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Discussing the latest news in digital art with Leyla Fakhr and Jamie Gourlay.

  1. 4 gg fa

    Trevor Paglen: curating Basel Switzerland’s first Zero 10

    00:18 - Welcome Trevor Paglen 01:17 - Co-curating Zero 10 Basel 03:34 - Beyond labels and distinctions 05:36 - Blending traditional and digital audiences 08:45 - A blockchain agnostic view 11:44 - NFTs, legitimacy and cultural perception  15:08 - How the art world has shifted  18:00 - The collapse of the mid-tier gallery  20:45 - NFTs as an alternative path for artists   22:58 - Selecting artists for Zero 10  27:00 - Why digital galleries do fairs  31:00 - Presenting digitally first work in a physical context  32:29 - Verse as a cultural archive for the internet  35:00 - Art, collecting and cultural stigma 36:55 - What success looks like at Zero 10 Basel 40:04 - Programme highlights https://x.com/trevorpaglen

    43 min

  2. 5 gg fa

    Jalil: Visualise Value, Checks and a new auction house for Cryptopunks

    00:24 - Welcome Jalil  03:29 - From art to coding  07:04 - Finding Web3 and NFTs  08:05 - Finding Visualize Value and community   14:01 - The Permissionless Apprentice and connecting with Jack  18:47 - Embracing Ethereum and learning Solidity  22:10 - Scapes   24:24 - Experiencing the NFT boom   29:46 - From rock bottom to Checks   35:08 - Building the Checks contracts   39:39 - How Checks works  41:53 - Rarity, MEV risk and gaming the system  43:26 - From Checks to Opepen and an ongoing collaboration   44:24 - Creative roles, collaboration and ego  45:58 - The impact of AI on Jalil's practice  50:38 - Obsession as a path to exceptionalism   53:58 - Exploring an individual art practice again      56:43 - CryptoPunks V1 and V2  01:00:50 - Fixing V1 trading on-chain and the issue with wrappers  01:04:22 - V1 drama and shifting views on IP  01:09:33 - The birth of Networked  01:14:32 - Building for wider understanding with EVM Now   01:18:40 - A new auction house for Punks  01:21:01 - New launches and ideas at Verse   Scapes: https://scapes.xyz/  https://jack.art/checks-originals  https://opepen.art/  https://x.com/jalilwahdat

    1h 26m

  3. 8 giu

    Nuclear Samurai: BRAINROT

    00:14 - Welcome Nuclear Samurai 02:51 - Expectations going into the mint  06:13 - Why choose Verse for BRAINROT  08:59 - Early explorations in digital art   11:59 - Fine art to fashion photography   16:04 - Rediscovering NFTs in 2022 17:30 - Finding community on X 20:27 - New technologies and artistic freedom  24:21 - Cultivating a broad audience  28:03 - The Artist as a Founder    29:14 - The importance of a considered rollout   33:28 - Timing the drop, attention, and outreach  36:50 - How trends shape culture  38:28 - Scaling the work  41:06 - The power of a custom contract  42:51 - The next steps for BRAINROT  46:34 - Community and Discord plans 47:55 - Why BRAINROT resonated so widely   53:29 - Zeitgeists and references  Nuclear Samurai: https://x.com/nuclearsamurai BRAINROT: https://verse.works/series/brainrot-by-nuclear-samurai

    57 min

  4. 29 apr

    sssluke and Brian Droitcour: New Bad Image

    00:18 - Welcome Brian Droitcour and sssluke 02:50 - Burnout and returning online 04:50 - Brian and the origins of Outland 07:54 - A mismatch in value systems and the importance of critique  10:03 - Outland's relaunch as a nonprofit 12:41 - How important are NFTs to digital art  15:46 - Why try to bridge different art worlds  21:11 - New Bad Image 22:27 - Evil Biscuit and the avant scene  25:51 - Trait Maxing, Mythmaking and the birth of new movements 29:10 - The meaning of New Bad Image 31:39 - Brian on schizocollage   35:37 - Rejecting the good image 39:04 - Curating a group show 42:00 - Emergent online culture 46:54 - Why subculture matters  50:27 - Where credibility comes from today 54:30 - Art as collectibles  56:29 - After the Art World and Drifella III 58:41 - The goal of New Bad Image  01:01:45 - Following a curatorial path  01:03:14 - Collaborating with Andreas Gysin  01:05:30 - The state of the space sssluke: https://x.com/sssluke1 Brian Droitcour: https://x.com/briandroitcour After the Art World: https://outlandart.substack.com/p/after-the-art-world-part-1  Brian's thread on schizocollage: https://x.com/briandroitcour/status/1932829548720369949

    1h 11m

  5. 13 apr

    Simon Hudson and Justin Gilanyi: cultural architecture, patronage and Art Basel Hong Kong

    00:30 - Welcome Simon Hudson and Justin Gilanyi  05:32 - Building cultural architecture   06:46 - How Justin and Simon met   10:33 - Art Basel Hong Kong group dynamics   11:55 - A collaborative mindset   12:47 - Comparing the energy in Miami and Hong Kong  14:58 - Botto installation lessons  18:54 - Pre-sales and fair prep   20:55 - New gallery models working with fairs    24:00 - Exposure costs and thinking long-term     29:26 - Focusing on patronage and support  31:20 - Adapting to the Art Basel environment  35:49 - New collectors, immersive work and tiered entry points  37:31 - The art world's multiple centres  39:25 - Jack Butcher's Work, Luck, Play  42:43 - Balancing online and physical worlds  44:44 - Fair economics and infrastructure  46:50 - Botto, CNN, and moving beyond the crypto space  51:30 - The Botto token and novel patronage models   53:25 - Strategy for future fairs   Justin Gilanyi: https://x.com/justingilanyi  Simon Hudson: https://x.com/hudsonsims

    1h 1min

  6. 22 mar

    Tabor Robak and Harvey Rayner: from Human Resources to Art Basel Hong Kong

    00:23 - Welcome Harvey Rayner and Tabor Robak 01:40 - Human Resources launch and mint-out 04:44 - Tabor's thoughts post-mint 07:00 - Organic growth, communication and momentum building 09:00 - First reactions: risk, confusion and conceptual clarity 11:00 - Roleplay, identity and embodying PFPs 13:00 - Timing, AI and why the project works now 15:00 - The state of PFP culture and shifting expectations 17:00 - Market dynamics and collecting behaviour 19:00 - Collecting as belief in the artist, not just the asset 21:00 - Risk, politics and performing identity online 23:00 - Narrative construction and PFPs as creative tools  28:00 - Clowns, anti-status and rejecting “cool” aesthetics 33:00 - Mr Happy and corporate ideology 34:30 - What's next for Human Resources? 35:00 - Tabcorp as an art company and long-term vision 37:00 - Expansion, tools and the limits of the ecosystem 39:00 - Gender, identity and ethical boundaries 42:00 - Harvey on ChatFUKR, PFP fatigue and lessons learned 45:00 - Community management, responsibility and burnout 47:00 - New collectors and shifting audience dynamics 49:00 - Phase two and sustaining long-term value 51:00 - Glitches, clones and technical refinement 53:00 - Subjective rarity, provenance and long-term meaning 56:00 - Maintaining momentum 58:00 - Balancing engagement with artistic practice 01:00:00 - Institutional context and gallery reception 01:01:50 - Harvey on Art Basel Hong Kong and physical work  01:04:30 - Translating digital practice into physical space 01:07:00 - Presentation, scale and audience perception 01:09:30 - Series mechanics and live minting  01:10:55 - Focusing on accessible art for a more traditional collector base  01:15:40 - The power of the modern print process  01:19:15 - Finding positivity amid market swings  01:22:55 - Social media and the politics of art   https://x.com/harvey_rayner  https://x.com/taborrobak  https://www.taborrobak.com  https://rayner.art

    1h 28m

  7. 25 feb

    Abigail Miller and Micol Ap: sustainability, growth and long-term thinking

    00:20 - Welcome Abigail Miller and Micol 01:07 - Micol’s journey into digital art and NFTs 02:20 - From corporate to crypto art 04:12 - Expectations and burnout 05:26 - Abigail’s background 06:26 - The Fulbright program, Russia and cultural diplomacy  09:32 - Crypto roots and art school 11:07 - Space struggles and growth 14:25 - Echo chamber and reset 18:46 - Financialization vs. experimentation 21:28 - Changes in identity, fame and cultural experience 23:54 - Art Basel Miami and Zero10  27:11 - The missing middle ground for artists 30:53 - Avant Arte operations 36:01 - Artists, curators and different value propositions 40:41 - Industry challenges behind the scenes  41:33 - Vertical’s hard lessons 45:10 - Building in public 45:36 - Feeling on the periphery of the community 47:46 - Women going quiet 49:18 - Social media burnout 56:09 - Beyond Twitter, IRLs and mailing lists  58:09 - Why female artists tend to be under represented   01:06:05 - Bro culture and access 01:10:24 - Sustainability and long-term thinking  01:12:37 - Women supporting women 01:22:03 - Checks, balances and ensuring growth  https://x.com/micolmicolmicol  https://x.com/proofofgail https://x.com/avant_arte

    1h 25m

  8. 15 feb

    Jack Butcher, Adrian Pocobelli and Emir Dino: The shifting state of the digital art market

    00:24 - Verse Talks returns 02:55 - The state of affairs in digital art 04:40 - Launching new work, market cycles and algorithm whiplash 07:56 - Focusing on the internet as a canvas  09:15 - The difficulty in bridging crypto and wider internet culture  16:15 - Where are all the new artists post Art Basel's success?  17:55 - Crypto liquidity and its impact on the digital art market   20:34 - Building a diversified practice  22:35 - Has there been a shift in Jack's audience post Art Basel Miami? 28:40 - Over-indexing on institutions, the same names and public fatigue 31:27 - What actually changed after Art Basel Miami? 35:57 - Moving beyond Crypto Twitter  37:20 - Parallels between institutions interacting with crypto art and BTC's adoption by TradFi  42:09 - The benefit of releasing work into a quiet market  45:45 - Is 2020–21 Ethereum culture dying? 49:53 - The SILK model: global events, Eastern markets and physical-first collabs 52:48 - Jack Butcher at Art Basel Hong Kong 01:00:28 - Batsoupyum, cabals and treating money as meaning 01:03:55 - An argument for looking outside the echo chamber   01:06:41 - NFT aesthetics and the BAYC era 01:07:21 - Crypto art vs. art on the blockchain 01:08:13 - Node’s opening 01:10:42 - SuperRare's new exhibition, "We Have Digital Art At Home" 01:12:01 - Why Art Basel is so hard: costs and risks 01:13:33 - Bridging to the traditional art world and expanding beyond our bubble 01:17:24 - Martín Bruce's GEOCITIES auction 01:20:23 - Fresh blood, new energy and what’s next  https://x.com/pocobelli https://x.com/jackbutcher  https://x.com/DnoTAO  https://silkarthouse.com/

    1h 26m
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Discussing the latest news in digital art with Leyla Fakhr and Jamie Gourlay.

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    Verse
  • Anni di attività
    2024 - 2026
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