This is an 6 episode series on generative artists who we found interesting. 6 artists in total who we found contributes something unique in the current generative art landscape, they span different blockchains/platforms/aesthetics/personal histories.

Episode Notes;

• Fidenza has the classical generative art aesthetics that current collectors love, it set records of how fast the price has appeciated on secondary markets.
• The collection contains multiple visual styles in the same collection, calls into the question the whole concept of categorising art visually.
• Discuss secondary market premiums for pieces, and how great communication ability like Tyler does on social media can translate to secondary market premiums.

Tyler Hobbs twitter;

https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs

The rise of Long-Form Generative Art;

https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2021/the-rise-of-long-form-generative-art

Fidenza on Opensea;

https://opensea.io/assets/art-blocks?search[stringTraits][0][name]=Fidenza&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=All%20Fidenzas

This is an 6 episode series on generative artists who we found interesting. 6 artists in total who we found contributes something unique in the current generative art landscape, they span different blockchains/platforms/aesthetics/personal histories.

Episode Notes;

• Rafaël's Artblocks drop was the first one where Artblocks moved from a gas war drop to a dutch auction drop.
• Kizu talks about Rafaël's net art OG status and what he talked about in interviews way back.
• Sabretooth talks about the trend of net art OGs coming to NFTs including the genesis episode John Karel
• Comparing the visuals of Endless Nameless to Tyler Hobbs Fidenza drop and how it's not a classically generative art aesthetic.

Rafaël Rozendaal's Endless Nameless Arblocks series;

https://opensea.io/assets/art-blocks?search[stringTraits][0][name]=Endless%20Nameless&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=All%20Endless%20Nameless

Rafaël Rozendaal's Twitter;

https://twitter.com/newrafael

Rafaël Rozendaal's Net Art:

http://papertoilet.com/

https://trashloop.com

This is an 6 episode series on generative artists who we found interesting. 6 artists in total who we found contributes something unique in the current generative art landscape, they span different blockchains/platforms/aesthetics/personal histories.

Episode Notes;

• Rags to riches story, started off dropping pieces for only $3-$10 per piece in HEN, now his works are selling for $20,000+
• Parallels to career development in trad art where artists move from smaller galleries to super galleries
• Comparison between selling individual pieces of a generative algorithm, vs selling the generator itself, Shvembldr has done both.
• Kizu talks about Picasso's sculptures and how they illustrate a point about current art drops.
• Sabretooth talks about how the lootbox mechanic in generative art drops bridges the two worlds of collectible NFTs and Fine Art NFTs.

Shvembldr's The blocks of Art series;

https://opensea.io/collection/art-blocks?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=PRICE&search[stringTraits][0][name]=The%20Blocks%20of%20Art&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=All%20The%20Blocks%20of%20Arts

Shvembldr's HEN generative art

https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/Shvembldr/creations

Shvembldr twitter;

https://twitter.com/shvembldr

8 min 31 sec

Malaysian Artist Chong Yan Chuah

• Traditional artist that is dipping his toes into NFT market, very tech heavy traditional artist
• Kizu discusses artist's style and how that is translating to NFTs
• Sabretooth disagrees on the NFT strategy of artist, discusses nuances to how an artist positions themselves within the NFT space

Chong Yan Chuah's website

https://chongyanchuah.com/

9 min 59 sec Episode;

• Hariprast's comic book illustration style and how it translates to NFTs
• Comparison of what is happening on NFT platforms like Hic Et Nunc to the MMA(mixed martial arts) invention in the 90s
• Specifically how comic book artists have monetized in the past in countries like Japan and what it looks like now with NFTs.

Hariprast's twitter;

https://twitter.com/hariprast/

10 min 13 sec episode

• Shavonne's career as a commercially successful photographer and how she transitioned into a NFT career
• How she has ported her practise from trad art to NFT world and the efforts to be more "medium native"
• Price differences between photography NFTs vs prices at art fairs
• What other successful traditional artists can learn from Shavonne's move into NFTs

EDIT:

Shavonne reached out to us to clarify some things in the episode;

Shavonne's NFT works are not animated photography. They are done using realistic 3D virtual models.

The 14/21ETH listing on Foundation are secondary sales listing not primary sales.

Shavonne's photography comes from a fashion and commercial background, not through traditional art galleries. Hence it's a brand new practice built on the experience and background of a fashion photography career.

Additional links about Shavonne

sg.asiatatler.com/life/singapore…

straitstimes.com/life/arts/as-t…

allships.co/article/interv…

businesstimes.com.sg/lifestyle/feat…

15 min 57 second episode;

• History of Framergence and how the genesis minting came about
• The deflationary mechanics of both Framergence and Pulsquares and how it works
• A stylistic comparison of the aesthetics of Framergence to early internet art and how the generative genre could develop similar to internet art
• How onchain generative art compares with offchain generative art
• How the valuation of generative art reminds of cutting edge avante garde art from the 60s by artists like Allan Kaprow
• Kizu finds the constellations mechanic in Pulsquares disappointing visually
• Discuss the recent price surge in both Framergence and Pulsquares and what that means for the generative art market going forward

Arihz's projects on Ethereum

https://pulsquares.art/

https://framergence.art/

https://avidlines.art/

8 minutes 52 second Episode

• Diela's style and how it expands across objkts into objects
• How Diela's brand building in Indonesia is a result of pioneers like Murakami
• Diela is a self taught artist, exploring what that means not just in terms of style but also commercial paths

Diela's twitter.

https://twitter.com/dielamaharanie

Short episode 8:31

• How Bjorn's NFT style is very contemporaneous and represents a certain art culture from modern Philippines.
• Comparison of the Filipino art scene to other neighbouring countries and both stylistic and structural similarities and differences
• The Filipino NFT scene and talking about the impact of Axie Infinity the game has on the country and specifically Gabby Dizon's Yield Guild

Links of resources mentioned in podcast

Bjorn Calleja

https://linktr.ee/bjorncalleja

Gabby Dizon

https://twitter.com/gabusch

Axie infinity

https://axieinfinity.com/

Damien Hirst released a $20m drop called "The currency" on Heni.com. Sabretooth and Kizu review the drop and discuss;

• The $2000 per piece and $20m project price tag, is it worth it?
• How the art of "The currency" fits with the historical context of Hirst's works
• The possible motivations of Hirst to do an NFT drop at this stage in his career
• The possible emergence of NFT vs Crypto market cycle timings
• The gatekeeping mechanism in this drop vs traditional art scene
• The mechanics of the interaction between the NFT and Physical prints in this drop and how to think about the game theory involved.
• The problems associated with bridging NFTs across blockchains
• PREDICTIONS: Which pieces are going to worth the most
• PREDICTIONS: Which traits will drive price appreciation