Collector's Corner

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, and investment opportunities recorded May 4, 2023
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Episode Artwork: Chronophotograph 10 from Noumenon 15 by Deafbeef

Timestamps:
0:24 | Intro
1:12 | Interested in premium content focused on investing? Email us at [email protected] or direct message twitter.com/collectors_xyz
2:28 | A quick word from our sponsors
3:46 | Market sentiment update
6:54 | Notable ETH generative art sales
8:34 | Updates on fxhash sales
11:28 | Chromie Squiggle update
13:12 | Friendship Bracelet update
14:58 | Release recaps - Many open artblocks projects, projects from well liked artists taking a while to mint
17:53  | Gen art news - Sotheby's new marketplace, GMDAO's revised model
22:17 | Great art at great prices
23:51 | Exciting new drops
27:53 | Artists to highlight
28:24 | Art to watch

Show notes:
-- Where to find us --
Collector's Corner Twitter | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz
Jared's Twitter | https://twitter.com/jared_poz
P's Twitter | https://twitter.com/astamcloud

--Useful links--
Collector's Corner generative art release calendar | https://tinyurl.com/cc-releasecal
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Release Recaps--
Artblocks open projects | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects?statusFilterValue=open
La caverna by M Soriaro | https://gallery.verticalcrypto.art/token/ethereum/0x32d4be5ee74376e08038d652d4dc26e62c67f436/12

--Gen art news--
Sotheby's new marketplace | https://twitter.com/michaelbouhanna/status/1653047400234205191?s=46&t=OWVLftAjQRzbdU-lWUsv0g
GMDAO's new model | https://medium.com/gmdao/gm-studio-v2-7048734a53ae

--Great art at great prices--
Ceramics by Charlotte Dann | https://artacle.io/project/ceramics
Temporary by Julie Wieland | https://opensea.io/collection/temporary-by-julie-wieland
Andrew Strauss's Three Lines. Three Colors | https://foundation.app/collection/tltc

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Chronophotographs by Deafbeef | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1652748563993198592
Quasi Dragon Studies by Harvey Rayner | https://twitter.com/patterndotco/status/1654120496269606913

--Artists we want to highlight--
EDG | https://twitter.com/eeedg__
Melissa Wiederrecht| https://twitter.com/mwiederrecht

--Collections to watch--
Deja Vu by Melissa Wiederrecht | https://opensea.io/collection/deja-vu-by-melissa-wiederrecht
Calian by EDG | https://sansa.xyz/collections/calian-by-eric-de-giuli
Anticyclone by William Mapan | https://artacle.io/project/anticyclone

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Episode Artwork: Chronophotograph 208 by Deafbeef

An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces detailing Noumenons and Chronophotograph's, Deafbeef's latest collection as part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's exhibition "Remembrance of Things Future" with his work being volume 3.  This discussion occurred on Twitter on Monday, May 1st.

Show Notes:
Deafbeef | https://deafbeef.com | https://twitter.com/_deafbeef
Noumenons | https://deafbeef.com/v2/series/1
Chronophotographs | https://deafbeef.com/chronophotograph/
Cactoid Labs | https://twitter.com/CactoidLabs
LACMA | https://twitter.com/LACMA

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Artist's Corner- Highlighting the Top Digital Artists
Jeff Ippsketch

In this Artist's Corner we speak with Jeff Ippsketch, an OG generative artist who has the Artblocks Curated Bent and many other beautiful collections across Ethereum and Tezos blockchains. We talk to Jeff about his journey through generative art and what he has in store next.

These episodes are best watched on video, so please consider watching this episode on Youtube.

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Episode artwork - Together Apart by Ippsketch

Where to find Ippsketch:
Twitter | https://twitter.com/ippsketch
Website | https://linktr.ee/ippsketch

Timestamps
0:28 | Introduction to our fantastic guest
2:38 | Jeff's background including his full time role as an engineer by day
9:54 | The role art played in Jeff's life
13:45 | How Jeff got started making code-based art 
16:00 | How Jeff thinks about long form generative art vs. 1/1s 
22:53 | How Jeff found web3, why he decided to go for Artblocks, and how he thinks about releasing 
26:47 | On building a diverse collector base
35:34 | Diving into Jeff's progression of his work (check out the video!)
40:08 | Where Jeff wants to take his art and what excites him about the future
43:29 | More on Jeff's artistic progression and interests
1:08:46 | What Jeff thinks about the future of generative art
1:14:25 | Why Jeff wouldn't go full time as a generative artist
1:20:10 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes
Planet error by Jeff Ippsketch and PIter Pasma | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/17180
Bent | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/214
fxhash, where the sketch series sits | https://www.fxhash.xyz/
Jeff's work on the | https://twitter.com/ippsketch/status/1637159052588269569/photo/1
Foundation for Art and Blockchain | https://twitter.com/foundation_artb?lang=en

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Episode Artwork: Neural In Augmentation by Chazz Gold

An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces recapping Mint Gold Dust's NFT NYC Curated Spaces "Portal Realms" with some of the fantastic artists who released work there. This discussion occurred on Twitter on Friday, April 24th and included the artists listed in the show notes - check them out and their wonderful art!

Show Notes:
Mint Gold Dust | mintgolddust.io | https://twitter.com/MintGoldDust
Mint Gold Dust's Portal Realms Curated Spaces | https://www.mintgolddust.com/curated-spaces/portal-realms
Chazz Gold | https://twitter.com/chazz_gold
Kush Nubia | https://twitter.com/iamnubio
Victor Acevedo | https://twitter.com/acevedomedia
Hazel Griffiths | https://twitter.com/HazelGriffiths8
Sondra Bernstein | https://twitter.com/4verKurious
Tanya Vlach | https://twitter.com/tanyavlach
Lianna Adams | https://twitter.com/lala_adams27
Sarai Mora | https://twitter.com/creatressart
Kelly LeValley Hunt (Founder Mint Gold Dust) | https://twitter.com/LeValleyKelly
Jen Joy Roybal (Curator of Portal Realms) | https://twitter.com/JenJoyRoybal

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, and investment opportunities recorded April 27, 2023
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Episode Artwork: Reflejos 72 by Juanrg92

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:06 | Interested in premium content focused on investing? Email us at [email protected] or direct message twitter.com/collectors_xyz
3:23 | A quick word from our sponsors
4:51 | Market sentiment update
6:57 | Notable ETH generative art sales
8:45 | Updates on fxhash sales
10:40| Chromie Squiggle update
13:38 | Friendship Bracelet update
14:46 | Release recaps - Still moving
18:25  | Gen art news - Artchild a new customizable editions platform, 3AC auction starts via Sotheby's, Station3 an IRL coworking space opens in NYC through community member Bob Loukas
26:57 | Great art at great prices
30:22 | Exciting new drops
35:09 | Artists to highlight
37:09 | Art to watch

Show notes:
-- Where to find us --
Collector's Corner Twitter | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz
Jared's Twitter | https://twitter.com/jared_poz
P's Twitter | https://twitter.com/astamcloud

--Useful links--
Collector's Corner generative art release calendar | https://tinyurl.com/cc-releasecal
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Release Recaps--
Still Moving by Sasha Styles and Nathaniel Stern | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/433

--Gen art news--
Artchild | https://artchild.com/
Sotheby's starts the 3AC auction off | https://twitter.com/0xRodo/status/1651159788116402177
Station3  | https://twitter.com/Station3NYC

--Great art at great prices--
Reading a book by Kim Asendorf | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/86?sort=listingPrice-asc
Elipse.art genesis collection | https://www.eclipse.art/drops?status=live
Reflejos by Juan Rodrigez Garcia | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/26769

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Emily Xie's teasing releases for her LACMA drop | https://twitter.com/emilyxxie/status/1650930695173201920
Noumenons and Chronophotographs by Deafbeef | https://twitter.com/_deafbeef/status/1651290953947152401

--Artists we want to highlight--
DeafBeef | https://twitter.com/_deafbeef
James Merrill | https://twitter.com/toThePixel

--Collections to watch--
Gazers by Matt Kane | https://artacle.io/project/gazers
Mindscape by Katie Morriss | https://opensea.io/collection/mindscape-by-katie-morris

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Sponsored Content

A special episode as we cover Eclipse.art the first open generative art platform on Ethereum, a much needed innovation to bring decentralized art creation to the largest art blockchain. We discuss the features of Eclipse.art with founder Chris and speak with 6 fantastic artists all part of the genesis collection for Eclipse. This was a wonderful conversation and we are very excited for the future of web3 art as Eclipse lowers the barriers to entry and incentivizes innovation through a customer and artist centric platform.

Episode artwork: Layers 14 by Jos Vromans

Timestamps:
0:22 | Introducing our fantastic guests - Eclipse.art and their 6 amazing genesis artists
4:07 | Announcing the Eclipse.art genesis collection, first 1000 mints are free, and the releases from the Genesis artists
8:11 | The problems Chris and team were tackling with Eclipse.art
14:39 | Artists have control over their OpenSea contracts and royalties! A wonderful benefit
16:58 | Artists can also release their works on their own domain, personalizing the experience for collectors
19:00 | How Eclipse plans to identify frauds and theft of work on their open platform
22:08 | Where Chris and team plan to take Eclipse.art long term
26:33 | Jos Vromans speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
33:05 | JensLabs speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
38:00 | Eduxdux speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
41:10 | Morbeck speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
45:45 | Motus Art speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
50:50 | Mataleone speaks about their genesis collection, why he chose to release on Eclipse.art, and what his experience has been thusfar
57:45 | How Eclipse is reducing gas costs of minting on ETH, a potential barrier to an open platform
1:00:39 | Parting thoughts

Show notes:
Eclipse.art | https://www.eclipse.art/ | https://twitter.com/eclipse_dot_art
Jos Vromans | https://twitter.com/JosVromans
Mataleone | https://twitter.com/matalecode
JensLabs | https://twitter.com/jenslabs
Motus Art | https://twitter.com/motus_art
Morbeck | https://twitter.com/morbeck_art
Eduxdux | https://twitter.com/eduxdux_
Chris (Founder of Eclipse.art) | 
0xGhost (Eclipse.art team member) | https://twitter.com/0xGhost_

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, and investment opportunities recorded April 20, 2023
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Episode Artwork: Every Moment by James Merrill

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:20 | Interested in premium content focused on investing? Email us! [email protected]
3:40 | Market sentiment update
5:20 | Macro update
6:00 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
8:28 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
9:15 | Chromie Squiggle update
11:00 | Friendship Bracelet update
11:55 | Release recaps - Seaport Subject, Evolving Pixels, Post Photography Perspectives Day 2
17:02  | Gen art news - NFT NYC was amazing, Deca introduces artist pages, Eclipse.art an open platform platform on ETH
21:28 | Great art at great prices
23:10 | Exciting new drops
27:43 | Artists to highlight
29:10 | Art to watch
32:27 | Art Charts

Show notes:
-- Where to find us --
Collector's Corner Twitter | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz
Jared's Twitter | https://twitter.com/jared_poz
P's Twitter | https://twitter.com/astamcloud

--Useful links--
Collector's Corner generative art release calendar | https://tinyurl.com/cc-releasecal
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Release Recaps--
Seaport by Botto on Verse | https://verse.works/artworks/5227e19b-c6aa-4d00-b6a9-dff08f8cc1be
Evolving Pixels | https://opensea.io/category/proof-curated-evolving-pixels
Day 2 Fellowship Post Photography Perspectives | https://day2.postphotography.xyz/

--Gen art news--
Deca releases artist pages | Also the ability to purchsae off of these - mega! | https://twitter.com/0xDecaArt/status/1646105084781273088
Eclipse art the first open gen art platform on ETH |  | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1648403046966394882

--Great art at great prices--
Obiqua by Protozoo | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/obliqua
Materia Fluida  | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/26381
Singularity by Cory Haber | https://opensea.io/collection/singularity-by-cory-haber

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Unit London building blocks | https://unitlondon.com/voices/building-blocks/
Refraction by Loren Bendar | https://twitter.com/imgdotart/status/1649132164347228167
DRAUP x Nicholas Sassoon | https://twitter.com/pronounceddrop/status/1648046882688495619

--Artists we want to highlight--
Cory Haber | https://twitter.com/Cory_Haber
Roope Rainisto | https://twitter.com/rainisto

--Collections to watch--
SOL 365 by Cory Haber | https://opensea.io/collection/sol-365
The Great Freeze by Antti Karppinen | https://opensea.io/collection/the-great-freeze-by-antti-karppinen

--Art Charts--
Life in West America by Roope Rainisto | https://artacle.io/project/life-in-west-america?tab=2

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A special episode! Rare Pepe Scientist Theo Goodman and OG Ethereum builder Kelly LeValley Hunt break down the history of Rare Pepes and fake Rare Pepes explaining how this meme became so ubiquitous on the internet and in web3. We then switch to Mint Gold Dust, Kelly's decentralized open marketplace for art. These are two of the most interesting people I've interviewed, I'm sure you'll love learning about this corner of web3!

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Episode artwork: Pepe The Frog by Matt Furie

Timestamps:
0:00 | Collector's Corner intro
0:22 | Introduction to our wonderful guests!
1:05 | How Kelly got involved in web3 and her path to starting Mint Gold Dust
5:28 | How Theo got involved in web3 and Rare Pepes
11:02 | Rare arts festival 2 and the early days of Rare Pepes
19:37 | Why Rare Pepes are important
31:33 | How Rare Pepe scientists came to be
37:11 | How artists came together to reclaim the Pepe meme, which had become a hate symbol
42:27 | Rare Pepes were the first NFTs on Bitcoin, which required new technology
48:11 | Finding Rare Pepes on the Rare Pepe directory
52:32 | How Fake Rare Pepes came to be
1:01:47 | Mint Gold Dust - why Kelly started it and their focused on a fully decentralized art marketplace
1:08:13 | The types of art Mint Gold Dust focuses on, including geo anchors a really cool new technology, incentivizing royalties, and their content
1:16:47 | Why Kelly shifted from creating blockchain infrastructure to NFT art
1:22:00 | Parting thoughts and where to find our lovely guests

Show notes:
--Contact info--
Theo Goodman | https://twitter.com/theog__ | @theogoodman (Telegram)
Kelly LeValley Hunt | https://twitter.com/LeValleyKelly
Mint Gold Dust | https://www.mintgolddust.com/ | https://twitter.com/MintGoldDust

--Mentioned in the show--
Pepe explorer | pepe.wtf
Cryptonews on the importance of Pepes | https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/rare-pepe-nfts.htm
Rare Pepe directory | http://rarepepedirectory.com/
VVD thread on pepes | https://mobile.twitter.com/Vince_Van_Dough/status/1569751625325072385
Rare AF 2 Recap | https://artolin.org/rareaf2-recap/
Fake Rare Directory | https://fakeraredirectory.com/
Le Monde (French) article on Pepes | https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2017/02/15/le-marche-aux-memes-quand-la-culture-web-joue-a-la-bourse_5079916_4408996.html
Fred Wilson's blog post on Pepes | https://avc.com/2017/05/rare-pepe/
ArtnetNFT on Pepe's | https://news.artnet.com/buyers-guide/pepe-art-angle-transcript-2077584

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, and investment opportunities recorded April 6, 2023
This episode can also be found on our Youtube channel here.

Episode Artwork: 90 miles by MCB

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:41 | Market sentiment update
5:22 | Macro update
5:56 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
9:25 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
11:13 | Chromie Squiggle update
13:03 | Friendship Bracelet update
14:23 | Release recaps - PRECLUDES
15:32  | Gen art news - Collector's Corner meetup Apr 12 4-530pm EST TBD location in Soho NYC, Eclipse art launches an open generative art platform on ETH, and Fxhash rolls out collection offers
20:29 | Great art at great prices
22:39 | Exciting new drops
26:27 | Artists to highlight
28:15 | Art to watch
29:40 | Art Charts

Show notes:
-- Where to find us --
Collector's Corner Twitter | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz
Jared's Twitter | https://twitter.com/jared_poz
P's Twitter | https://twitter.com/astamcloud

--Useful links--
Collector's Corner generative art release calendar | https://tinyurl.com/cc-releasecal
NFT price floor | https://nftpricefloor.com/
Fxhash market overview pages | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace?sort=createdAt-desc

--Release Recaps--
PRELUDES by Trevor Paglen | https://sansa.xyz/collections/preludes-by-trevor-paglen

--Gen art news--
Eclipse art releases as an open platform for ETH art | https://twitter.com/eclipse_dot_art
Collection offers on fxhash! | https://twitter.com/chilltulpa/status/1642992407510921216

--Great art at great prices--
Generative Glasses by C4RC0 | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/25990
Reading a Book by Kim Asendorf | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/86
Bravura by Dmarchi | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/8676

--Exciting upcoming drops--
90 miles by MCB | https://twitter.com/punk4803/status/1643116560125685760
Augury by LoVid | https://www.artblocks.io/user/0x2734b2ca6b17d6cef497d52cb47727e92391caba

--Artists we want to highlight--
Pixellord | Really like their work, lots of ordinals work too | https://superrare.com/pixelord
Lars Wander | BM Tokyo output is stunning | https://twitter.com/larswander

--Collections to watch--
Lars' fxhash works | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/larswander

--Art Charts--
The Harvest by Perkwerks | https://artacle.io/project/the-harvest?tab=2&sortOrder=6

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A fantastic live conversation featuring Bitcoin Ordinals experts proper, Sean Bonner, and Rudxane. They map out the technological nuances of Ordinals that make them in some ways better suited for NFTs, the top platforms and artists out there, and where to get started. A fantastic overview of one of the fastest growing areas of the web3 art movement, full of generative, AI, and digital art!

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Episode artwork
Ordinal Chains 5 by Rudxane

Guest contact info
Proper | https://twitter.com/__proper
Sean Bonner | https://twitter.com/seanbonner
Rudxane | https://twitter.com/rudxane1
 
Timestamps
0:22 | Introduction to our show and fantastic speakers
5:19 | Why our guests decided to get involved with Ordinals
14:49 | The unique technology of Ordinals is driving interest in - in some ways it's better than Ethereum!
24:39 | How to get more info on what is out there on Ordinals, including analytics
27:00 | What are the artistic constraints created by Ordinals
30:31 | How block size differences actually lead to efficiencies on Ordinals
32:24 | How artists should vary their approach when creating art on Ordinals
40:00 | Highlighting the different Ordinals marketplaces (including over the counter)
46:46 | How to identify items selling on ETH that are wrapped Ordinals
50:38 | How to research and avoid scams in Ordinals
54:27 | What wallet should collectors use?
1:03:43 | Are there any collections considered to be grails on Ordinals yet?
1:18:27 | Audience questions
1:30:50 | Thanks and wrapping up the show

Where to find our wonderful guests:
Proper | https://twitter.com/__proper
Sean Bonner | https://twitter.com/seanbonner
Rudxane | https://twitter.com/rudxane1
Imagine art | https://img.art/ | https://twitter.com/imgdotart

Show Notes
--Artists who are leaning into Ordinals--
Timechain Collectibles | https://twitter.com/timechainord
Taproot Wizards | https://twitter.com/TaprootWizards
Crash Blossom | https://twitter.com/crashblossom1
Justin Aversano | https://twitter.com/justinaversano
FAR | https://twitter.com/0xfar
Pawel Dudko | https://twitter.com/PawelDudko
Generative.xyz | https://twitter.com/generative_xyz
Rudxane | https://twitter.com/rudxane1
Zond | https://twitter.com/0xZond

--Ordinals marketplaces --
Generative.xyz | https://generative.xyz/ | https://twitter.com/generative_xyz
Imagine.art | https://img.art/ | https://twitter.com/imgdotart
Gamma (secondary) | https://gamma.io/ | https://twitter.com/trygamma
Ordswap (peer to peer secondary) | https://ordswap.io/ | https://twitter.com/ordswap

--Other--
Ordynals (analytics) | https://ordynals.com/