On Street Art Collector today, Stephanie O'Brien sits down with Sebastien Rouby: Co-Founder of an exciting new street art NFT platform called streetlab.io, which launched back in May 2022 with Mexican street artist Yescka as the lead artist producing the Genesis collection for the platform.

Streetlab.io is a decentralised platform that supports street artists entering the NFT scene with a suite of tools, a huge community and a specialised focus on street art.

On this episode, Sebastien helps us to better understand Streetlab.io, decentralisation and the seriously cool functionality and focus of the platform.

Streetlab.io online:

• Introduction video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XIi26AuhWVYVVO2mXA3oBrUoDffSCbE4/view?usp=sharing
• Website: https://streetlab.io/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Streetlab_io
• Discord: discord.gg/F5eRJCYj2U
• Roadmap: https://medium.com/@streetlab.io/streetlab-io-roadmap-3f816350da5f

Podcast producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/
• https://www.instagram.com/stephanieob/

NFTs are hailed for their ability to help graffiti and street artists to preserve and share their art long after its time is done in the physical world. It's a way to monetise their practice and gain support from their fans to continue their work.

On the flip side, it's also a way to track that same work. For graffiti writers and artists doing illegal public art, this presents a dilemma. Every mint is essentially criminal evidence.

Leander and I discuss these two sides in detail and offer advice for artists and writers exploring the space.

In the graffiti scene for some 15 years, Migwel fell in love with public art and works day and night, pursuing a career of creativity doing graphic design, digital art, murals, and most recently, NFTs.

Easily recognisable by his playful-looking artworks, Migwel's characters are pure joy, with extra layers hidden under the surface for those who care to look deeper.

As an avid digital artist, we speak about his foray into NFTs and how someone so prevalent in the digital space already has found navigating the blockchain.

Migwel online:

• https://migwel-art.com/
• https://migwel.bigcartel.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/julienmigwel/
• https://www.instagram.com/skinjackin/
• https://www.instagram.com/visitors_crew/
• https://www.instagram.com/wallkanda/

Podcast producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/

Producing graffiti since 1999 and turning to stencils, Linocut and Screen Printing in the 2000s, TONA has spent decades examining the place of art in the urban environment, how people respond and the way the piece can evolve under the eye of time.

On the podcast, TONA talks about the beauty of decay, the authenticity of children, and his thoughts on the world, our future, and the opportunities he sees in NFTs.

TONA online:

• https://www.instagram.com/tona_one/

Podcast producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/

Producing graffiti and street art on the streets as well as in the digital realm, Diego Bergia is doing graf work you've probably never imagined existed. If you've played Tony Hawk's latest video game, you'll see Diego's graffiti all over the game. Serendipitously, he's become the guy that people go to to place graffiti into digital spaces.

On this episode, Diego talks about how natural his career has been and how his lifelong love of animation, graffiti and arcade games merged together into the most NFT perfect project before NFTs even came into his consciousness.

Diego Bergia online:

• https://www.instagram.com/diego_bergia/
• https://linktr.ee/diego_bergia
• https://opensea.io/collection/throwiez

Podcast producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/

Falko, a.k.a. Falko1 or Falko Fantastic, is a leader in the graffiti and street art movement in South Africa, one of just five there from the beginning who has seen it develop as he has developed along with it. Teaching himself how to make digital artworks and going through all the bumps and bruises that come with exploring on his own, Falko shares stories of the highs and lows as an artist and NFT maker.

Falko online:

• https://www.instagram.com/falko1graffiti/
• https://www.facebook.com/FalkoOneGraffiti
• https://opensea.io/collection/falko-fantastic-collection

Podcast producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/

Jesse Smith is a multi-dimensional artist who has had a fascinating artistic career, including a few stints on the reality TV series, Ink Master, where he built an international reputation for his tattooing skills and his iconic characters; creatures from a fictional continent with an epic backstory that makes every piece totally unique and enchanting.

His latest artistic evolution is stepping into the NFT space and taking his fictitious world to create a digital scavenger hunt through his continent, Carkayous.

Obsessively pouring his energy into NFTs, Jesse has become a huge fountain of knowledge. This is an excellent interview to help paint a real-world picture of what NFTs mean for artists and the reshaping of ownership and authentication beyond just art.

Jesse Smith online:

• https://jessesmithtattoos.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/jessesmithtattoos/
• https://www.facebook.com/jessesmithtattoo
• https://twitter.com/jessesmithart

Carkayous:

• https://www.carkayous.com/
• https://discord.com/invite/Carkayous
• https://www.instagram.com/carkayous/
• https://twitter.com/carkayous

Loose Screw Tattoo

• https://loosescrewtattoo.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/loosescrewtattoo/

One Trick Pony clothing brand:

• https://onetrickponybrand.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/onetrickponybrand/

Giving Arts Foundation:

• https://givingartsfoundation.org/
• https://www.instagram.com/givingartsfoundation/

Richmond Tattoo Convention:

• https://richmondtattooconvention.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/richmondtattooconvention/

Producer and sponsor links:

• https://www.totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.instagram.com/splatrsart/

Today Yescka is embarking on a new frontier into the online realm, launching his first NFT collection with Streetlab.io on the 15th of May 2022.

Tune in to hear his thoughts on creating art with impact, how we can all be more conscious about how we consume art and why he is expanding his skills into the digital world to benefit his physical world initiatives.

Yescka online:

• www.yescka.com
• https://streetlab.io/
• https://www.facebook.com/yescka.art
• https://www.instagram.com/yescka_art/

Totemo:

• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.totemo.art/

Travelling the world painting his monsters, KIWIE is an example of the NFT promise for street artists. Combining physical work with digital assets, he crafts NFT projects worldwide, mints them and commercialises his craft through their sale.

On the podcast, he chats about how he reached this point and the life lessons that keep him driving ahead.

KIWIE online:

• https://www.instagram.com/kiwie/
• https://twitter.com/KIWIE1001
• https://kiwie1001.com/
• https://kiwie.com/
• https://www.behance.net/KIWIE
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIWIE
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfesgRqXjXth7eB0B6uIsQQ
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ZfqZnhP5ALt4x6b6VgCjA

Support Ukraine:

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OlZIz-72A2xI2uUOFE07L5ObQGP4JDcXZ2vdIs2P9BQ/mobilebasic

Totemo:

• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.totemo.art/

La Mano Fria has been involved in music and art for decades. He formed his roots in New York's graffiti scene, developed into silk screening and has enjoyed a career in the underground arts scene creating music and art that speaks to social issues, making the unknown known.

In addition to his varied background and entertaining stories, La Mano Fria is a guy with a solid sense of self. He lives in the digital age exactly as he wants to live, without a phone and without a worry. So how does a phoneless person work with NFTs? La Mano Fria helps us find out.

La Mano Fria online:

• ​​https://linktr.ee/lamanofria

Totemo:

• https://www.instagram.com/totemo.art/
• https://www.totemo.art/