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NFT Collectors series - 3/x - Chris Wallace - Tezos to Woodies
Episode interview with Chris Wallace, find his Twitter chriswallace and check out his new project Woodies
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[1:02 – 2:27] Chris got into NFTs in March of 2021 when a friend invited him to the Foundation platform with a creator invite. He started posting pieces and people were buying them. From there he got really involved in Tezos with Hic et Nunc (HEN). He now has about 3500 NFTs.
[2:50 – 5:32] As artists were looking for a greener solution to NFTs, Hic et Nunc launched. Chris saw value in this system as it favored proof-of-stake instead of proof-of-work. He also thought it was cool that it went beyond the 10,000 piece generative projects that were popular in April 2021 and that in general it just felt like a more creative and underground spot. Affordability and getting a better ROI were also contributing factors.
[5:46 – 8:22] Where on Ethereum artists may stick to generative or collective approaches that attract more money, with Tezos and HEN, minting is more affordable which is providing artist with an outlet that allows them to put out more interesting and experimental works. Chris gives the example of seeing really interesting GAN works on Tezos.
[8:22 – 9:57] The cost of minting has encouraged artists to have multiple personas or sub-portfolios, almost as if they had split-personalities. In a way this correlates with the traditional art world where, sometimes artists will prefer to work with smaller art fairs as it allows them to create without the heavy pressure of producing something more commercial.
[11:05 - ] Chris’s projects like Ultra DAO and Woodies are on Ethereum because at the time his developers had more experience writing in the Ethereum ecosystem and there were few smart contracts on Tezos.
The creation of Woodies started as a joke when artist Lucréce posted on Twitter he was going to sell planks of wood and use the money to buy a house. The idea advanced, artist from the Ultra DAO group got together, then artist J-838 really perfected the image with his drawings which reflected a more humanoid figure.
[15:13 – 18:50]
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Episode interview with Chris Wallace, find his Twitter chriswallace and check out his new project Woodies
Time Stamps
[1:02 – 2:27] Chris got into NFTs in March of 2021 when a friend invited him to the Foundation platform with a creator invite. He started posting pieces and people were buying them. From there he got really involved in Tezos with Hic et Nunc (HEN). He now has about 3500 NFTs.
[2:50 – 5:32] As artists were looking for a greener solution to NFTs, Hic et Nunc launched. Chris saw value in this system as it favored proof-of-stake instead of proof-of-work. He also thought it was cool that it went beyond the 10,000 piece generative projects that were popular in April 2021 and that in general it just felt like a more creative and underground spot. Affordability and getting a better ROI were also contributing factors.
[5:46 – 8:22] Where on Ethereum artists may stick to generative or collective approaches that attract more money, with Tezos and HEN, minting is more affordable which is providing artist with an outlet that allows them to put out more interesting and experimental works. Chris gives the example of seeing really interesting GAN works on Tezos.
[8:22 – 9:57] The cost of minting has encouraged artists to have multiple personas or sub-portfolios, almost as if they had split-personalities. In a way this correlates with the traditional art world where, sometimes artists will prefer to work with smaller art fairs as it allows them to create without the heavy pressure of producing something more commercial.
[11:05 - ] Chris’s projects like Ultra DAO and Woodies are on Ethereum because at the time his developers had more experience writing in the Ethereum ecosystem and there were few smart contracts on Tezos.
The creation of Woodies started as a joke when artist Lucréce posted on Twitter he was going to sell planks of wood and use the money to buy a house. The idea advanced, artist from the Ultra DAO group got together, then artist J-838 really perfected the image with his drawings which reflected a more humanoid figure.
[15:13 – 18:50]