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A special Monday interview episode for y'all! So pleased to finally record with James Merrill after meeting him a couple of times in person. Hope everyone enjoy this candid conversation about his art and the craziness of the web3 world. In this episode we discuss: James' background in art and coding, and how he got into NFTs What James loves about Fidenza Getting into plotter work and bein...

Rushing this one up, apologies for the abbreviated notes: Art Newspaper article on the Digital Art Mile at Basel Tezos X announce & explainer Marc Maurer on OBJKT Entangled on fx(hash) Crystalline Work by John Gerrard on Feral File BREEZE A by Iskra on Highlight Twitch-Your-Own AI Story by KilledByAPixel Procedural Drawings by Agoston Nagy

On the eve of on of the most exciting generative art releases of 2024, and the inaugural fx(hash) Vertex drop... we are so pleased to share with you our interview with Bjørn Staal aka _nonfigurativ_. Bjørn went viral last year when he shared his entangled particle systems interacting across two browser windows. His project is finally ready for release and coming to fx(hash) on both the Tezos and E...

Y'all thought it might be a lost episode but here it is, out of sequence and edited to remove the hottest takes. Thanks to Ken for jumping in while Will was in Japan to play co-host and talk about the AB Studio launch, Marcel's work & more! If you like the show and want to support us you can subscribe to out Patreon or donate directly to wtbs.tez & wtbs.eth Follow us on Twitter @wa...

Erick is back for Round 2 to discuss more about the market, web3 as a whole, the changes to AB and more! In this episode we discuss: Catching up on Erick's experiences since our last interview & skepticism of brand's with a web 3 strategy The magic between an artist and their collector base & the metrics for success in the current ecosystem Base chain, the power & sustainabilit...

Will's back from Japan, Trinity is surrounded by lead, fx(hash) announces 'Vertex' & there is some great art to cover! In this episode we discuss: Trinity's lead paint saga Will's last-minute passport renewal & Japan trip recap (it was challenging) fx(hash) announces Vertex & their first project, Entangled with Bjorn Staal Metaversal is selling their Tezos grails Fa...

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...

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...

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 'lon...

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. A...

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...

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 challe...

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...

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 w...

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 &am...

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...

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? Bl...

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...

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 a...

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...

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 o...

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 proj...

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 histo...

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...

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 rem...