Verse Talks

01:03 - Hunting for deals 

02:47 - A market slump's effect on cultural enthusiasm 

06:40 - Reassessing pricing and expanding the collector base 

10:10 - Buying the top and catching falling knives 

14:26 - Managing liquidity 

15:46 - Navigating the market as an artist 

19:22 - New mediums, new metas and perspectives 

24:04 - Approaching historical context as a curator 

32:15 - Watching the exit 

33:30 - The market and creativity 

35:29 - Total abundance and the All In Podcast 

42:44 - Pacing and sustainability 

48:35 - Artist highlights 

52:00 - Verse rundown 

Obtainer: https://x.com/obtainer 

Kat the Poet Engineer: https://x.com/poetengineer 

bjorn calleja: https://x.com/bjorncalleja 

stoopid avatar: https://x.com/stoopidavatar 

Iskra Velitchkova: https://x.com/pointline 

elements of air: https://x.com/pointline_/status/1897615862984589505?s=46&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t-FfRQw 

All In episode 218: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-in-with-chamath-jason-sacks-friedberg/id1502871393?i=1000698337313 

03:00 - The Giraffe, debate, drama and narrative 

07:37 - Understanding and the value of participation 

11:19 - Pretension vs fun

16:15 - Freedom of expression and new value systems 

22:43 - The Funny Guys, Monk Antony and Le Random 

25:48 - Historic importance 

30:00 - Research, criticality and ignoring hype 

32:50 - Diving into Kaloh's tweet - the team's 2 ETH picks 

46:30 - The difficulty of building in the space 

54:20 - The impact of markets and cycles on collecting 

56:55 - Mainstream understanding and expanding the collector base 

01:02:00 - Embracing and exploring both cultural sphere's 

01:05:50 - Diving into Eli's tweet - the team's picks 

01:09:18 - Higgs, Christie's and the last week' s releases 

01:13:15 - Verse rundown 

01:16:16 - Artist highlights 

Computer Critters: https://x.com/beachsideufo 

littlecakes: https://x.com/evrythngissoft 

Canek Zapata: https://x.com/canekzapata 

Peter The Roman: https://x.com/peterthe_roman

Gozo: https://x.com/uncertaingaze 

Tuukzs: https://x.com/tuukzs 

José Narciso: https://x.com/narcisojuse

01:40 - Embracing Web3's rollercoaster 

03:20 - Navigating the intensity and finding a balance 

07:57 -  Living parallel lives 

10:20 - Understanding new value systems and cultural shifts 

14:14 - Opportunities within a lack of bureaucracy 

18:00 - What denotes importance 

27:00 - Grace's Tweet, competition and platform collaboration 

30:20 - AI curation, Fellowship's north star and laying paths 

36:25 - The reality of targeting a wider audience 

40:30 - Strength in diversity and listening to the artwork 

44:35 - Marketing, engagement and impact 

52:00 - Unpacking keke 

56:00 - Curating and guiding an AI Agent 

01:00:30 - The inherent potential of a machine artist 

01:02:30 - Mixed implementation of process 

01:07:55 - Collector burnout 

01:15:30 - The power of a timeline 

01:18:20 - The evolution of the Daily program 

01:24:20 - The state of the cycle 

01:27:30 - Zora and fractionalisation 

01:34:27 - Artist Highlights 

01:38:00 - Verse Rundown  

Colour Charlie: https://x.com/colour_charlie 

Skomra: https://x.com/skomra 

John Gerrard: https://x.com/john__gerrard 

01:45 - Unpacking Geometric Fluidity 

04:28 - First steps and markers

06:52 - Community, creation and curation 

09:58 - Proof of participation 

12:00 - Tensions and criticism 

16:25 - Building conversations 

20:29 - Over indexing on complexity 

24:25 - The Future of Man 

26:48 - Collector interaction 

29:45 - Artistic merit vs market value 

40:00 - Emperor's new clothes and conceptual gymnastics 

49:35 - SuperRare shutters their discord 

52:15 - Marketing, community and authenticity 

56:54 - The importance of a place for human interaction 

01:00:00 - Artist-collector interaction and support 

01:06:00 - Gallery outreach and bandwidth constraints 

01:14:35 - 22 Algorithms, The Giraffe and predictions 

01:16:42 - Artist highlights 

koneko: https://x.com/koneko_nyao 

Eddi Jones: https://x.com/eddijonesnft 

Chino Amobi: https://www.instagram.com/chinoamobi 

Mazin: https://x.com/endless_mazin 

Artie's #2316 thread: https://x.com/punk7635/status/1891997386135773388?s=46&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t-FfRQw 

01:02 - Big sales and moving beyond the bubble 

02:27 - Considered acquisitions 

04:15 - Botto evolution and the afterlife of the work 

07:09 - Thoughts on the performance and the final 22 

13:41 - Community, interaction and curation 

18:15 - The open letter to Christie's 

21:45 - Art vs Slop 

22:40 - The reality of appropriation in a contemporary practice 

24:58 - A question of degree

29:50 - Speed of development and a lack of understanding 

32:19 - Verse rundown 

38:40 - Artist highlights  

Gozo - https://x.com/uncertaingaze 

Samia Halaby -  https://www.instagram.com/samiahalaby 

Ahtamaraneze - https://x.com/ahtamaraneze 

00:40 - The market's impact 

03:15 - Chain choices and complexities 

12:00 - Early constraints and historic value 

15:20 - Is marketing the new curating? 

17:15 - Defining curation 

19:16 - Communication, context and narrative 

23:20 - Differences in approach between the web3 and trad art-worlds 

28:06 - Personal connections and interactions 

30:06 - Navigating click bait and the algorithm 

35:00 - That Botto tweet 

43:13 - Artist highlights 

49:35 - Verse rundown 

0xvalent: https://x.com/0xvalent 

Canek Zapata: https://x.com/canekzapata 

Nat Sarkissian: https://x.com/_natsarkissian

Pixel Symphony: https://x.com/pixel0symphony 

xu0.xo: https://x.com/xo_xu0 

6oryachikh: https://x.com/6oryachikh 

Aleksandra Jovanic: https://x.com/alexis_o_o

Jacek Markusiewicz: https://x.com/jmarkusiewicz 

Claudia Hart: https://x.com/yesclaudiahart 

02:20 - p5 and the evolution of Botto 

10:22 - The future of governance and Botto's agency 

15:00 - Navigating the new agentic landscape 

19:25 - Botto's economy 

23:50 - Responsibility, conviction and longevity 

25:51 - Simon's motivations 

31:50 - The power of the DAO 

40:20 - p5.Botto, surprises, parallels and development 

48:36 - Possible futures and directions 

51:08 - Present day impact 

58:18 - The AI Crypto meta, noise and communication 

01:05:09 - Botto's taste and the drive to create 

02:40 - Building and hacking systems 

09:35 - The birth of Botto 

14:10 - The importance of the DAO 

18:30 - The evolution of Botto in the face of new AI development 

20:40 - Botto's persona and longevity 

25:30 - Styles, themes and periods 

27:53 - The economy of Botto, rewards and incentives 

37:45 - The genesis of P5.Botto 

41:15 - How the p5.Botto system works 

47:50 - The final 22 algorithms 

56:43 - Long term goals and possible futures 

57:48 - The tension and benefits between autonomy and governance 

01:00:39 - How much of Botto's personality comes through 

01:03:29 - How Mario sees things developing 

01:07:10 - The importance of competition 

01:25 - Crazy season 

11:25 - Kim Asendof's PXL and an upward market 

21:47 - Thinking about emerging artists 

26:25 - Striking a balance 

31:26 - Tabor Robak's Tabcorp Labs 

36:24 - Verse Rundown 

39:16 - Artist Highlights 

40:49 - Digital natives and gaming culture 

44:22 - Artist Highlights part 2 

48:40 - A chat with Jo Lawson-Tancred 

50:21 - Is the art world dead? 

53:00 - Scepticism around AI in art 

58:15 - AI within the paradigm of digital art and its culture of collecting 

01:00:08 - The advent of the art market and parallels with the digital landscape 

01:03:58 - Straddling the traditional and web3 spaces 

01:10:20 - AI as an artist 

01:14:13 - AI and The Art Market 

01:20:25 - Opacity and Transparency in the trad and web3 markets 

Kim Asendorf: https://x.com/kimasendorf 

Tabor Robak: https://x.com/TaborRobak 

John Karrel:  https://x.com/jjjjjjjjjjohn

DistCollective: https://x.com/dist_cs   

Matto: https://x.com/matto__matto

Jo Lawson-Tancred: https://x.com/jolawsontancred

AI and the Art Market
https://www.lundhumphries.com/products/ai-and-the-art-market 


     

 

   

 

 

 

 

00:37 - Ivan heads up Artist Rooms

01:50 - The excitement of a more open schedule

03:04 - Curation and focus for Artist Rooms

07:19 - Flexibility, freedom and consistency

11:13 - Thinking about what to show

14:54 - A difference in approach

20:07 - Foundations and backgrounds

32:13 - Breaking new ground with Botto

36:55 - Rodeo forging ahead

45:25 - The success of gamification

47:30 - Implications for the mainstream

50:20 - Verse rundown

50:43 - Artist highlights

Jay's Rodeo thread: https://x.com/punk7635/status/1879324354074587191?s=46

Anna  Malina: https://x.com/annaxmalina

Juanna Pedro: https://x.com/PedroJuanna

Andrea Litmus: https://x.com/andrealitmus 

Shoye: https://x.com/_SHOYE_

Molly Moon: https://www.tiktok.com/@mollymoonn2?lang=en