Waiting To Be Signed Willpop + Trinity

E114 of WTBS is live! This week we discuss:


Trinity isn't sleeping, we had a huge week of recording & Will is going to Japan
A peak behind the curtain of our interview process
Is art made by code a gimmick?
What is 'excellence' and can you have excellent art without any context?
Lonliboy on originality in blockchain art and collectors finally becoming educated
and his follow-up or companion thread
On A New Aesthetics of Seriality by Holladay Saltz
Archetypes by Pixel Symphony (fxhash, base)
More discussion of Vacation by Roope & looking ahead to Alejandro's Fantasia as well

Thank you for listening, see you all when I am back from Japan!

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Episode Art: Rings Genesis, Interaction - 2019 by Nick Kruder

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

WTBS is thrilled to have Iskra Velitchkova in the virtual studio for a long-overdue interview! In this episode we discuss:


Iskra's background in art, coding & data science and how she transitioned to creating art full time.
Finding inspiration to start working through books & "The Pause"
The connections of places to moments in Iskra's work & the transition to 'long form' generative art with Uninhabitable.
Will we ever recapture that feeling of HEN & early fx(hash) community?
Defining success and deciding between chains and platforms to release projects
The 'generative religion' of the NFT collector base & how collectors evaluate and define what they want to buy
The big question: What can we learn about ourselves through technology?
The potential to incorporate data into future projects
What might we see (or smell) from Iskra in the future?
The personal choice & struggle around committing to art as a career
A very brief Rapid Fire!

Thanks to Iskra for coming on the show and sharing so much with us. Follow her on Twitter @pointline_ to keep up with her work and learn more about her on her website iskraovelitchkova.com

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Episode Art: Psychedelic chicken à la mode by Iskra

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

WTBS Is back with E113. This week we discuss:


The virtues of longboarding
g l y p h breaking the unofficial record for biggest genart project ever
Camille Roux starts a genart voicemail podcast!
Base announces OnChain Summer 2
Burning out on crypto, hating on the Fantasy Top shilling & all the new tipping meme coins
OpenSea stats are not looking good
Tack Line Torn on new platform Intrinsic.Art
Displaced by Rob Scalera
Civic Nostalgia by 0xBenji
Allegro by PixelWank
Collection by Serezha Galkin
Strange Loops by Mark Webster
The dual-chain particle project from nonfigurativ looks to finally be coming to fx(hash) + other Looking Ahead

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Episode Art: Card #188 by Serezha Galkin

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

Back at it with 112b! In this episode we discuss:


Collect this episode on pods.media for your chance to win Aux Arbes #54933 by Zancan
Aleksandra named as new Head of Art at Trillitech
Our interview with Rich & Rick dropped!
Rules of the Game by Mike Neff & TENDER on Verse
Under The Mask, Another by Ty Vek on Highlight
{yes, yes, no, yes} by Anna Lucia on fx(hash)
Trying to discuss all the art release as part of the Bright Moments Venice Finale
Autoscope by Erik Swahn on Verse
Past Forward by John Wubbushi x TENDER on Verse + Clown Vamp's appreciation Tweet
Week After Week, our collab with Whitekross, finally releases + mints out!
g l y p h by punevyr on fx(hash) -- now over 100k minted!
Hearthstone Battlegrounds talk

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Episode Art: Week After Week #69 by Whitekross

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

Rich & Rick, two legendary fx(hash) collaborators, finally get the WTBS treatment! In this episode we discuss:


Their backgrounds as artists and the origin of their collaborative practice
The story behind 'Miniscapes', their first collab project on fx(hash)
Their collaborative process and how Rich brings the "generative-ness" to Rick's design & aesthetic + the challenges of adaptation.
The story of Acequia and breaking through to a wider set of collectors outside of fx(hash)
The process behind IsoMetro, their upcoming release, and how they came to release with 8NAP
Will there be cars in IsoMetro & how it relates to Acequia
How do Rich & Rick think about the market now, picking platforms and chains for release
Rich "accidentally" donating his only Acequia to WTBS
Rapid Fire!

Thanks to Rich & Rick for coming on the show! Check out their upcoming relase, IsoMetro, on 8NAP Art

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Episode Art: IsoMetro WIP courtesy of Rich & Rick

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

Join us as we welcome fx(hash) & overall genart legend Erik Swahn to his very first podcast appearance! We have been fans and collectors of Erik for 2+ years now and are thrilled to have him on the show to discuss his practice & upcoming release, Autoscope, on Verse

In this episode we discuss:


Erik's background in art & coding and how he discovered NFTs as a way to release his work
Erik's earliest fx(hash) releases, Retrogrades and Disegnatori, and how they play into the overall themes of his work
Farbteiler's origin as a synesthetic system for learning piano + palettes and color construction
Punktwelt, Fields & Erik's current style as it has evolved from Farbteiler
Embracing 'Collector Curated' as a mechanism for release & collectors hitting the mark in their selections
Maintaining a consistent visual style without fatiguing collectors
Autoscope on Verse & adding animation to create a sense of place to the work
Releasing with Verse for Erik's last 3 projects and how he thinks about platforms and blockchains
Rapid Fire!

Thanks to Erik for coming on the show! Follow him on Twitter @erikswahn and on Farcaster @erikswahn to keep up with his work.

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Episode Art: Autoscope seed by Erik Swahn, TBD if it will be minted :)

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank