Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with CIFRA. As the art world continues to grapple with how best to exhibit, preserve, and monetize digital work, a new streaming platform aims to do more than simply replicate the white cube online. CIFRA positions itself as a platform made for artists working in video, sound, and other time-based media. For years, digital artists have been constrained by social media platforms that privilege speed, virality, and short-form display over context and craft. CIFRA attempts to address that by allowing artists to upload complex works, list provenance, construct portfolios, and connect with curators and collectors in a purpose-built environment. Audience participation and artist discovery on CIFRA moves beyond the scroll of our increasingly algorithmic internetscape. Public playlists allow the public to act as curators while navigational tools and curator spotlights help artists and audiences go into deep dives on genre, artists, and history, returning power back to users. Headquartered in Dubai and developed in collaboration with researchers and art experts around the world, CIFRA is betting that …