Collector's Corner

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An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces with a fantastic panel of web3 leaders predicting what happens in the generative art world in 2023. Our panel included Bright Moments founder Seth Goldstein, Crypto CPG founder Chris Cantino, Artxcode founder Sofia Garcia, Deca founder Bonafidehan, gmDAO founder Cyphr, top grossing and rockstar artist Grant Yun, top generative artist and creator of the Artblocks Curated ORI James Merrill and your hosts astamcloud (P) and Jared.

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Episode artwork
Tectonics #19 by mpkoz

Timestamps
0:22 | Spaces start
3:17 | Intro to our guests
7:28 | Most Expected Trend
16:41 | Least Expected Trend
34:28 | Breakout Genre or Style
47:06 | Breakout Artist and Artist of the year
1:04:34 | Comeback Collection
1:11:00 | Audience Q&A + their picks!
1:23:16 | A bit on ETH vs. Tezos art NFTs
1:31:27 | Parting thoughts and Outro

Where to find our fantastic guests
Seth Goldstein - https://twitter.com/seth
Chris Cantino - https://twitter.com/chriscantino
Sofia Garcia - https://twitter.com/sofiagarcia_io
Bonafidehan - https://twitter.com/bonafidehan
Cyphr - https://twitter.com/CyphrETH
Grant Yun - https://twitter.com/GrantYun2 
James Merrill - https://twitter.com/toThePixel

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

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Episode artwork
ORI #259 by James Merrill

Timestamps:
0:22 | Intro
2:42 | Crypto market conditions
3:50 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
5:45 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
6:45 | Chromie Squiggle update
8:55 | Friendship Bracelet update
9:44 | Gen art news - Artblocks updates their contract to allow for reserve minting, fxhash might have ETH payments soon
16:41 | Great art at great prices
20:40 | Exciting new drops
27:05 | Artists to highlight
30:11 | Collections to watch
33:40 | Art Charts
37:42 | 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--
Artblocks launches a secondary marketplace, plus updates to their contract to allow for reserve lists from artists | https://twitter.com/purphat/status/1620496893372686336
Fxhash implemented payments via fiat, discussing implementing ETH payments | https://twitter.com/fx_hash_/status/1620497495033020419

--Great art at great prices--
Clerestory by Michael Perusse | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/24237
Genuary32! Keep an eye out on fxhash for great art at 32 xtz| https://twitter.com/fx_hash_/status/1620162379748343809
For algernon by elsif | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/24350

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Render's Game by Mount Vitruvius | https://twitter.com/mountvitruvius/status/1619047790583357440
Blind Gallery details released, passes released on Feb 6 and 7 with minting until Feb 13 | https://twitter.com/blindgallery_/status/1620212377349414912?s=46&t=2ZEIIv4tnyQRp-YtxJf1UA
Bright moments released details on their Tokyo mint, including another 10 artists - all AI! | https://twitter.com/brtmoments/status/1620906106129367042

--Artist we want to highlight--
Mount Vitruvius | https://twitter.com/mountvitruvius
Entangled Others | https://twitter.com/entangledothers
Claire Silver | https://twitter.com/ClaireSilver12

--Collections to watch--
Shapes on a Plane by Mount Vitruvious | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/15053
ORI by James Merrill | https://opensea.io/collection/ori-by-james-merrill-1

--Art Charts--
Friendship Bracelets by Alexis Andre and Erick Calderon |  https://artacle.io/project/friendship-bracelets?tab=2

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Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Terraforms by Mathcastles with special guests HEEEEE and Matto
A deep dive into the long-form generative art project Terraforms by Mathcastles that is truly a computer program as the art rather than the algorithm. We are joined by experts HEEEE and Matto to break down a 101 of this masterpiece that will truly need more time to fully grasp. A fantastically impressive project, this is worth your time to learn about even if you don't buy.

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Episode Artwork: Terraforms #13 by Mathcastles

Where to find our guests:
Twitter | @matto__matto

Twitter | @HEEEEEEEEEEE_

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:22 | Episode introduction, including our special guests
2:23 | How our guests first heard about Terraforms
3:58 | What drew our guests to Terraforms
4:51 | Basic overview of Terraforms
9:37 | The key differentiating traits for the 2D image of Terraforms that we typically see - Biomes, Zones, and Chroma - including ones that hold a premium
27:51 | The different "modes" Terraforms can be in (Terrain, Terraform, Daydream, Origin Terraform, Origin Daydream) and their significance
41:39 | A new update will be released to Terraforms that will make it much more interactive amongst holders
47:19 | What is the hypercastle? What possibilities could emerge from it?
55:12 | Why Terraforms is taking advantage of the blockchain medium perhaps better than any other project
1:09:51 | How Terraforms are different from other algorithm, code based generative art works - dynamic and interactive
1:14:10 | Where to find more info about Terraforms
1:23:26 | Where to find our guests
1:25:31 | Outro

Show Notes:
Terraforms discord | https://discord.gg/mathcastles
Terraforms explorer site | https://www.terraformexplorer.xyz/
Matto's Terraforms explainer video | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=U2xTl5pPHwk
An ode to terraforms - an indepth explanation by Michael | https://ilikecalculus.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-terraforms
What is Perlin Noise? From Khan academy | https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming-natural-simulations/programming-noise/a/perlin-noise
Enterdream.xyz to see the hypercastle structure | https://enterdream.xyz/3d/

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An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces introducing Shapes2048 the latest project by makio135 (aka Lionel, the artist behind the Artblocks favorite Horo, and clemsos another fantastic artist.

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Episode artwork
Shapes #147 by makio135 and clemsos

Show notes
Shapes 2048 mint page | https://makio135.com/shapes/
Shapes 2048 Opensea page | https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0x1FF7e338d5E582138C46044dc238543Ce555C963/147
makio135 | https://twitter.com/MAKIO135 (Twitter)
clemsos | @clemsos (Twitter)
Original recording | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1597597356081713153

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded January 25, 2023

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Episode artwork
Chimera #420 by mpkoz

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
3:06 | Crypto market conditions
4:38 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
6:11 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
8:04 | Chromie Squiggle update
9:50 | Friendship Bracelet update
12:39 | Gen art news - the 2023 generative art prediction show was amazing! Definitely tune in. Also, Artblocks x Bright Moments collaboration, and Kevin Rose hack please stay safe
20:59 | Great art at great prices
24:10 | Exciting new drops
33:55 | Artists to highlight
38:15 | Collections to watch
40:37 | Art Charts
44:24 | 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--
Our 2023 predictions show was amazing! Thanks to our fantastic guests and listeners, recording here and a summary is to come! | https://twitter.com/collectors_xyz/status/1618349200688971777
Artblocks partners with Bright Moments to create IRL and online hybrid experiences | https://twitter.com/ArtBlocksEngine/status/1618005793684471808
Kevin Rose, founder of Proof and a huge generative art fan was hacked losing over 25 Chromie Squiggles and an Autoglyph hack - stay safe | https://twitter.com/proof_xyz/status/1618330629715955712

--Great art at great prices--
Perpendicular Inhabitation by Studio Yorktown | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/24169
Orchids by Luke Shannon | https://opensea.io/collection/orchids-by-luke-shannon
the spring begins by Cole Sternberg | https://opensea.io/collection/the-spring-begins-with-the-first-rainstorm-by-cole

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Balagan by Sapir Cohen | https://twitter.com/gmdaostudio
Proof Grails III | https://www.proof.xyz/grails/season-3
Symbol 1 by Emily Weil | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/presents/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/411

--Artist we want to highlight--
MPKoz | Fantastic artist, AB curated, keeps getting better | https://twitter.com/mpkoz
Anna Beller | https://twitter.com/Anna___Beller
Nat Sarkissian | Fantastic artist, people love him | https://twitter.com/_NatSarkissian

--Collections to watch--
Mind The Gap by Mount Vitruvious  | https://opensea.io/collection/mind-the-gap-by-mountvitruvius
Eucalyptus and Sagebrush | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/23549
Chimera by mpkoz | https://opensea.io/collection/chimera-by-mpkoz

--Art Charts--
Factura by Mathias Isaken | https://opensea.io/collection/factura-by-mathias-isaksen
Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie | https://opensea.io/collection/memories-of-qilin-by-emily-xie

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We hosted a 2022 Generative Art Awards on our Twitter Spaces on December 30, 2022 and it was a huge hit! A big thanks to our speakers the amazing collectors VonMises, DefiStaker, Blake, the fantastic generative artist Harvey Rayner, and your hosts P (@astamcloud) and Jared (@jared_poz)!

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Episode Artwork: Anticyclone #796 by William Mapan

Twitter is the best place to find our guests, here are their handles:
VonMises | @VonMises14
Blake | @TradeTracer

Defistaker | @defistaker
Harvey Rayner | @patterndotco

Timestamps:
0:26 | Intros and set up
5:36 | Best Dynamic Art
10:16 | Most Innovative Collection
18:24 | Best Bright Moments
26:06 | Breakout Artist
31:10 | Best Long Form Generative Art Collection
36:22 | Best Fxhash Collection
43:43| Best Artblocks Non-Curated
49:43 | Best Artblocks Curated
54:14 | Best non-Artblocks non-Bright moments
59:50 | Best Artist
1:05:56 | Parting thoughts

Show notes:
Check the Tweet thread summary of our guest's picks with some beautiful art to boot! 

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Weekly generative art NFT news, beautiful art, popular collections, and under the radar artists, recorded January 19, 2023

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Episode artwork
Tesseract #1 by Studio Yorktown

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
2:10 | Crypto market conditions
4:27 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
6:13 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
9:22 | Chromie Squiggle update
12:14 | Gen art news - the 2023 generative art prediction show and recapping The Harvest release (the latest Artblocks Curated), proof grails 3 happening at the moment
18:25 | Great art at great prices
22:30 | Exciting new drops
29:29 | Artists to highlight
32:44 | Collections to watch
36:02 | Art Charts
45:55 | 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--
AB release Harvest by PerkWerk the latest Artblocks Curated with strong sales | https://sansa.xyz/collections/63b5fb4b7d5afcb0b7f91025

--Great art at great prices--
Creatures by Florian Zumbrunn | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/10269
Perspective by andbc | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/18706
Tesserac by Studio Yorktown | https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/13131

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Bright Moments at it again with a stellar lineup for Tokyo  | https://twitter.com/brtmoments/status/1612880640986451975
gmdao's next release, Balagen by Sapir Cohen | https://twitter.com/gmdaostudio/status/1615710738609324032
Multiple artists releasing on verse.werks this weekend! Anna Beller, Anna Lucia, and others | https://twitter.com/ExpandedArt/status/1616107721589243905

--Artist we want to highlight--
Daniel Calderon Arenas | https://twitter.com/DaCaldera
Fingacode | https://twitter.com/fingacode
Anna Beller | https://twitter.com/Anna___Beller

--Art Charts--
Automatism by Yazid | https://sansa.xyz/collections/6305fe044ea89121ae4465df
Screens by Thomas Lin Pederson | https://sansa.xyz/collections/6305fdfc4ea89121ae446591
Ori by James Merrill | https://sansa.xyz/collections/636a39fe34f6725f7c5f048f

--Collections to watch--
Factura by Mathias Isaken | https://opensea.io/collection/factura-by-mathias-isaksen
Terraforms by Mathcastles | https://opensea.io/collection/terraforms
Friendship Bracelets by Alexis Andrew and Erick Calderon |  https://opensea.io/collection/friendship-bracelets-by-alexis-andre

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We speak with Sofia Garcia, generative art pioneer and founder of Artxcode about the exciting work they are doing to support artists and we hear some of Sofia's wild stories from the early days of the generative art movement putting on shows with Tyler Hobbs, Dmitri Cherniak and many other amazing experiences - we're 100% sure you'll enjoy this one!

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Episode Artwork: LOVE #139 by Martin Grasser

Timestamps:
0:00 | Collector's Corner intro
0:22 | Introduction to our wonderful guest!
1:09 | Sofia talks about some of her Tyler Hobbs and Dmitri Cherniak works
7:20 | Sofia's 's journey into web3 and generative art, putting on early shows with Tyler and Dmitri, and starting an industry
25:20 | Some of the challenges of getting signed prints and how Artxcode has been helping
34:26 | How Sofia sees blockchain technology shaping this art movement and she sees this evolving in the future
39:55 | Sofia's thoughts on our modern gen art movement being a fusion of art and collectibles
45:18 | Discussing the place for long form, editions, and all different types of editions in art
46:09 | What Artxcode is currently focused on, artist representation and curating fantastic shows, and where Sofia wants to take things
1:01:02 | Where Sofia sees things going with the generative art space
1:07:39 | Thoughts on the royalties debate and potential solutions
1:11:14 | Parting thoughts and where to find our guest

Show notes:
--Contact info--
Artxcode | @artxcode_io (twitter) |  artxcode.io
Sofia Garcia | @sofiagarcia_io (Twitter)

-- Mentioned in the show--
Love by Martin Grasser | https://opensea.io/collection/love-tennis-art-collection?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE
Lars Wander "Perry, Mary, and Lars" | https://verse.works/exhibitions/perry-mary-lars
Dmitri Cherniak & Tyler Hobbs Artxcode exhibit | https://www.artxcode.io/projects/dmitri-cherniak-tyler-hobbs

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Weekly generative art NFT news, recorded January 12, 2023.

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Episode artwork
Friendship Bracelet #29731 by Alexis Andre and Erick Calderon

Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro - thanks for your support and looking forward to 2023
2:43 | Crypto market conditions
3:38 | The past 7 days in the blue chip ETH gen art market
5:58 | The past 7 days in the Tezos gen art market
7:45 | Chromie Squiggle update
10:48 | Gen art news - Multiple artists launch FxHash collections for Parkinson's research raising over 250k xtz; Friendship Bracelets mint closes with a bang
17:10 | Great art at great prices
20:07 | Introducing the Collector's Corner drop calendar, check it out - Link to Calendar
21:10 | Exciting new drops
23:35 | Artists to highlight
25:50 | Collections to watch
30:35 | 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--
Recapping the fxhash releases for Cure3, funding Parkinson's research | https://twitter.com/Cure3Exhibition/status/1613513688337489920
Friendship bracelets minting stops with a bang, Flamingo sweeps, price action very strong still | https://twitter.com/astamcloud/status/1613513213085356032

--Great art at great prices--
The Spring Begins with The First Rainstorm by Cole Sternberg | https://opensea.io/collection/the-spring-begins-with-the-first-rainstorm-by-cole
Attraction by Jon Vromans | https://opensea.io/collection/attraction-by-jos-vromans
Focus by Matto | https://opensea.io/collection/focus-by-matto
Skravert by Perkwerk | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/4231

--Exciting upcoming drops--
Turnout for Burnout - The Colors That Heal by Ryan Green | https://www.tobo.wtf/project/0
The Harvest by perkwerk, the next Artblocks Curated | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x99a9b7c1116f9ceeb1652de04d5969cce509b069/407

--Artist we want to highlight--
Ralen Arc | https://linktr.ee/RalenArc
Lunarean | https://twitter.com/lunarean
Perkwerk | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/perkwerk

--Art Charts--
None this week!

--Collections to watch--
Bravura by dmarchi | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/8676
We Are Alone Together by perkwerk | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/12922
Foundations by Florian Zumbrunn | https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/22759
Fontana by Harvey Rayner | https://opensea.io/collection/fontana-by-harvey-rayner-patterndotco

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Artist Spotlight
Highlighting the Top Generative Artists

Daniel Calderon Arenas (DCA) with DCA
A very special episode, we do our first Artist Spotlight on Daniel Calderon-Arenas aka DCA, who had the first Artblocks project, Genesis, and has been honing his craft ever since. We cover his artistic journey and dive into his beautiful collections Bosque de Chapultepec, Marfa Yucca, and Genesis. A fantastic conversation, we know you'll enjoy this as much as we did!

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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/dca

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Episode Artwork: Bosque de Chapultepec #71 by DCA

Where to find Daniel:
Twitter | @DaCaldera

Discord | https://discord.com/channels/411959613370400778/810598817351204894

Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:22 | Episode introduction, including our special guest Daniel Calderon Arenas aka DCA!
3:12 | DCA's lifelong journey as an artist, starting with the influence of his grandfather a well known artist
10:21 | How DCA found his way into generative art and why he's so bullish on the space
15:02 | The start of Artblocks, working with his brother Erick (Snowfro), and the early days of Genesis, the first Artblocks collection
21:28 | How DCA decided on 512 pieces for the first long form generative art project
25:05 | How DCA's art evolved after Genesis as he took on the new challenge of plottables, which furthered his artistic explorations
30:50 | DCA's journey into Marfa Yucca and teaching with art
34:24 | Incorporating IRL into generative art, an idea that DCA and Snowfro have thought about from the start of Artblocks
38:31 |The story behind and genesis of Bosque de Chapultepec, DCA's Bright Moments Mexico City collection
54:09 | Diving into the details of Bosque de Chapultepec - how DCA thought about the backgrounds, color theory, and the variety in the collection
58:30 | How DCA upgraded his understanding of color for Bosque de Chapultepec
1:02:22 | The genesis of Marfa Yucca, the Artblocks Exploration collection, and how it's still open for minting
1:08:37 | Diving into the details and variety of Marfa Yucca, and how DCA thought about the algorithm for an open edition mint
1:22:21 | Genesis, DCA's first long-form generative art creation and the first Artblocks Curated collection - the start, the trilogy book, and how why the collection is special to DCA
1:29:13 | DCA the collector - what he likes and his collecting style
1:33:55 | DCA's view on the future of gen art, especially given his experience on the Artblocks curation board
1:37:30 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes:
Genesis | https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/1
Bosque de Chapultepec | https://opensea.io/collection/bosque-de-chapultepec-by-daniel-calderon-arenas
Marfa Yucca | https://www.artblocks.io/explorations/explorations/projects/0x942bc2d3e7a589fe5bd4a5c6ef9727dfd82f5c8a/1
Really Random Rock | https://www.plottables.io/project/2
Plottables | plottables.io
Garabaldi's (Mexican dessert) | https://theothersideofthetortilla.com/2011/01/garibaldi/
Andre Derain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Derain
Ringers by Dmitri Cherniak | https://opensea.io/collection/ringers-by-dmitri-cherniak
The golden angle for plants (used in Marfa Yucca) | https://www.nature.com/articles/srep15358#:~:text=As%20a%20general%20rule%2C%20the,%2C8%2C9%2C10.