Verse Talks
Discussing the latest news in digital art with Leyla Fakhr and Jamie Gourlay.
Episodes
88 episodes
Ed Fornieles on Identity in the Internet Age
Artist Ed Fornieles joins Verse Talk to discuss Borrowed Lives: Anon 2026, a body of work exploring how the internet shapes identity.The conversation ranges from Tumblr and 4chan to memes, online belonging,...
Trevor Paglen: curating Basel Switzerland’s first Zero 10
00:18 - Welcome Trevor Paglen01:17 - Co-curating Zero 10 Basel03:34 - Beyond labels and distinctions05:36 - Blending traditional and digital audiences08:45 - A blockchain agnostic view11:44 - NFTs, legitimacy ...
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
Nuclear Samurai: BRAINROT
00:14 - Welcome Nuclear Samurai02:51 - 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
sssluke and Brian Droitcour: New Bad Image
00:18 - Welcome Brian Droitcour and sssluke02:50 - Burnout and returning online04:50 - Brian and the origins of Outland07:54 - A mismatch in value systems and the importance of critique 10:03 - Outland's relaunc...
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 m...
Tabor Robak and Harvey Rayner: from Human Resources to Art Basel Hong Kong
00:23 - Welcome Harvey Rayner and Tabor Robak01:40 - Human Resources launch and mint-out04:44 - Tabor's thoughts post-mint07:00 - Organic growth, communication and momentum building09:00 - First reactions: risk, conf...
Abigail Miller and Micol Ap: sustainability, growth and long-term thinking
00:20 - Welcome Abigail Miller and Micol01:07 - Micol’s journey into digital art and NFTs02:20 - From corporate to crypto art04:12 - Expectations and burnout05:26 - Abigail’s background06:26 - The Fulbright pr...
Jack Butcher, Adrian Pocobelli and Emir Dino: The shifting state of the digital art market
00:24 - Verse Talks returns02:55 - The state of affairs in digital art04:40 - Launching new work, market cycles and algorithm whiplash07:56 - Focusing on the internet as a canvas 09:15 - The difficulty in bridgi...
Tabor Robak: Human Resources and the Tabcorp shared universe
00:26 - Welcome (back) Tabor Robak01:40 - Broken Printer and Tabcorp Labs03:25 - The Tabcorp universe05:25 - Human Resources and exploring PFP as a genre 11:10 - A critique of corporate culture...
Rhea Myers: making art to understand the world
01:18 - Welcome Rhea Myers01:26 - Rhea's journey into art and technology02:08 - Art school experiences and early career07:56 - An anthropological approach to the tech industry10:59 - An artistic approach to programmi...
Phil Mohun: building Node Foundation and the future of digital art
00:26 - Welcome Phil Mohun01:44 - The vision behind Node Foundation03:23 - Why Palo Alto?04:05 - The importance of Silicon Valley06:14 - The role of Node in the art community15:09 - Node's programming and seas...
Terence Broad: from Blade Runner to (un)stable equilibrium
01:44 - Welcome Terence Broad02:41 - Terry's early artistic journey 07:16 - Transition to creative computing 14:03 - Exploring AI and generative art 15:45 - DeepDream and AI visual understanding <...
On the ground inside Zero 10 with Matt Medved
00:22 - Welcome Matt Medved 04:34 The Evolution of Media and Culture06:36 The Birth of NFT Now and Its Mission08:52 The Gateway: Bridging Traditional and Digital Art10:42 The Shift to Now Media15:32 Art B...
Laurie Simmons: art, identity & experimentation in the age of AI
01:42 - Welcome Laurie Simmons 04:17 - Early inspiration, New York and formative travel 07:25 - Artistic beginnings and creative identity 12:00 - Politics, rebellion and activism 14:5...
Refik Anadol: building the world's first museum for AI art and celebrating humanity through machine collaboration
01:15 - Welcome Refik Anadol02:07 - Blade Runner, media architecture and early inspirations 03:34 - Defining data painting04:45 - The concept of data as pigment07:44 - Fusing art and archit...
Tyler Hobbs: From Noise
00:50 - Early days and the Art Blocks boom03:48 - A mixed-media approach to a generative practice 05:02 - From Noise 08:50 - Exploring gestural mark-making through an algorithmic practice 10:3...
Eli Scheinman: digital art coming to Art Basel Miami
00:28 - Welcome (back!) Eli01:10 – Preparing for Miami Beach01:40 – Marfa and Las Vegas: Yuga Labs, collectors and community on the road5:50 – The digital council: advising on the digital art ecosystem7:08 – Leaning ...
OSF: from a doodle to a $100 million token
00:30 - Welcome OSF 01:40 - Coping with volatility and market panic 03:16 - The origins of RektGuy 06:15 - Managing impostor syndrome 09:15 - A community born in the bear market 10:55 ...
David Shrigley: finding humour in art
01:08 - Leaving art school and early success 03:15 - Staying true to your artistic voice 06:00 - Whitehawk and Nottingham Forest 07:13 - Frieze Magazine, Transmission Gallery and Err 10:46 - Tapp...
Roundtable with Motzko & Lonliboy: the aesthetic experience of scrolling
00:25 - Welcome Motzko 03:22 - Marfa recap 07:50 - Connecting and consolidating relationships 11:28 - Marfa highlights 13:50 - Fallout from the Raoul clip 19:16 - Navigating the socia...
Redbeard: conviction, community and refining your focus
00:35 - Welcome Redbeard 02:58 - Discovering digital art 05:03 - Too many sellers, not enough buyers 09:13 - Debunking the cabal 15:13 - Power laws, high prices and rising tides 18:42 ...
Hilde Lynn Helphenstein: the real Jerry Gogosian
00:40 - Welcome Hilde Lynn Helphenstein07:20 - Conservatism in the art world 10:02 - Early exposure to different cultures 11:54 - Conceptual Art, new genres and developing a practice 14:01 - The art wo...