Waiting To Be Signed

By Willpop + Trinity

Waiting To Be Signed is a weekly podcast about generative art on the blockchain. Every week we release an episode covering new releases we love, the news & happenings of the space, hot topics &... more

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August 04, 2023 Living With Images: Interview with Zach Lieberman
Another hot interview to end the August podcast hiatus. Will & Trinity had the excellent opportunity to sit down with Zach Lieberman just ahead of his Verse Solos exhibition, Studies in Color, Light and Geometry. We talk to Zach about using the blockchain to preserve art, what he looks for when curating work for release, the challenges of long form, the importance of prints and much more. We hope you enjoy this episode. Big thanks to Zach for taking the time to record with us!
Follow Zach on Twitter @zachlieberman and instagram to check out all the amazing works in progress he shares.
Follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and instagram @waitingtobesigned
Consider donating to support the show: wtbs.eth and wtbs.tez
Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank
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49min
July 30, 2023 Creating Decentralized Art: Interview with Harvey Rayner
Trinity & Will sit down with Harvey Rayner for a special interview episode. We dig into Harvey's background in art and coding, obsession with geometry, generative color, and his upcoming Verse Solos exhibition, Quasi Dragon Studies. It was particularly fun for us to discuss the unique release and building components of QDS, Harvey's hopes and fears for the project, and a nice detour into our shared passion for bouldering :)
Big thanks to Harvey for coming on the show and to the Verse team for helping bring us together.
Follow Harvey on Twitter @harvey_rayner and check out his other work at pattern.co
Follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and consider donating to the show at wtbs.tez or wtbs.eth
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1h 5min
July 28, 2023Unlocking A Generative Future: Interview with Ciphrd, Founder of fx(hash)
Will and Trinity are joined by fx(hash) founder Ciphrd for the third time. There has been a lot happening behind the scenes an the fx(hash) team is ready to share some big announcements as well as some of their future plans for the platform. In this episode we discuss:
Ciphrd's excitement for the potential of fx(params)

fx(hash) bringing on new developers and shifting focus to collector tools

fx(hash) funding announcement!!!

fx(hash) 2.0, the Ethereum integrations & the current state of the generative art NFT ecosystem.

The differences between ETH & TEZ, on-chain art and IPFS

How the move to ETH could impact Tezos

How fx(hash) might evolve to survive the next bear market

New Ciphrd drop?
Follow fx(hash) on twitter @fx_hash_
Follow us on twitter @waitingtosign
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56min
July 12, 2023The Technology of Poetry: Interview with Sasha Stiles & Nathaniel Stern
Will & Trinity sit down with creative partners Sasha Stiles (sashastiles.com) & Nathaniel Stern (nathanielstern.com) for an epic interview. In this episode we discuss:
The creative background of both artists and how they came to become collaborators

Nathaniel's "The World After Us" show

Sasha's relationship with A.I. as a collaborator and student

What is poetry and how is it influenced by new media disciplines

Using Midjourney & Stable Diffusion & the issues and appeal of prompt-based systems

Mother Computer & exploring the relationship between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence

A.I. Language models and entering the era of the next great language leap\

The challenges of selling ambitious work in the NFT ecosystem & the forces of value

The story of 0RAL B1N4RY on fx(hash)

Pushing back on what "generative art" looks like

The potential of fx(params)

Sci-Fi recommendations!
Follow Sasha on Twitter @sashastiles and follow Nathaniel @nathanielstern
Check out (and consider minting) their Art Blocks Curated release Still Moving
Find their Tezos work on fx(hash) here and here and on OBJKT here and here
Follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and Instagram/Threads @waitingtobesigned
Consider supporting the show by donating to wtbs.tez or wtbs.eth
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1h 30min
July 02, 2023E78 - Goodbye For July
WTBS is taking a brief summer break to rest, relax, and reinvigorate the show! We will still be releasing interviews at our usual cadence & our next planned weekly episode will be for August 8. A little rundown of what we discuss in this episode:
The July Hiatus

fx(hash) 2.0 announcement... ETH is coming

On-Chain vs. IPFS and the potential implications for fx(hash) 2.0

Vera Molnar long-form generative release on Sotheby's

Quarterly Market Update!

Ty Vek is back with the "Self" trilogy

Spazio/Colore drop on Alba

Invisibles by Ismahelio & World Flag by John Gerrard on Art Blocks
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1h 2min
June 27, 2023 Digital. Mechanical. Kinetic. Materialized: Interview with Andreas Gysin
We are excited to share this interview with Andreas Gysin with you on the same day that Verse debuts their first Solos exhibition with him and his creative partner Sidi Vanetti. Their show, Materialized, showcases a variety of physical pieces along with a new long-form generative project Wayfinder. In this interview we learn the origin of the partnership between Andreas and Sidi, their obsession with restrictions, the semiotics of ascii art, and plenty more.
Learn more about Andreas and Sidi on their website
Follow Andreas on Twitter @andreasgysin and check out his personal website as well https://ertdfgcvb.xyz/
Twitter: @WaitingToSign
Instagram: @waitingtobesigned
Donations: wtbs.tez && wtbs.eth
Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0
Outro music "Always Be Listed" by Pixelwank
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1h 10min
June 25, 2023E77 - "Cue the Olivia"
Good friends, good art, good audio, good times. This week your hosts are "getting physical" with the launch of redeemable tokens on fx(hash)! In this episode we discuss, in roughly this order:
Car trips and the Otherworld podcast

Redeemable tokens on fx(hash), the launch of fx(Versa) ++ Le Random

A little more platform talk, which is our right!

Big success with Alba's first week of the Flatlands exhibition

Trinity shills the AB Curated Dopamine Machines by Steve Pikelny

Nuages possibles by Joanie Lemercier

Who is Fakewhale and what we liked about their curated release on objkt

Somewhere in Between by GorillaSun && Si-operator by HAL09999, our two favorites from the Proof of X event releases

Machine-hearted by Ivona Tau, her first long form AI project (that we can think of)

“Simple Thoughts” exhibition by Khwampa on Verse, insane MS Paint art!
Twitter: @WaitingToSign
Instagram: @waitingtobesigned
Donations: wtbs.tez && wtbs.eth
Episode Art: Folds within Folds by Khwampa
Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0
Outro music "Always Be Listed" by Pixelwank
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1h 6min
June 18, 2023E76 - Minimum Viable Edit
Recording a little early this week with both hosts away for the weekend... this one is a little looser and longer but excellent discussion as always! In this episode we discuss:
Weekend plans + the possible connection between the Impressionist movement and the current moment in generative art

The Goose sale at Sotheby's

More open platforms on eth and whether there is real value in being on-chain

The latest Generative Architecture exhibition on Verse and how it played out, with specific discussion of the projects Draftwerk, ODA, Tekton: Optima, Funktor, Yume no Sekai
DOM1 by Leander Herzog, Milian Mori, and HEK

Shoutouts to M4LF0 by poperbu and the series of projects being released by TGAM
Twitter: @WaitingToSign
Instagram: @waitingtobesigned
Donations: wtbs.tez && wtbs.eth
Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0
Outro music "Always Be Listed" by pixelwank
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1h 21min
June 14, 2023Telling the Story of Generative Art: Interview with MonkAntony
This week we dive deep into the history of generative art with the legendary MonkAntony AKA Peter Bauman. You might know Monk from his early presence collecting on fx(hash), or his writing on Right Click Save. More recently he has joined the team at Le Random, working with them to build out the massive timeline of Everything related to generative art. In this episode we discuss:
Monk's history in art and NFTs

Monk's philosophy for collecting and how that as evolved as he has expanded his knowledge through research.

How Monk's initial writing for Tender landed him a role at Le Random

What IS Le Random, how do they collect and what are their goals?

Writing and researching the 1,000 moments that make up the Generative Art Timeline

The origin of the MonkAntony name, how to say it, and other Rapid Fire questions.
Follow MonkAntony on Twitter @monkantony_tez and check out his linktree to explore his writing
Follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and on Instagram @waitingtobesigned
Donate! wtbs.tez and wtbs.eth
Episode Art: Farbteiler #45 by Erik Swahn
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1h 4min
June 11, 2023E75 - Curated Critique
Big topic this week inspired by fx(params) and the various release mechanics that have been popularized in 2023. This episode we discuss:
Diablo 4 & Wildfires

Alba's successful launch

625E Fidenza sale & ArtBlocks latest Neural Sediments by Eko33

Big Topic: Artist Curated vs Collector Curated vs Longform release strategies

Kriller.com

Axiomata by Vazk0

Upcoming Generative Architecture show on Verse

NFC Lisbon projects: Before the Storm by Leonardo Solaas, Rooted by M.J. Lindow, Slice of Life by elsif & Rosarium by ella
Twitter: @WaitingToSign
Instagram: @waitingtobesigned
Donations: wtbs.tez && wtbs.eth
Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0
Outro music "Always Be Listed" by Pixelwank
...more
1h 8min

FAQs about Waiting To Be Signed:

How many episodes does Waiting To Be Signed have?

The podcast currently has 203 episodes available.