Verse Talks
Discussing the latest news in digital art with Leyla Fakhr and Jamie Gourlay.
Episodes
77 episodes
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...
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47:59
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 <...
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1:12:28
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...
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1:39:32
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...
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59:54
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...
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1:23:53
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...
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48:29
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 ...
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1:23:23
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 ...
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50:50
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...
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45:50
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...
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1:38:13
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 ...
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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...
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1:57:55
Sasha Stiles: poetry in the age of AI
00:42 - Welcome Sasha Stiles 04:55 - The foundations for an endless curiosity 09:50 - Connecting with Kalmyk art forms 13:40 - From academia to the arts 16:20 - New York, cultural absorption and p...
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1:18:35
Raoul Pal: from Real Vision to the new art world
00:25 – Intro: Raoul Pal01:05 – Real Vision: why it started after the GFC/Euro crisis02:06 – Democratising finance content; early crypto coverage03:41 – Bootstrapping video: “we knew f*** all” era (2013–14)04:45 – Wo...
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Adrian Pocobelli: from Ballard to digital art
00:33 - Welcome Adrian Pocobelli 01:39 - Discovering the counterculture 07:10 - The desire to collect 13:05 - The Stone Roses, The Smiths, and J. G. Ballard 19:00 - Neoplatonism and psychedelics&n...
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1:40:32
Sebastian Sanchez: digital art at Christie's, auction models, and the power of relational dynamics
00:45 - Welcome Sebastian Sanchez 08:55 - A journey into digital art 11:05 - Christie's 3.0 and joining the team 17:44 - Developing a commercial mindset 20:40 - Finding the right market fit <...
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1:53:34
Verse round table: Verse secondary auctions, cultural stickiness and trusting the artist
00:45 - Yeche Lange and Avant Gay recap 05:40 - Series size and collector focus 10:00 - Artist trajectories and release mechanics 13:10 - Art and the Diderot effect 20:10 - Collecting strategies a...
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1:40:56
Eric De Giuli: breaking symmetry
00:45 - Welcome Eric De Giuli 02:18 - Connecting art and theoretical physics 05:35 - Early explorations into generative art 08:29 - Balancing artistic and academic practices 10:35 - Discovering NF...
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1:02:03
Rafaël Rozendaal: opening the door to Rooms
00:35 - Welcome Rafaël Rozendaal 02:55 - The advantage of a conversational archive 06:21 - The influence of travel and cultural heritage 08:25 - Neen, LA and digital art in the late '90s 12:06 - G...
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1:17:37
Jared Madere: Galerie Yeche Lange, VVV and the Avant Gay scene
00:46 - Welcome Jared Madere 03:19 - The genesis of Yeche Lange 09:20 - Market consolidation and post-2021 11:00 - Exploring the role of the gallery in the Web3 space 16:18 - What caused the scene...
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1:35:46
Paul Pfeiffer: the art of the spectacle
00:47 - Welcome Paul Pfeiffer 03:07 - The spectacle of sport 07:06 - Exploring the implications of new technology 10:05 - Working with digital media in the early 1990s 14:50 - The blurring of the ...
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Verse roundtable: diving into the Solana art trenches, consensus vs. non-consensus, bullposting and long-term value accrual
00:48 - Diving into the Solana trenches 07:40 - PFP culture and Drilady 08:50 - Chain-specific culture and why Solana makes sense 14:26 - Parker Ito and the impact of Horses?2 17:00 - A different ...
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51:05
Parker Ito: exploring The Pilgrim’s Living Room Crucifixion; Mona Lisa Hyper-Gamble
00:38 - Welcome Parker Ito 05:25 - Tumblr, Post-Internet scene and finding community 12:20 - The effect of early success 20:30 - Disillusionment with the art world 24:25 - What caused the market t...
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1:24:42
Adam Levine: exploring the Toledo Museum of Art, cultural accessibility, platform sustainability, and why Artie is leaving the space
00:48 - Welcome Adam Levine 01:15 - What sets the Toledo Museum of Art apart 05:22 - Ensuring the community has access to culture 07:20 - The benefit of private funding 10:10 - TMA's digital progr...
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