycol Gallery, community displays by Rare Pepe, DEGEDOG and Moon NFT, and a book presentation by Valerie C. Whitacre on art and blockchain.
Top Floor — Systems
Curated by Arab Bank Switzerland
As co-organizer, Arab Bank Switzerland presents SYSTEMS, a curated exhibition exploring how contemporary artistic practices engage with systems in their many forms. From algorithmic procedures and generative grids to trained models, blockchain-based registries, financial mechanisms, semiotic structures, and simulated environments, the exhibition maps a wide field of approaches that reflect how art is made, experienced, and understood today.
Curated by Nina Roehrs, the exhibition brings together works from the Arab Bank Switzerland Collection by Kim Asendorf, Jack Butcher, Linda Dounia, Andreas Gysin, Larva Labs, Operator, and others. Alongside these artists, the three finalists of the ABS Digital Art Prize 2026 are presented within the same environment, extending the dialogue between established practices and emerging voices.
3. The Tunnel Murals
With the support of the City, we are proud to welcome street art into the Unicorn Factory as a lasting presence on site. We are very pleased to host Masnah, who will create two murals we invite you to discover thanks to the support of Opensea, alongside two amazing artists selected through our open call, bringing new voices into dialogue with the space and its evolving identity.
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