Verse Talks

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

sssluke and Brian Droitcour: New Bad Image

April 29, 2026

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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