Waiting To Be Signed

• News: fx(hash) 2.0 ETH integration delayed, Art Basel Miami & Vera Molnar passes
• Topic: Reacting to the 2.0 delay, start-up mentality, what the fx(hash) team did right and looking forward to the proper launch on 12/14
• Will buys a grey Smollskull & HAL09999 is a favorite of the week with The WRK Paradox
• Tender & Verse crushing the Untitled fair at Art Basel Miami with the Dimensionality Exhibition, featuring work by quibibi, Zach Lieberman, Anna Lucia, Licia He, Cory Haber, Marcel Schwittlick, Emily Edelman & Aranda\Lasch
• Tezos projects still dropping on fx(hash) including Smollskulls x Monster Gaze, The Soul of Flowers & 5-Grid Compression
• Lots of mintable projects to shout out!
• Bonus Magic: The Gathering discussion :)

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Episode art from The WRK Paradox by HAL09999

We are very excited to complete the trifecta by bringing you a classic interview episode with Kim Asendorf. We are sharing this just a day before the AGH1 exhibition at Funkhaus in Berlin, where Kim is presenting work alongside Leander Herzog and Andreas Gysin. In this episode we discuss:

• Kim's background in art and coding & the journey to selling work as NFTs
• The appeal of pixels and what exactly is 'Pixel Sorting'?
• The story of Reading A Book and how it ended up on fx(hash)
• The jump to long-form after the original Monogrids series
• Pushing boundaries with art & innovation vs. what collector's might find beautiful
• The meaninglessness of being 'first' in blockchain & hopes for future appreciation of challenging artwork
• Finding the narrative of expressive artwork and naming works
• What early game & computer moments still influence Kim's work
• The story of the upcoming AGH1 exhibition
• How Kim thinks about platform & chain for releasing work in the current NFT ecosystem

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Episode Art by Kim Asendorf

Intro & Outro tracks by Pixelwank

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Episode Art: Blockendoos WIP by Piter Pasma x Tender

Intro and Outro tracks by Pixelwank

With the holiday in the US last week + the slow down as we wait for 2.0, we didn't do a normal episode... instead we went on Kaloh's Podcast to talk about about all the amazing & undervalued projects on fx(hash) for new collectors to check out. Here are links to everything we talk about:

• Zancan - Garden Monoliths, (kinder)Garden Monuments, A Bugged Forest
• William Mapan - Dragons
• Ciphrd - RGB, Ethereal Microcosm
• Kim Asendorf - Reading a Book, tr4ns4ctions, NAZCA, Zoom
• Msoriaro - Contrapuntos
• Lars Wander - Gossamer, Unfolded, Geode
• Iskra Velitchkova & Zach Lieberman - Uninhabitable, Horizon(te)s
• Yazid - Hashed Arcs, Hashed Cities, Step By Step
• Melissa Wiederrecht - Marble Opulence, Orbs, Take Wing, Zbaggeti
• Ivona Tau - Study of Atom, Mythic Latent Glitches
• Thomas Noya - VHX-1, FHX-1, The400Flips, Ciudad Central, a fortiori, CHX-1
• Jeres - Coronado
• Casey Reas - The Century-XXX Series
• Mark Knol - Smolskull
• Andreas Gysin - Towers, Device 1, Smooth Steps
• Cyril Diagne - Waxing Crescent & check out Pixelfiller
• Anna Lucia - Art For Walls In Public Spaces
• Rudxane - Bingo, Tych

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Episode art: Smolskull #15 by Mark Knol

Intro & Outro music by Pixelwank

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Episode Art: Untitled WIP from Ciphrd :)

Intro and Outro tracks by Pixelwank

• Will & Trinity hit the city for some ART! Recapping Luke Shannon's 'Seating Arrangements' opening and a Station 3 panel
• Alba comes out of beta & Dan Catt's (81-82-83-84) mints out
• A light preview of our upcoming fx(hash) 2.0 episode with Ciphrd & ajberni
• Alejandro releases his p5.brush.js library!
• Discussing the Arthur B community AMA spaces
• +GRAPH on Feral File
• Through Your Eyes auction concludes on Verse

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Episode Art: ANATOMY of a rabbit but bird #29 by Iskra Velitchkova

Intro & Outro tracks by Pixelwank

Will & Trinity sit down with Luke Shannon to discuss everything about chairs, chair-ness, and his his upcoming 'Seating Arrangements' release on Tonic.xyz

In this episode we discuss:

• Luke's background in art & coding, and how he introduced generative processes to his practice
• How algorithmic exploration unlocks new understanding of a medium
• Luke's inspiration for working on a generative chair & some of the technical aspects to describing a chair through code
• The value of friction and discomfort in designed objects
• The tie between physical and digital and the role NFTs play in Luke's work
• The longevity of blockchains and preservation

Sorry for Will's technical issues on this one :)

Big thanks to Luke for coming on the show and talking to us for so long about chairs! You can follow Luke on Twitter @luke_shannon_ and check out his website to learn more about his work.

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Episode Art: Seating Arrangements by Luke Shannon

Intro & Outro music by Pixelwank

• The Pre Auction Extravaganza episode of Nota Bene
• SBF Guilty and a reminder for anyone interest to check out coverage of the trial on the Unchained Podcast
• fx(hash) hype season officially starts with 2.0 launch date announced for December 1 and artists scheduling releases on the new Calendar feature
• Trinity gets a Tych on collection offer, one of many pieces sold by Galaxy in this latest round of sales.
• Cosmic Poems by Mark Webster on fx(hash)
• Trichro-matic by MountVitruvius on Art Blocks Curated
• Constraint by Eric Andwer on Verse
• In Conversation With live at Paris Photo and for sale on Verse
• Catching up on a lot of shoutouts

Thanks for listening as always!

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Episode Art: Trichro-matic #216 by MountVitruvius

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Marcel Schwittlick is a Berlin-based artist best known for his work with drawing machines. We have been fans of Marcel's work since we first discovered his Upward Spiral series and have been following from platform to platform since then.

In this interview we discuss:

• Marcel's background in art and coding & how he discovered NFTs
• The "generative-ness" of his work with drawing machines & building entropy with cursor lines
• Honoring pens and ink with his The Long Run series
• How the Octet performance came about & using A.I. to network 8 different plotting machines
• The influence of the Concrete art movement on Marcel's work with Luminograms & his upcoming exhibition of Composition 92 at Paris Photo (and here is a link to the Verse page for his works & others)
• Marcel's thoughts on Tezos and Ethereum, and whether he would replace a lost or destroyed physical piece for a collector

Thanks to Marcel for taking the time to speak with us for the show. You can learn more about him and his work on his website, schwittlick.net and you can follow him on Twitter @schwittlick_

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Episode Art: Composition #92 (Luminogram) #3 by Marcel Schwittlick

Intro & Outro music by Pixelwank

• Trinity visits Artmatr in Brooklyn to check out the the Reflections exhibition, curated by Tender's very own ajberni.
• fx(hash) announces their fx(hackathon) winners, 10 projects using fx(params) winning 1,000tz each!
• Rumors & Speculation: we discuss Artblocks moving to a 30% platform fee in 2024. What does this mean for AB and the the field of generative art platforms?
• Sketchbook A by William Mapan mints out near $11k a pass!
• the reGen project series on Art Blocks release in support of Alzheimer's research

Another short-ish episode, we hope you all enjoy!

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Episode Art: Sketchbook A #24 by William Mapan (minted by unclepennybags.eth)

Intro & outro music by Pixelwank

• fx(hash) releases ONCHFS starting with Tezos (on-chain projects now possible!)
• fx(hash) re-launches Instagram with our curated collection of early grail projects
• Node To Node at the Kate Vass gallery in Paris looks very cool
• Will gets another Contra
• More Sketchbook A discussion, the crazy engagement and guesses on the auction
• Apophenies by Cory Haber
• Shoutouts and looking ahead to the reGen releases on Artblocks this week.

Thanks as always for listening. You can follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and on Instagram @waitingtobesigned

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Episode Art: Dust #15 by itsGalo

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Susannah Maybank is the co-founder of Tonic.xyz, a generative art platform that is built around the production of high quality prints for each of their releases. Susannah crossed over from the legacy art world and has a passion for educating collectors about generative art & NFTs.

In this episode we discuss:

• Susannah's background and her career in the legacy art world
• The story behind the founding of Tonic and the early days of the company
• How Tonic works to cross over new collectors to the space & what the major challenges are in educating collectors around NFTs
• The challenges & process of coming up with novel print options for Tonic and what kind of engagement they are seeing on these offerings
• How Tonic identifies & pitches artists that they want to work with and what that process is like from start to release
• Will NFT art markets start to become more like traditional markets?
• The tension between market forces and algorithmic potential, and why it can be good to constrain the number of outputs for a release
• Excitement for a digitally native art movement & the need for more criticism and conversation around NFTs.

Thanks to Susannah for taking the time to come on the show!

Follow Susannah on Twitter @SusannahMaybank and follow Tonic on Twitter @Tonic_xyz to keep up with their future releases!

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Episode Art: Rhythm & The Machine #0 by Lars Wander

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

• RIP Versum
• SBF trial, book, and the Unchained podcast
• The Quarterly Update is back w/ our interpretations
• Will got into the emprops beta & Trinity's tips for using Stable Diffusion
• ONISM by Emil Corsillo on emprops
• Latitudes by Aleksandra on Highlight
• Sublimations by YULYSEUS on fx(hash)
• NS1: Sketch & NS2: Growth by Ismahelio on fx(hash)
• Looking Ahead + Thanks to our Patreons!

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Episode Art: ONISM #75 by Emil Corsillo

Intro & Outro music by Pixelwank

WTBS is pleased to bring you another exciting interview episode. We were fortunate to record with William a few weeks before his Verse Solos release, Intimacy. Unfortunately Trinity could not make the recording session for this one :(

In this episode we discuss:

• William's background in art and coding & how he found the blockchain
• The early days of Tezos & fx(hash) and how Dragons became one of the 'grail' projects of the platform.
• Anticyclone and the lessons learned from Dragons that made for his successful release on Art Blocks Curated.
• William's philosophy around trat distribution, rarity & the floor pieces of Distance, his most recent release with LACMA
• Sketchbook A & the process for writing an algorithm to mimic a physical medium
• How Sketchbook A will be released, going small, and making the leap to 'collector curated'
• How Through Your Eyes relates and contrasts with Sketchbook A
• Williams paintings, future plans for the Sketchbook series, and of course... rapid fire :)

Thanks to William for taking the time to come on the show and speak to us for this interview!

You can follow William on Twitter @williamapan and check out his linktree for more information about him and his work

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Episode Art: Through Your Eyes #2 by William Mapan

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

• Why we started a Patreon
• Trinity visits the MOMA, Refik Anadol & MOMA Postcards on Tezos
• Mapan interview recap & discussion of the drop mechanic.
• Emprops Open Beta Marketplace launches
• PRIMAL Tender collab with D/Vision7
• Rudxane continues to do cool things
• Lots of great stuff to look forward to!

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Episode Art: PRIMAL #14 by D/Vision7 & Tender

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank

• A potential trip to Miami for Art Basel + Tender's exhibition at the Untitled fair
• Verse announces their new "Galleries" feature!
• Transient Labs announces "T.R.A.C.E."
• Checking in on EmProps and their new tools
• Long Form vs Artist Curated vs "Minter Selected" releases and how they intersect with quantity and pricing (to be continued...)
• Perkwerk collab with Red Bull Racing for some successful releases, Pursuit & Echo of Intensity
• Unit London drops a hit on fx(hash): Edno, Wrappers, Sadok & Summer Daydream
• Lots of shoutouts!!!

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Episode Art is Sadok #39 by Olga.F

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Follow Nat @natemodi and Highlight @highlight_xyz

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Episode art is 1,000 True Fans from Leander Herzog's on-chain summer drop!

Intro and Outro music by PixelWank

• Risonanza⁠, the Whitecross x Tender collab (fxhash)

• Distance, William Mapan x Cactoid Labs x Lacma
• I'm Feeling Lucky, Maya Man (Verse Solo)
• fx(pottery), KilledByAPixel (mintable)
• Anfractous, Landlines (mintable)
• Zero-Player Game, Ivan Dianov (mintable)
• Remains, Ecker0

Episode Art: Distance #140 by William Mapan

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Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Follow Simon on Twitter @0xSimonSays or find him in one of the many art-related Discords like Tender or Grailers.

Check out the artists that work with Simon: Marcel Schwittlick, Zach Lieberman, & Efdot

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Episode Art by @gelo_arch

• Buying art with Canadian Dollars
• Alba going fully open, Prohibition, and continued discussion of platforms and the ecosystem in general
• Free prints for FOLD holders!
• Is art getting better in the bear market?
• The massive success of Torrent by Jeres on Art Blocks Curated
• fx(hash) shoutouts to Ligare, Omnia and Everyday Wizards
• Highlight shoutouts to ES: and sh3ll
• Looking ahead!

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Episode Art: Torrent #165 by Jeres

Intro and Outro tracks by Pixelwank

WTBS welcomes Maya Man to the show for a fantastic interview episode. Maya has an amazing Verse Solo's exhibition releasing this week, "I'm Feeling Lucky" that explores the relationship between astrology, numerology, and The Internet. Please go check it out! In this episode we discuss:

• A brief into of how Maya got into making art with code & releasing projects as NFTs
• Getting exposed to astrology in LA and the online structures of identity
• The logistics of building "I'm Feeling Lucky" and how it relates to "Fake It 'Till You Make It"
• The personal aspect of "Read It And Weep"
• Cyborgs and feminism
• Growing up online, the fear + shame of posting, and the performance of 'self' on the internet
• How astrology and generative art overlap
• Finding comfort in simulation theory and determinism
• Humor in art and the internet
• Rapid Fire Questions!

Big thanks to Maya for taking the time to record with us!

Follow Maya on Twitter @mayaonthenet and check out her website to explore her work, mayaontheinter.net

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Thanks to PixelWank for the intro & outro music!

• Mini interview with Jeres about "Torrent", their upcoming AB Curated release. We talk about the inspiration and process for creating the project, how Jeres feels about using animation in their work, the thrill of being accepted as a Curated release and what it is like working with the AB board on a drop.
• fx(hash) poll discussion: What are the pros and cons of allowing pre-rendered work on fx(hash)?
• Will pick's up a Maya Man 'Shift Reality Instantly' on fx(hash)
• Shoutouts to The Way Of Thinking by Collapsar Beauty and September Mond by Holger Lippmann, two very mintable projects on fx(hash)

Follow Jeres on Twitter @heyjeres and please do check out Torrent this week if you have the eth to mint!

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Episode Art: Sinuosity #145 by Jeres

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Will & Trinity are very excited to share this interview with Jason Bailey AKA Artnome. Jason is a long-time NFT collector and one of the earliest advocates for art on the blockchain. He is the founder of RightClickSave and ClubNFT, platforms that are helping to educate collectors on the history and preservation of digital art. In this episode we discuss:

• Jason's background in art and collecting, and how he came to discover NFTs
• The 'Artnome Effect' and the reality of collecting in public as someone with influence
• The eras of NFT cycles from a collector POV
• What it means to "back up" your NFT collection and why a collector should care to learn about how their tokens work and where the art actually lives
• Advice to artists and collectors during a bear market (and whether there is any advice to give)
• Tezos vs. Ethereum, Chain risk & platform risks during a bear market
• What it's like being a content producer during the bear market

Huge thanks for Jason to coming on and giving us so much of his time to record. Thanks as well to Danielle for helping to get us introduced.

Episode Art: Growth v02 #326 by flight404

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Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

• Babies walking and communication
• OpenSea giving up on royalties and caving to pressure from Blur... and still no Tezos integration !?!?!
• Upcoming interview with Artnome and SimonSays
• The launch of zeroone.art
• Quasi Dragon Studies by Harvey Rayner, released on Verse
• On Chain Summer kicks off on Highlight.xyz with projects from Melissa W, Leander Herzog, James Merril and Holger Lippman
• Heart + Craft launches on Prohibition
• Rhythm & The Machine by Lars Wander drops on Tonic as a slower-than-expected mint
• Rückkopplung by pxlshrd x Tender wins the week on fx(hash) with amazing secondary action
• UpredictableTaco is back on fx(hash) with Lonely Tree

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Episode art is Rückkopplung #172 owned by KenConsumer

Thanks to PixelWank for the intro and outro music!

• The unfortunate story of Ichi passing away.
• gen.art and eclipse.art shutting down.
• Coinbase's "Base" L2 on Ethereum goes live with an emphasis on art NFTs.
• Heart + Craft, an "inclusive" edition collaborative project between Snowfro and Prohibition.art
• Digits by Loren Bednar, surprise fx(hash) release
• Remnants of Humanity by Kira0 on Alba
• 923 Empty Rooms by Casey Reas, Bright Moments x Art Blocks
• SPACE\TIME by Loackme released on Verse
• KRILLER.COM releases an album on Spotify
• Tons to look ahead to, including Quasi Dragon Studies on Verse and Rhythm & The Machine on Tonic!

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Intro and outro music by Pixelwank

• fx(hash) funding announcement, our interview with Ciphrd, and deleted tweets
• Our guesses and takes of Proof Grails season 4.
• Fold by Rudxane finally releases to huge success (and Blur farming)
• Rebellion by Melissa Wiederrecht and the return of surprise drops on fx(hash)
• The massive success of the Zach Lieberman exhibition on Verse
• The Unit London exhibition that features a few artists we know from fx(hash) + the associated drops from Marcelo Rodriguez on fx(hash)
• Shout Outs to Rich Poole for Manu and Gabriel for Follow My Lead

Episode Art: Fold #196 by Rudxane

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Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

Episode Art: RGB #1 by Ciphrd

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Intro & Outro music by Pixelwank

• The interviews we released in July + one yet to drop
• The Prohibition launch + platform roundup!
• The Jackson Pollock NFT thing
• Tez Etherlink & Metamask integration + how little we understand about all this
• Monthly Market Update!
• Will got a Frame + Pickups!
• The Vera Molnar release with Sotheby's
• Gumbo by Mathias Isakson (Art Blocks Curated)
• Interference by Phaust (Tonic)
• Of That Ilk by Krankarta x Tender
• TVMOIF by Thomas Noya (fxhash)
• The Source by Camille Roux x Matthieu Segret (GM DAO)
• Liminal Rooms by Lisa Orth (Alba)
• Looking ahead to new works by Jeres, Pataak and Rudxane

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Episode Art: Themes and Variations #73 by Vera Molnar x Martin Grasser

Intro & Outro tracks by Pixelwanks

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.

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Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank

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

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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

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• 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

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/

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Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0

Outro music "Always Be Listed" by Pixelwank

• 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!

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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

• 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

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Intro music by The Gas Station, as heard in *Sunset Dancers* by Laurean0

Outro music "Always Be Listed" by pixelwank

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.

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Episode Art: Farbteiler #45 by Erik Swahn