Long time friend and artist Alejandro Campos joins WTBS for an interview ahead of his upcoming 'Fantasia' release on Verse. In this episode we discuss: Alejandro's background in art and coding, how he got involved with NFTs & the origin of his original 'Ratchitect' artist name Why Alejandro uses music in many of his projects & starting to discuss generative art through the lens of web design and experience. Tackling problems and ideas that nobody else has before & making the...

E114 of WTBS is live! This week we discuss: Trinity isn't sleeping, we had a huge week of recording & Will is going to Japan A peak behind the curtain of our interview process Is art made by code a gimmick? What is 'excellence' and can you have excellent art without any context? Lonliboy on originality in blockchain art and collectors finally becoming educated and his follow-up or companion thread On A New Aesthetics of Seriality by Holladay Saltz Archetypes by Pixel...

WTBS is thrilled to have Iskra Velitchkova in the virtual studio for a long-overdue interview! In this episode we discuss: Iskra's background in art, coding & data science and how she transitioned to creating art full time. Finding inspiration to start working through books & "The Pause" The connections of places to moments in Iskra's work & the transition to 'long form' generative art with Uninhabitable. Will we ever recapture that feeling of HEN & early fx(hash)...

WTBS Is back with E113. This week we discuss: The virtues of longboarding g l y p h breaking the unofficial record for biggest genart project ever Camille Roux starts a genart voicemail podcast! Base announces OnChain Summer 2 Burning out on crypto, hating on the Fantasy Top shilling & all the new tipping meme coins OpenSea stats are not looking good Tack Line Torn on new platform Intrinsic.Art Displaced by Rob Scalera Civic Nostalgia by 0xBenji Allegro by PixelWank ...

Back at it with 112b! In this episode we discuss: Collect this episode on pods.media for your chance to win Aux Arbes #54933 by Zancan Aleksandra named as new Head of Art at Trillitech Our interview with Rich & Rick dropped! Rules of the Game by Mike Neff & TENDER on Verse Under The Mask, Another by Ty Vek on Highlight {yes, yes, no, yes} by Anna Lucia on fx(hash) Trying to discuss all the art release as part of the Bright Moments Venice Finale Autoscope by Erik Swahn...

Rich & Rick, two legendary fx(hash) collaborators, finally get the WTBS treatment! In this episode we discuss: Their backgrounds as artists and the origin of their collaborative practice The story behind 'Miniscapes', their first collab project on fx(hash) Their collaborative process and how Rich brings the "generative-ness" to Rick's design & aesthetic + the challenges of adaptation. The story of Acequia and breaking through to a wider set of collectors outside of fx(hash) ...

Join us as we welcome fx(hash) & overall genart legend Erik Swahn to his very first podcast appearance! We have been fans and collectors of Erik for 2+ years now and are thrilled to have him on the show to discuss his practice & upcoming release, Autoscope, on Verse In this episode we discuss: Erik's background in art & coding and how he discovered NFTs as a way to release his work Erik's earliest fx(hash) releases, Retrogrades and Disegnatori, and how they play into the...

Lucky episode 111! The mark of the eclipse, earthquakes and Broken Printers! This episode we discuss: Eclipse viewing & Hearthstone Battlegrounds We recorded some amazing artist episodes coming very soon! Trinity is bored of Farcaster and we chat more about the platform Our pods.media experiment was a success and you can mint this episode here for a chance to win Buso #10 Our upcoming collab with Whitekross, Week After Week Broken Printer by Tabor Robak on Verse + read Tabor's...

WTBS is back again with a post-NFT NYC episode! We discuss: We are trying out pods.media which lets you mint WTBS! Go and mint out interview episode with Snowfro for FREE (+fee) on Base The Processing Foundation announced a community fellowship, apply if you are interested! Check out our interview with Jamie from Verse + spoilers for upcoming recordings NFT NYC recap session More on Farcaster & $degen Total Recall: All Clear by Thomas Noya x Adam from Tender... and AI project...

We welcome Jamie for a return interview, a little over one year later since we last had him on! In this episode we discuss: Big lessons and takeaways for Jamie & Verse coming out of the 2023 bear market Consolidation of artists towards curated platforms & competing for releases Verse as a conduit for the gallery art world to access web3 and what exciting release they have coming soon as a test case Managing web3 communities as an artist and the need to be connected &...

Welcome to E109 where we discuss: A quick GDC recap from Will & the surprising crypto gaming presence at the show It's NFT NYC already, again, and we aren't really sure what there is to do Tezos Foundation is sponsoring something fun for Art Basel in June Scary Stats for NFT platforms on Tezos Could fx(hash) look to $DEGEN as a model for their own token to reinvigorate the platform? Blooms by Cory Haber & Adam Berninger on Verse Highlight Spring Collection including...

Kicking off a series of interviews with platform founders, we are thrilled to bring you this conversation with Erick Calderon aka Snowfro. We dive deep into the recently announced changes with AB, Sansa, and the market as a whole. In this episode we discuss: Racing cars, Magic: the Gathering & Minecraft Surviving in Crypto for 7+ years, surviving the 2018 bear market and our current downswing & the simple math behind the generative art market What the experience could be for...

In this episode we discuss: Celsius & Balatro! Verse announces updates & we announce our next interview with Jamie EIP-4844, L2 gas & our Etherlink episode is finally dropping Recapping our interview with Snowfro Barbarians Mint Pass check! Metamorphosis 1 by Darien Brito on Highlight BEHOLDER Open Edition by Aebrer on fx(hash) Losing My Marbles by bleaker.art on fx(hash) Thanks as always for listening. If you want to support the show you can subscribe to our...

Nicolas Streschinsky, head of DeFi at Trillitech, joins us to talk about the upcoming launch of Etherlink. Thanks to Nicolas and the Trillitech team for helping to arrange this episode. We discuss: Who is Nicolas and how did he get into Crypto? What are the goals of Trillitech and why did they start the Etherlink project? What makes Etherlink different from other L2s? How will users interact with Etherlink & the potential of ERC-4337 to scale and onboard new users What is the...

Keeping the notes short this week! We discuss: Our Etherlink episode is getting ready to drop + the defi accelerator program is announced Art Blocks announces big changes coming to Curated + new platform powered by their Sansa acquisition + we are about to interview Snowfro! Barbarians seeds continue to impress & mint passes are somehow still available Under Neith gallery by Forever Projects on Foundation Lots of fx(hash) shoutouts + special congrats to ClownVamp for their...

This week everyone is sick, or caring for a sick baby, or both... so thank you in advance for understanding! This episode we discuss: Thanks to everyone who helped us get our 'Active User' badge on Farcaster! TASCHEN releases an NFT art book The Finnish National Gallery is holding a generative art competition and you can enter! fx(hash) splits the explore page to filter out image comp projects Zancan breaks 60k mints with Aux Arbres & new traits continue to emerge Avatars of...

WTBS lands a dream guest, Jacek Markusiewicz! Both of us have been following and collecting work by Jacek since his earliest days releasing on fx(hash). We are so excited to share this episode with him ahead of his Verse Solos release, Barbarians! In this episode we discuss: Jacek's background in art and coding & how he came to Tezos to start releasing his work as NFTs Architectural history and the story behind Unbuilt and Reborn, two of his earliest works on fx(hash) The concept...

E105 is live and xtra long! In this episode we discuss: Baby stuff & solo parenting Miss Metaverse & the pain, drain & necessity of using social media as a creative Trinity sniped me with a birthday tweet Yuga buys Moonbirds & not everyone is bullish on it fx(hash) is adding the Base Chain L2 on Feb 28 (and what does this mean for Tezos?) A TON is going on in Paris right now b/c of Bright Moments, including: Aux Arbres by Zancan, Désorganic by Ciphrd, MORE.ZIP by...

New week new art new show. In this episode we discuss: Will ran a game of Survivor and crushed it! Verse onboards over 100 new users with their move to Solana Follow Trinity on Twitter to see her #TENDERED posts Join us on Farcaster and fx(hash) building their presence on this social platform Check out Heartsleeves which is almost minted out + big thanks to Lovid for the donation Proscenium by remnynt releases on AB Curated and reignites and old discussion around designing...

The interview streak continues! This week we are excited to talk to Kjetil Golid ahead of his Monument release on Verse. In this episode we discuss: Kjetil's background in art and coding & how he first discovered the blockchain. The history behind Archetype and Paper Armada, how they came to Art Blocks and released so close together (plus how one collector traded a Fidenza for an Armada!) Creating systems and whether the art is the code or the output Kjetil's use of color and...

This week on WTBS we are talking art, kissing boys, and wondering about Solana! In this episode we discuss: Interview roundup! Be sure to check out our interview with Jan Robert Leegte + we have Kjetil Golid and Jacek Markusiewicz coming up! Sharing art on social media, the #TENDERED initiative, and helping to promote newer projects Newer Wave by bleaker.art is available to mint on fxhash iRyanBell is back on fxhash with Can't Stop, Won't Stop, an open edition on ETH that is...

We are thrilled to bring you this special interview episode with net art legend Jan Robert Leegte! In this episode we discuss: Jan's background in art & coding + the story of how Harm van den Dorpel convinced him to give NFTs a shot The internet as a public good and the philosophy of applying ownership to it with blockchain How the culture of the internet has changed Bringing physicality of digital things Mountains and Dropshadows on Verse, why Jan re-visited the concept and his...

E102! Busy week so we kept this on the shorter side. In this episode we discuss: WTBS is now on Farcaster Will is enjoying + recommends Cobalt Core Lots of interviews (check out LoVid!) Art Blocks acquires Sansa OBJKT announces new Galleries feature 404 by SHL0MS on Highlight Struggle For Pleasure & Swallow, Only Shallow by Harm van den Dorpel on Verse Balance by Amber Vittoria & Kelly Milligan on AB Wholeness Mirage by Ivan Dianov on fxhash Appearance and Being by...

NYC duo LoVid are in the studio and sharing a mic for a very special WTBS interview. Please check out their upcoming release on Tonic, Heartsleeves, which we discuss a bit in the episode. In this episode we discuss: The story of how Tali & Kyle met and formed LoVid The secret to successfully collaborating for 20+ years How LoVid work with code collaborators to bring an analogue feel to their NFT releases The story of Heartsleeves, the previous projects that influence it, and how...