Palmerah, Jakarta. There is only one thing that is constant and inevitable, and that is change. The world's digital landscape is evolving further, and it continues to bring out new innovations.

Recently there is a new phenomenon in the digital world, namely NFTs, digital assets that use blockchain technology. Its increased popularity has promised to revolutionize the creative industry. Through NFTs, for the first time, an opportunity has been created to change the traditional way for creators of artworks to have complete control. NFTs open the door for artists to trade their artworks on a global scale with greater autonomy, lower barriers to entry, and also increased monetary profits through royalties to artists for all their creations and resale of works.

While NFTs are still a relatively new concept, their potential for disruption and innovation across a wide range of industries, including art, music, gaming, and sports, is quite significant. It is important for young people to be equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to thrive in the digital economy of the future.

It is an honor for Kogi NFT to be part of the Bentara Budaya NFT Lab powered by Astra International, a forum to help Indonesians to enter the world of NFTs.

With a passion to enlighten the nation, through this NFT laboratory, Kogi NFT and Bentara Budaya want to print and prepare Indonesian artists by becoming a source of information and education to drive acceleration and adoption into the next era of digital commerce and develop standards and best practices in this NFT field.

I am also very happy to be able to introduce NFT works in the Bentara Budaya e-Catalog, where digital NFT works from Indonesian artists have begun to be displayed. In this exhibition, you can see a few of the many Kogi NFTs, and recognize some of the artists we collaborated with in creating the Kogi project.

We hope that the work in this exhibition will serve as a source of inspiration and a visual illustration of the steps that Kompas Gramedia will take, through Bentara Budaya and Kogi NFT, in improving the digital literacy of the Indonesian nation.

It is an honor for me to be part of the NFT Lab Bentara Budaya powered by Astra International. I hope that the works displayed this time will be useful to the audience as one of the breakthroughs of KoGi and Bentara Budaya, and become an educational place for the general public.

Diptraya P. Ratulangi/ Founder Kogi NFT