Collector's Corner

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We speak with 5 fantastic digital artists (Jen Stark, Sarah Zucker, Emily Xie, Monica Rizzolli, and IX Shells) along with Lady Cactoid and Cactoid Labs about the groundbreaking first NFT launch from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The artists discuss the inspiration for their pieces, what it means for them to be showcased in the museum, and we hear how Cactoid Labs is powering the technology to make it possible.

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Episode artwork
Remembrance of Things Future announcement the new LACMA release

Where to find out fantastic guests
Sarah Zucker | https://twitter.com/thesarahshow | https://www.sarahzucker.com/
Jen Stark | https://twitter.com/Jen_Stark | https://linktr.ee/jenstark
Emily Xie | https://twitter.com/emilyxxie | https://xie-emily.com/
Monica Rizzolli | https://twitter.com/MonicaRizzolli | https://contrast.parts/
IX Shells | https://twitter.com/ix_shells | https://y.at/%E2%9B%93%F0%9F%95%B3%E2%9C%A8
Cactoid Labs | https://twitter.com/CactoidLabs | https://lacma.cactoidlabs.io/
Lady Cactoid | https://twitter.com/LadyCactoid

Timestamps
0:24 | Introduction to the fantastic artists Sarah Zucker, Jen Stark, Emily Xie, Monica Rizzolli and IX Shells, Cactoid Labs, and the new release from LACMA
5:46 | The artists discuss their inspiration behind the art they created for this LACMA release
30:53 | The artists discuss what it means for them to be releasing in collaboration with such a renowned museum
43:12 | The Cactoid labs team details their technology that is enabling this release and their plans for partnering with other museums
53:16 | Details of the project release
1:05:00 | Lady Cactoid discusses how art museums are increasingly embracing web3
1:11:22 | Audience questions starting with a question for Emily Xie on combining generative with IRL
1:42:28 | Closing thoughts

Show notes
Coded a digital art exhibition at the LACMA | https://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/coded-art-enters-computer-age-1952-1982

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded March 2, 2023

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Episode artwork
Erg #12 by Rich Poole and Ballzerino

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:09 | Crypto market update
3:24 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
6:03 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
7:19 | Chromie Squiggle update
8:54 | Friendship Bracelet update
9:33  | Gen art news - Tyler Hobbs Fidenza auctioned alongside Picasso, Cezanne and other top artists, PACE really making moves into the market, & fxhash starts accepting ETH for payments!
19:55 | Great art at great prices
22:15 | Exciting new drops
27:43 | Artists to highlight
30:00 | Art to watch
32:10 | 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

--Gen art news--
Tyler Hobbs' Fidenza sold by AC the collector to a well known trad art collector at Christie's alongside major works like a Picasso, Cezanne, and more | https://twitter.com/christiesinc/status/1630607752341979136?s=46&t=UV2Bn0lh2g7S_fntX2ZbRg
PACE gallery will sell QQL outputs with well known parametic artists | https://twitter.com/PaceGallery/status/1630703075865374720
PACE gallery partnership with Proof Collective leading up to their first release | https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1631009055258066946

--Great art at great prices--
previous gmDAO drops | https://artacle.io/?platform=gmstudio&orderBy=floor&isAsc=0
Textiles by Landlines art | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/13540
Bottany by Mia Forest | https://twitter.com/miaforrestphoto/status/1628008196702085120?s=20

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Remembrance of the Future | https://lacma.cactoidlabs.io/
Roope Rainisto's next collection with Fellowship | https://postphotography.xyz/gallery/
Real vision collective | https://twitter.com/TheRVCollective

--Artist we want to highlight--
Helena Sarin |  https://twitter.com/NeuralBricolage
Zancan | https://twitter.com/zancan

--Collections to watch--
Navette by Alexis Andre | https://collectibles.trameparis.com/auctions/navette
Punkwelt by Eric Swahn | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/punktwelt

--Art Charts--
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://artacle.io/project/fontana?tab=2

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Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Acequia by Rich Poole and Rick Crane
A deep dive into the long-form generative art project Acequia with Rich Poole and Rick Crane, a beautiful fxhash collection that has captivated collectors. This episode is special because it's our first time interviewing collaborative artists, who are both excellent - definitely worth listening to!

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Episode Artwork: Acequia #18 by Rick Crane and Rich Poole

Where to find our guests:
Rich Poole's Twitter | https://twitter.com/rich__poole
Rich Poole's Website (check it out for a link to his works) | https://www.richpoole.art/

Rick Crane Twitter | https://twitter.com/rickacrane | https://linktr.ee/rickacrane
Rick Crane's Website (check it out for a link to his works) |

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:22 | Episode introduction, including our special guests
3:54 | How our guests started collaborating
12:54 | Rich Poole's journey into web3
16:03 | Rick Crane's journey into web3
18:41 | Rich's thoughts on doing releases with multiple communities (gen.art, gmdao, fxhash, etc.)
22:16 | Advice that Rich and Rick would give to other artists planning collaborations
27: 14 | Background of Acequia and how it fits in our collection framework
33:33 | How Rich and Rick came up with the concept of Acequia
35:42 | How many test outputs they went through before finalizing the project
41:12 | The aesthetic they were aiming for with Acequia, including the aqueducts and cubes
46:31 | Diving into the categories and traits of Acequia
1:25:29 | Rich, Rick, and our 3 to highlight from the collection
1:35:52 | How we'd spend 10,000 XTZ on secondary (at the time of recording)
1:46:43 | Where to find our fantastic guests

Show Notes:
Miniscapes by Rich Poole and Rick Crane | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/miniscapes-1
Acequia by Rich Poole and Rick Crane | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/acequia
Acequia - A short tech overview by Rich Poole | https://www.fxhash.xyz/article/acequia-a-short-tech-overview

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Artist's Corner
Highlighting the Top Digital Artists
Lars Wander

In this Artist's Corner we speak with Lars Wander, a fantastic rising star in the generative art world. We discuss his journey into the art and tech world, showcase his beautiful work, and talk about what's next for him as he has left Google and is pursuing art full time.

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Episode artwork: light doesn't bend that way #6 by Lars Wander

Where to find Lars:
Twitter | https://twitter.com/larswander
Website | https://larswander.com/

Lars' works:
How You See Me | https://objkt.com/collection/KT1Q6cr9sscJYtL4m9CpVscu2SpqUxe9yZoo
Fxhash works (Geode, Unfolded, and Gossamer) | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/larswander
Perry, Mary, and Lars exhibition | https://verse.works/exhibitions/perry-mary-lars
Other artist's works that Lars has collected | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/larswander/collection

Timestamps
0:24 | Introduction to our fantastic guest
1:28 | What Lars did at Google and how he decided to transition to art full time
9:02 | The role art played in Lars' life
13:56 | How Lars became such a great engineer
17:03 | Lars got started making code-based art during the pandemic
28:29 | Why Lars decided to work with artxcode to help him navigate the art world
37:12 | Lessons Lars has learned in his time working with artxcode that might interest other artists
40:23 | Diving into Lars progression of his work (check out the video!)
1:19:03 | Lars shows off some of his new works
1:31:47 | How Lars is feeling about his success as an artist
1:38:10 | What Lars enjoys collecting
1:45:20 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes
Spectral paint database | https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4892/
Google Jax | https://github.com/google/jax
Jonathan McCabe | http://www.jonathanmccabe.com/
Mark Lovejoy | https://marklovejoydotcom.tumblr.com/
Kubelka Munk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubelka%E2%80%93Munk_theory
Mixbox | https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox/

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded February 16, 2023

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Episode artwork
Ringers #879 by Dmitri Cherniak

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:09 | Crypto market update
4:01 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
6:19 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
7:35 | Chromie Squiggle update
12:30 | Friendship Bracelet update
15:04 | Gen art news - 3 Arrow's Capital NFT Fund getting liquidated with many rare grail pieces like the Goose Ringer, and Deca's explore feature
22:07 | Great art at great prices
25:14 | Exciting new drops
28:50 | Artists to highlight
31:35 | Art to watch
36:23 | Art Charts
38:43 | Parting words and outro

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

--Gen art news--
3AC auction list released | https://twitter.com/cole0x/status/1628488887021568004
Deca's explore feature is awesome |  | https://twitter.com/0xDecaArt/status/1626638174423498753

--Great art at great prices--
Forecast by Amy Goodchild |  https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/25151
Seekers by ECKER_0_  | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/25124
A Tender Count(ing) by Lisa Orth | https://opensea.io/collection/a-tender-count-ing-by-lisa-orth

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Rippling by Yi-Wen Lin | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/421
A painter a poet by DSIMS | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/25383
chaos comes with the summer haze by cole sternberg | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/405

--Artist we want to highlight--
Ballzerino | https://objkt.com/profile/ballzerino/created?page=17
Roope Rainisto | https://twitter.com/rainisto

--Collections to watch--
Erg by Rich Poole and Ballzerino  | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/25355
Landscape with Carbon Capture by Zancan | https://opensea.io/collection/carbon-capture-zancan

--Art Charts--
Anticyclone by William Mapan | https://artacle.io/project/anticyclone?tab=2

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Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Ori by James Merrill with special guest James Merrill
A deep dive into the long-form generative art collection ORI by James Merrill with the fantastic artist himself James joining us! He breaks down the intricate approach to creating ORI and how his technical background evolved into his beautiful art.

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

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/ori

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Episode Artwork: ORI #287 by James Merrill

Where to find James Merrill:
Twitter | @tothePIxel
Website | lostpixels.io

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:22 | Episode introduction, including our special guest James Merrill
2:40 | James' past with art and as a software developer
7:44 | How James transitioned into selling on blockchain, how he's handling being an Art Blocks curated artist, and the attention to detail he puts into his work
15:06 | The process and artistic intent behind ORI
20:57 | A quick background on ORI and how it fits into our collection evaluation framework
25:31 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
1:14:39 | James reviews some hidden traits
1:26:19 | James' + our top picks of the collection
1:36:34 | What we would buy right now if we had a bunch of ETH!
1:46:54 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes:
The hidden features within ORI by James Merrill | https://lostpixels.notion.site/The-hidden-features-within-ORI-a3b502f67b5542f78377b45e05747db8
Ori launch page | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/379
James' blog on ORI | https://ori.lostpixels.io/
Artoria's ORI contest | https://twitter.com/Artoria_Artoria/status/1595391668076912642

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Artist's Corner
Highlighting the Top Generative Artists
Cole Sternberg

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We created a digital art gallery for this episode, please see it here - https://deca.art/Collectors_Corner/colesternberg
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe (Podcast, Youtube, Twitter), like, comment or leave a review. We also welcome all feedback!

Where to find Cole:
Twitter | @colesternberg
Website | https://www.colesternberg.com/
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/colesternberg/?hl=en
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Sternberg

Timestamps
0:24 | Introduction to our fantastic guest
2:56 | How Cole got started as a traditional artist after working as a lawyer
5:03 | How Cole was able to get his break as a traditional artist to go full time and learning the business side of the craft
16:14 | How Cole heard about web3 and why he decided to dive in
19:54 | Why Cole decided to pick up coding rather than simply collaborating for the spring
30:36 | What Cole sees as the misperceptions trad art has about web and visa versa?
33:37 | The common thread in Cole's work that ended "the spring"
39:47 | Diving through the details of "the spring begins with the first rainstorm"
1:04:35 | Cole's next Artblocks release "chaos comes with the summer haze"

1:20:25 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes
chaos comes with the summer haze | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/405
spring begins with the first rainfall | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0xa7d8d9ef8d8ce8992df33d8b8cf4aebabd5bd270/317
Metal Magazine article on Cole's journey on the sea | https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/interview/cole-sternberg-the-sky-the-ocean-and-everything-in-between

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded February 16, 2023

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Episode artwork
Autoglyph #25 by Larva Labs

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intro
2:22 | Crypto market update
3:49 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
6:52 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
9:28 | Chromie Squiggle update
10:40 | Friendship Bracelet update
12:27 | Gen art news - Huge donations to LACMA and Centre Pompidou major museums in LA and Paris, Renders Game had an explosive release
19:13 | Great art at great prices
22:41 | Exciting new drops
26:32 | Artists to highlight
29:22 | Art to watch
32:51 | Art Charts
35:09 | Parting words and outro

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

--Gen art news--
Big art donations to museums - LACMA and Centre Pompedu in France including Autoglyphs and Cryptopunks| https://twitter.com/ArtOnBlockchain/status/1625587729055744001 | https://twitter.com/larvalabs/status/1624127688481902607 | https://twitter.com/CozomoMedici/status/1625206526800703488
Render's Game had a huge launch | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1623396837947482112 | https://twitter.com/BobLoukas/status/1625236814347788289

--Great art at great prices--
Hyperdrive: A-side by Ryan Bell 0.37E floor |  https://twitter.com/iRyanBell/status/1625359959151251457
Translucent panes by Fingacode | 0.1E floor, awesome artist | https://opensea.io/collection/3000-by-santiago
300 by Phlins | Especially love the colored ones; 25 xtz | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/23888

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Metropolis by mpkoz  | https://twitter.com/mpkoz/status/1625564733100404736
Spatial Curvatures by DistCollective | https://vcanftgallery.verticalcrypto.art/distcollective.html
Rick Crane's open edition | https://twitter.com/rickacrane/status/1626218110738120704

--Artist we want to highlight--
Alex Grasser | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/%40grasser_alex
Mathias Isaken | https://twitter.com/st4yhome_art

--Collections to watch--
Out-Game flowers by Jill Magid | https://www.artwrld.com/projects/out-game-flowers
AI art is not real art by Claire Silver | https://opensea.io/collection/ai-art-is-not-art-claire-silver
Grails III: Reticulum by Harvey | https://opensea.io/collection/reticulum-by-harvey-rayner

--Art Charts--
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://artacle.io/project/fontana?tab=2

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An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces with the fantastic generative artist Mount Vitruvius as we cover his history as an artist, his transition into web3, the inspirations behind Renders Game, how he created the piece, and break down some of the traits in the collection. This was our first deep dive before a collection released and our first time doing a live show - we hope you enjoy!

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Episode artwork
Renders Game (unbound iteration) by Mount Vitruvius

Where to find out fantastic guest and Renders Game
Mount Vitruvius' Twitter | https://twitter.com/mountvitruvius
Mount Vitruvius' personal website | https://www.mountvitruvius.art/
Renders Game Project Page on Artblocks | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/415

Timestamps
0:22 | Spaces start
3:20 | Intro to our guest the artist Mount Vitruvius
6:11 | Allow list raffle logistics
9:09 | Mount Vitruvius' background and relationship with art growing up
21:59 | How a trip to a museum inspired Renders Game
26:18 | How MV's lifelong adoration of science fiction added to Renders Game
30:54 | How MV translated what he wanted to visually create into computer algorithms
38:21 | Breaking down some of the traits in the collection - palette, genome base, and more 
1:00:18 | Audience questions
1:12:10 | Thanks and wrapping up the show

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded February 9, 2023

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Episode artwork
Renders Game #0 by Mount Vitruvius

Timestamps:
0:22 | Intro
1:47 | Crypto market update
3:04 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
5:44 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
7:26 | Chromie Squiggle update
10:50 | Friendship Bracelet update
11:58 | Gen art news - Bitcoin NFTs with generative art, AI generative art is really heating up
18:47 | Great art at great prices
24:35 | Exciting new drops
30:19 | Artists to highlight
31:50 | Collections to watch
35:15 | Art Charts
39:10 | Parting words and 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 on BTC? The ordinals protocol is enabling NFTs on Bitcoin and artist Rudxane already has some gen art as well as a long form collection launched with minting tech! | https://twitter.com/imgordinals/status/1623435093565149184/photo/1 | https://twitter.com/punk3700/status/1623708934107430913
AI art meta is heating up - have we unlocked generative photography? | https://twitter.com/rainisto/status/1623432581021671425

--Great art at great prices--
Matter Waves by Amy Goodchild | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/15434
Composition by Studio Yoprktown: Async Blueprints | 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
Memory Module by elsif | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/15956

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Renders Game by Mount Vitruvius | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1623396837947482112
Cosmic Rays by Melissa Wiederrecht |  https://verse.works/exhibitions/odysseys-melissa-wiederrecht
Network Chatter by Ben Kovach | https://verse.works/artworks/3e3f9b2d-045a-4eb4-938f-1e181336b0ad

--Artist we want to highlight--
William Mapan | https://twitter.com/williamapan
Ben Kovach | https://twitter.com/bendotk

--Collections to watch--
Anything on BrainDrops | This is the main AI platform, think the AB of AI - more on this soon | https://braindrops.cloud/
Dragons by William Mapan | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/2613

--Art Charts--
Ringers by Dmitri Cherniak (and apply the same logic to other charts of old projects) |  https://artacle.io/project/friendship-bracelets?tab=2