Collector's Corner

Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded December 4, 2022.

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Episode artwork
Friendship Bracelet #4240 by Alexis Andre and Erick Calderon

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
1:53 | Global macro outlook
3:02 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
4:52 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
5:46 | Chromie Squiggle update
6:38 | Gen art news - fxhash params, lots of energy and excitement at IRL events
10:55| Release recap - Dmitri Cherniak's Light Years
13:50 | Great art at great prices
17:00 | Exciting new drops
22:05 | Artists to highlight
24:27 | Collections to watch
30:23 | Outro

Show notes:
--Useful links--
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Gen art news--
Fxhash launches params giving artists more flexibility in the collecting experience similar to QQL | https://twitter.com/fx_hash_/status/1592621464359796736

--Release Recaps--
Dmitri Cherniak's Light Years | https://lightyears.fellowship.xyz/

--Great art at great prices--
Ichigo by Studio Yorktown | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/ichigo
Take Wing by Melissa Wiederrecht | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/19456
iframes by Ciphard | OG fxhash founder, only 199 xtz, could do well | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/5345

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Sterling Crispin's new Circuit Board project | https://twitter.com/sterlingcrispin/status/1595531570470871067
Shapes2048 by Makio135 |  | https://makio135.com/shapes/

--Artist we want to highlight--
Ballzerino | https://twitter.com/ballzerino/status/1597598294146166786?s=20&t=xjwEggl71bNT93Ce3rbnyQ
Fingacode | https://twitter.com/fingacode
Ciphard | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/ciphrd

--Collections to watch--
Chainlife by Matto | https://twitter.com/MonkMatto/status/1591205081537712128
Ori by James Merrill | https://opensea.io/collection/ori-by-james-merrill-1
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco

Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded November 23, 2022, covering the past 2 weeks

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Episode artwork
Fidenza #280 by Tyler Hobbs

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
2:34 | Global macro outlook
5:48 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
7:44 | Chromie Squiggle update
9:47 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
11:30 | Gen art news - decent volume with rare item sales despite the market, generative art in the MoMa for the first time, business leaders Fred Wilson and Bob Iger collecting generative art
18:21 | Great art at great prices
20:37 | Exciting new drops
25:17 | Artists to highlight
27:55 | Collections to watch
32:35 | Outro

Show notes:
--Useful links--
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Gen art news--
Generative art in the MoMa with Refik Anadol's Unsupervised | First generative art in the MoMa, huge and ground breaking | https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5535
Rare item sales (Fidenza 280 for 295E) and volumes continue in fxhash | https://twitter.com/MessariCrypto/status/1594510933291724800
Business legends Bob Iger and Fred Wilson received generative art NFTs with Bright Moments | https://twitter.com/agreenberg/status/1594531417127817216 https://twitter.com/seth/status/1594816604742852616
IRL events (Bright Moments CDMX and Marfa) have the gen art community buzzing | https://twitter.com/ArtOnBlockchain/status/1594707305928720385

--Release Recaps--
None this week!

--Great art at great prices--
Fxhash anniversary sales, @ratchitect with a great thread highlight projects |  https://twitter.com/ratchitect/status/1594637078335209474
Andrew Strauss' latest sigils series | https://foundation.app/collection/sigilsii?sortOrder=DEFAULT
Henge by Aranda/Lasch with Tender art | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/21570

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Ippsketch's next drop Imposter Syndrome | https://twitter.com/ippsketch/status/1590358090213253120
Nebula, Solitude by Collapsr Beauty | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/21684
Tyler Hobbs' "isostream" 12 images each with 10 prints and an NFT certificate of authenticity | https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs/status/1595450098929979392
Pre-processing by Casey REAS, AB next Curated | https://twitter.com/REAS/status/1595565802702327808

--Artist we want to highlight--
Melissa Wiederrect | https://twitter.com/mwiederrecht
Kjetil Golid | https://twitter.com/kgolid/status/1590273026876387328?s=46&t=hwOJ-hAHqCr7vg0b_lcNwg

--Collections to watch--
Chainlife by Matto | https://twitter.com/MonkMatto/status/1591205081537712128
Ori by James Merrill | https://opensea.io/collection/ori-by-james-merrill-1
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco

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An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces highlighting Leo Villareal's new collection Cosmic Bloom with a presale on December 6 and public release on December 8 on Outland Art. This spaces was done in conjunction with Grailer's DAO and Collector's Corner, represented by SimonSays and Astamcloud.

Show notes
Cosmic Bloom launch page on Outland Art | https://outland.art/cosmic-bloom/
Creating a curated generative NFT collection by Leo Villareal | https://medium.com/@outland_art/creating-a-curated-generative-nft-collection-ea01364d61b8
Outland Art's Tweet announcing Cosmic Bloom | https://twitter.com/outland_art/status/1590446596298534913

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Adam (aka Notion) the founder of Gen.art a leading generative art launch platform joins us to give his perspective on the generative art market, primary launch platforms, and where he sees the space evolving for artists, collectors, and platforms. We also recap his collecting journey where he shares some amazing stories!

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Tweet thread announcing the episode - https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1593235260921126913

Timestamps:
0:00 | Collector's Corner intro
0:22 | Introduction to our wonderful guest!
1:45 | Adam's journey into crypto and generative art collecting
8:25 | Adam's amazing collecting stories, including buying squiggles for less than 0.4E!
12:39 | How Gen.art helps artists connect with their community and share the story behind their art
20:41 | Gen.art has iterated into their approach and learned the ropes in web3
24:05 | Gen.art's approach to curation
31:44 | Gen.art's various offerings to artists and how they incorporated community
47:00 | How Adam sees the space evolving from his unique vantage point
56:00 | Adam's message to other web3 founders on avoiding burnout
59:38 | What Adam is collecting these days
1:02:54 | Parting thoughts and where to find Adam
1:03:46 | Outro

Show notes:
--Contact info--
Adam | @notion_adam (Twitter)
Gen.art | https://gen.art/ | @gen_dot_art (Twitter) | https://discord.com/invite/hZNXrDZ869 (Discord)

--Others mentioned in the episode--
Nth culture by fingacode | https://opensea.io/collection/nth-culture-by-fingacode
Qubibi | https://objkt.com/profile/qubibi/created
Andrew Strauss | https://linktr.ee/StudioStrauss
Zancan | https://objkt.com/profile/zancan/created

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An overview of Crypto for charity, a fantastic organization that allows you to donate your crypto and NFTs in a tax advantaged way, with SimonSays the director of the program who also happens to be a master collector. 

This audio only episode can also be found on our Youtube channel here

Timestamps:
0:00 | Collector's Corner intro
0:28 | Introduction to our wonderful guest!
3:11 | SimonSays' journey into crypto and generative art collecting
12:34 | How SimonSays found Tezos art and why he's obsessed with fxhash
20:50 | What is special about Tezos art and fxhash?
41:00 | How the top Fxhash projects compare to Artblocks - could there be an opportunity?
47:53 | How Crypto for charity enables a unique tax advantage for crypto and NFT donations
56:43 | Crypto for charity's very successful Hurricane Fiona NFT art Auction
1:09:19 | How Crypto for charity is structured to give zero fee transactions
1:22:00 | When the next Crypto NFT auction might be
1:25:46 | SimonSays shares some alpha - what is he currently collecting?
1:31:00 | Has the gen art market bottomed?
1:43:20 | Where to find SimonSays and crypto for charity (also in the show notes)
1:46:50 | Outro

Show notes:
--Contact info--
SimonSays | @0xSimonSays (Twitter)
Crypto for charity | https://www.cryptoforcharity.io/ | @crypto4charity_

--Get started with Crypto for Charity--
Want to donate an NFT? Click here | https://www.cryptoforcharity.io/donate-nfts
Buy an NFT to support charity | https://objkt.com/profile/nftsforcharity/owned

--Others mentioned in the episode--
Crypto for charity's Tezos NFT auction | https://twitter.com/crypto4charity_/status/1572951092312375296?s=46&t=ub3b41C150yTUi1gUPs8Gw
Javits Center IRL NFT show including Zancan 1/1s | https://www.artsy.net/show/cortesi-gallery-cortesi-gallery-at-the-armory-show-2022?sort=partner_show_position
Fxhash | https://www.fxhash.xyz/explore
Gelo an artist SimonSays is intrigued by | https://superrare.com/gelo
Grapheme by Sarah Ridgley | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20276
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco
September by Tyler Boswell | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/september
Primitives by Aranda / Lasch | https://opensea.io/collection/primitives-by-aranda-lasch

Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded November 8, 2022
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Episode artwork
Friendship Bracelet #4432 by Alexis Andre and Erick Calderon

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
2:27 | Global macro outlook
5:38 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
8:56 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
10:54 | Gen art news - FTX fallout and what it means for gen art, Marfa the Artblocks annual festival
15:31 | Release recaps
20:28 | Great art at great prices
26:03 | Exciting new drops
30:15 | Artists to highlight
32:22 | Collections to watch
39:24 | Outro

Show notes:
--Useful links--
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Gen art news--
Fxhash anniversary drops coming Nov 14-18 | https://twitter.com/fx_hash_/status/1588257053142700032
Tony Marinara launches Artchild.io where you can co-create art with artists | https://artchild.com/

--Release Recaps--
Acequia by Rich Poole and Thepapercrane | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20891
Friendship bracelets by Alexis Andrew and Erick Calderon | https://opensea.io/collection/friendship-bracelets-by-alexis-andre

--Great art at great prices--
Masonry by Erick Davidson | https://opensea.io/collection/masonry-by-eric-davidson
Strata by Vebjorn Isaksen | https://opensea.io/collection/strata-by-vebjorn-isaksen
Terroir by Kelly Milligan | https://opensea.io/collection/terroir-by-kelly-milligan
Iteration 4 by Landlines art  | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20921
Koripo by Rich Poole| https://opensea.io/collection/koripo-by-rich-poole
Composition by Studio Yorktown |  https://opensea.io/collection/async-blueprints?search[stringTraits][0][name]=Artist&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=Studio%20Yorktown&search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Lightyears by Dmitri Cherniak launching Dec 1 | https://lightyears.fellowship.xyz/
Eric Davidson Departure Within Shattered Windmills launching Nov 9 | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/departure-within-shattered-windmills
KilledByAPixel - ROIL launching Nov 9 |  https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/roil
Corrosive by Morbeck and Ad Mortem Festinamus launching Nov 9 |  https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/corrosive

--Artist we want to highlight--
Alida Sun | https://www.artblocks.io/user/0xe88046be7445f9c21a3062131c166b45fb156110
Tony Wallstrom | https://objkt.com/profile/tonywallstrom/created
Ippsketch | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/ippsketch

--Collections to watch--
Entretiempos by Marcello  |  https://opensea.io/collection/entretiempos-by-marcelo-soria-rodriguez
Gmstudio.art - all collections | https://www.gmstudio.art/
Dragons by William Mapan  | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/2613
Primatives by Aranda/Lasch |  https://opensea.io/collection/primitives-by-aranda-lasch
Screens by Thomas Lin Pederson | https://opensea.io/collection/screens-by-thomas-lin-pedersen

Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded November 3, 2022
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Episode artwork
Fidenza #783 by Tyler Hobbs

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
1:43 | Global macro outlook
3:10 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
5:05 | Chromie Squiggle update
8:05 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
8:54 | Gen art news - tons of Artblocks volume including large sales, traditional artists getting into web3, support Iranian artists, super rare pass
18:10 | Release recaps
24:20 | Great art at great prices
30:20 | Exciting new drops
34:53 | Artists to highlight
37:35 | Collections to watch
42:20 | Outro

Show notes:
--Useful links--
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Gen art news--
sssLuke's initiative supporting Iranian artists, including a 1/1 giveaway! | https://twitter.com/sssluke1/status/1585283647497699330
Tradart and web3 NFT worlds colliding https://twitter.com/_samspike_/status/1586729254221389824?s=46&t=P5x2Idh5PMJqS2UhRVEJow
Super rare rarepass genesis announced | https://twitter.com/XCOPYART/status/1588273035790123009
Lemonde2d buying MPMX passes for specific artists | https://twitter.com/lemonde2d/status/1587683680251625472

--Release Recaps--
Life in our minds (LIOM) | https://opensea.io/collection/life-in-our-minds
Artblocks friendship bracelets | https://www.artblocks.io/explorations/explorations/projects/0x942bc2d3e7a589fe5bd4a5c6ef9727dfd82f5c8a/0
Yazid's Constellations | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20908

--Great art at great prices--
Orchid by Luke Shannon | https://twitter.com/karatekid_xyz/status/1586826630256676864
Lucky oracles by Eko33 | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/14600
Coronado by Jeres | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/coronado

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Structures by Hevey |  https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/381
New Dmitri Cherniak project | https://twitter.com/dmitricherniak/status/1586746120952233985
Acequia - Rich Poole's new collection | https://twitter.com/rich__poole/status/1587530155953561600
BM Fingacode new collection "nth culture" | https://twitter.com/brtmoments/status/1587546508110356480

--Artist we want to highlight--
Fingacode - his first drop Translucent |  https://opensea.io/collection/translucent-panes-by-fingacode
Yazid | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Yazid

--Collections to watch--
Memories of Qilin |  https://opensea.io/collection/memories-of-qilin-by-emily-xie
Getidje by bart simmons | https://opensea.io/collection/getijde-by-bart-simons
Bent by Ippsketch | https://opensea.io/collection/bent-by-ippsketch

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A conversation with Tinbane - a premier web3 collector who has taken the early steps to becoming a generative artist

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Where you can find Tinbane and his fabulous art:
Twitter - @tinbane

Some select works of Tinbane's:
https://twitter.com/tinbane/status/1580232204961345536?s=20&t=NpsSuKXCCW47aB6yOBZYhA
https://twitter.com/tinbane/status/1579552304231251971?s=20&t=NpsSuKXCCW47aB6yOBZYhA
https://twitter.com/tinbane/status/1571969947194236929?s=20&t=NpsSuKXCCW47aB6yOBZYhA

Timestamps:
0:00 | Collector's Corner intro
0:58 | Introduction to our wonderful guest!
1:49 | The generosity of generative artists and how metadata could shift over time
9:45 | We are so early to generative art - where could it go?
11:40 | Tinbane's path into web3 and becoming a top collector
23:40 | A chance reddit encounter with Tyler Hobbs kicked off Tinbane's path to becoming an artist
37:03 | What Tinbane is working on right now
40:20 | Why Fontana intrigued Tinbane and what it's like to be in artist circles
46:17 | Are there breakthroughs in gen art on the horizon?
57:48 | Where to find Tinbane and parting thoughts
59:51 | Outro

Show notes:
--Coding--
Where Tinbane got started with the Processing creative coding language - https://openprocessing.org/
Pj5s, another creative coding language - https://p5js.org/
The coding train videos as guides - https://thecodingtrain.com/

--Others mentioned--
Tyler Hobbs' reddit post that kicked off Tinbane's journey - https://www.reddit.com/r/generative/comments/n7q7vx/four_outputs_from_a_mural_design_program/
Taylor Swift ASCII art by Dmitri Cherniak - http://www.dmitricherniak.com/

Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded October 27, 2022
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Episode artwork
Koripo #268 by Rich Poole

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
2:48 | Global macro outlook
4:01 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
5:53 | Chromie Squiggle update
7:30 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
9:16 | Gen art news - Seedphrase sweeping gen art after large punk sale, curated collections moving
16:04 | Great art at great prices
22:30 | Exciting new drops
30:11 | Artists to highlight
32:21 | Collections to watch
40:44 | Outro

Show notes:
--Useful links--
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Release Recaps--
None this week!

--Great art at great prices--
Koripo by Rich Poole | https://opensea.io/collection/koripo-by-rich-poole
Improvisation I by hrunz | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20616
In a moment, a thousand years by Xalted | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/20683
Qwerty by Tara Donovan | https://www.artblocks.io/collaborations/artblocksxpace/projects/0x64780ce53f6e966e18a22af13a2f97369580ec11/2

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Thomas Lin Pederson's next project, a collaboration with Bang & Olufson, Hackatao and Shavonne Wong | https://dna.nft.bang-olufsen.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-organic&utm_campaign=global_some_global-ig-fb-twitter-nft-dnacollection&utm_content=image_&utm_term=bang-olufsensome
New long form Yazid project | https://twitter.com/Yazid/status/1586009911032365056
Tide predictor by Lovid | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/376
Artblocks bracelet for anyone who has collected AB! | https://info.artblocks.io/spectrum/the-friendship-bracelet-project

--Gen art news--
None this week!

--Artist we want to highlight--
Otherworld - dark art (super rare) | https://superrare.com/otherworld
Elena Zutina | https://objkt.com/profile/lazutina/created

--Collections to watch--
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco
Monogrid by Kim Asendorf | https://monogrid.xyz/
A bugged forest by Zancan | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/15063
Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie | https://opensea.io/collection/memories-of-qilin-by-emily-xie

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Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Screens by Thomas Lin Pederson with special guest Thomas Lin Pederson
A special episode with generative artist Thomas Lin Pederson. We hear about his journey to becoming a master artist then hear him break down his heralded collection Screens. A special one for us with our first artist guest and an amazing one to boot - definitely tune in!

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If you are listening on audio only please refer to our Deca gallery for this episode to help you visualize this collection and for a reference for you anytime in the future - https://deca.art/Collectors_Corner/screens

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Recording date: October 6, 2022

Where to find Thomas Lin Pederson:
Twitter - @thomasp85
Discord - Artblocks discord,
Personal website - https://www.data-imaginist.com/art

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:24 | Episode introduction, including our special guest Thomas Lin Pederson!
3:29 | TLP's journey from food scientist to data scientist and generative artist
14:01 | How TLP has been evolving his craft from Rapture to Screens and what is intriguing him now
17:50 | TLP as a collector and how his artistic background contributes
24:11 | How TLP finds new artists to support
31:10 | Engaging fans / community as an artist and a few of the initiatives with screens (some community led!)
34:17 | Thomas's artistic intent with Screens and how it evolved out of Rapture
40:02 | Our + TLPs impressions of Screens
48:18 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
1:32:30 | Hidden and potentially undervalued traits
1:34:46 | TLP + our top picks of the collection
1:44:00 | What we would buy right now if we had a bunch of ETH!
1:50:10 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes:
Artblocks interview with TLP | https://medium.com/the-link-art-blocks/in-conversation-with-thomas-lin-pedersen-af4a5e9256c6
TLP's website | https://www.data-imaginist.com/art
Foundation 1/1s | https://foundation.app/@thomasp85
Objkt page | https://objkt.com/profile/thomasp85/created
Screens AB page | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/255
Inprecision | https://archipelago.art/collections/inprecision
Rapture | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/factory/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/141
Fontana | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco
Silk screens competition | https://twitter.com/thomasp85/status/1569380605871243264
0xtechno screens competition | https://twitter.com/0xTechno/status/1537930639676018690