Investing in Culture: Digital Art, NFTs & The Future of Collecting

Ben Roy, co-founder of Accelerate Art, and R4v3n, artist/engineer, are joined by Eli Scheinman to discuss how narratives can often shape sentiment and culture. Topics include: consumer crypto trends in digital art, revisiting Ben’s “Fat Cryptopunks Thesis” in 2024, and, as always, a look inside our guests’ Vaults. Thumbnail Art: ➤ "a distance overlooked" by 0xdiid Artists Mentioned: ➤ Kim Asendorf ➤ 0xdiid ➤ Jimmy Herdberg ➤ Andrew Semark ➤ Lucas Rey ➤ Larva Labs ➤ Dmitri YouTube Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:30 - Recently Collected 08:20 - Investing in Culture 18:00 - NFT Money Flow 21:35 - Fat Punks Thesis 25:25 - What's in Your Vault Recently Collected Choices: ➤ R4v3n: Reading a book by Kim Asendorf https://x.com/kimasendorf https://www.fxhash.xyz/marketplace/generative/86 ➤ Ben Roy: VeilOfFrequencies by Lucas Rey https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/0x08168Cc18064d66D864ACAC0950AbCe8841737c3 ➤ Eli: a distance overlooked by 0xdiid https://foundation.app/mint/eth/0x54547CE00e762e60027257C4fAd00e84045FEe54/8 What’s in Your Vault Choices: ➤ R4v3n: Growing Mind #1 by Jimmy Herdberg (no X account) ➤ Ben Roy: Hollow by Andrew Semark https://x.com/Anjsemark