<s>
Nancy	B-General_Concept
Baker	I-General_Concept
Cahill	I-General_Concept
(	O
born	O
1970	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
new	O
media	O
artist	O
based	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
works	O
in	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
(	O
AR	O
)	O
and	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
,	O
drawing	O
and	O
video	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baker	O
Cahill	O
has	O
exhibited	O
extended	O
reality	O
works	O
at	O
the	O
site-specific	O
2019	O
Desert	O
X	O
Biennial	O
,	O
Hammer	O
Museum	O
,	O
Francisco	O
Carolinum	O
(	O
Linz	O
)	O
and	O
Kunsthalle	O
Zürich	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
public	O
projects	O
Sunset	O
Digital	O
Billboards	O
(	O
2018	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
Luminex	O
:	O
Dialogues	O
of	O
Light	O
"	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
walkable	O
digital	O
art	O
exhibition	O
projection	B-General_Concept
mapped	I-General_Concept
onto	O
downtown	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
buildings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
she	O
turned	O
to	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
and	O
later	O
,	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
mark-making	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
with	O
a	O
handheld	O
controller	O
to	O
create	O
3D	O
digital	O
iterations	O
captured	O
by	O
laser	O
of	O
her	O
"	O
Hollowpoint	O
"	O
graphite	O
drawings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baker	O
Cahill	O
's	O
initial	O
extended	O
reality	O
projects	O
were	O
created	O
in	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeking	O
to	O
offer	O
wider	O
access	O
to	O
her	O
work	O
than	O
VR	O
(	O
which	O
requires	O
expensive	O
equipment	O
)	O
could	O
,	O
she	O
subsequently	O
shifted	O
to	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
after	O
creating	O
the	O
free	O
4th	O
Wall	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Baker	O
Cahill	O
began	O
working	O
with	O
non-fungible	O
tokens	O
(	O
NFTs	O
)	O
and	O
blockchain	B-Application
technology	I-Application
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
work	O
Slipstream	O
001	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
she	O
used	O
torn	O
graphite	O
paper	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
sculpture	O
that	O
was	O
transmuted	O
into	O
a	O
3D	O
object	O
and	O
filmed	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
moved	O
in	O
a	O
slow	O
semi-circle	O
before	O
viewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baker	O
Cahill	O
collaboratively	O
developed	O
Contract	O
Killers	O
—	O
an	O
NFT	O
project	O
critiquing	O
smart	O
contracts	O
,	O
accountability	O
and	O
the	O
yet-unrealized	O
promise	O
of	O
equity	O
in	O
the	O
blockchain	B-Application
space	O
—	O
with	O
art	O
lawyer	O
Sarah	O
Conley	O
Odenkirk	O
,	O
Contemporary	O
Art	O
Museum	O
of	O
Houston	O
,	O
and	O
Snark.art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
address	O
the	O
typical	O
energy	O
impacts	O
of	O
NFTs	O
,	O
Baker	O
Cahill	O
used	O
the	O
more	O
environmentally	O
friendly	O
proof-of-stake	O
(	O
PoS	O
)	O
blockchain	B-Application
(	O
rather	O
than	O
proof-of-work	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
a	O
featured	O
TEDx	O
speaker	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
a	O
keynote	O
speaker	O
at	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Change	I-Application
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
