Waiting To Be Signed

E89, shorter than usual but still great! Recorded 10/20/23 and released 10/23/23. In this episode we discuss: fx(hash) releases ONCHFS starting with Tezos (on-chain projects now possible!) fx(hash) re-launches Instagram with our curated collection of early grail projects Node To Node at the Kate Vass gallery in Paris looks very cool Will gets another Contra More Sketchbook A discussion, the crazy...

Susannah Maybank is the co-founder of Tonic.xyz , a generative art platform that is built around the production of high quality prints for each of their releases. Susannah crossed over from the legacy art world and has a passion for educating collectors about generative art & NFTs. In this episode we discuss: Susannah's background and her career in the legacy art world The story behind the...

E88 of Waiting To Be Signed recorded 10.12.23 & released 10.16.23. This episode features the return of the Index! We discuss: RIP Versum SBF trial, book, and the Unchained podcast The Quarterly Update is back w/ our interpretations Will got into the emprops beta & Trinity's tips for using Stable Diffusion ONISM by Emil Corsillo on emprops Latitudes by Aleksandra on Highlight Sublimatio...

WTBS is pleased to bring you another exciting interview episode. We were fortunate to record with William a few weeks before his Verse Solos release, Intimacy . Unfortunately Trinity could not make the recording session for this one :( In this episode we discuss: William's background in art and coding & how he found the blockchain The early days of Tezos & fx(hash) and how Dragons beca...

E87 of Waiting To Be Signed, recorded 10.5.23 and released 10.9.23. In this episode we discuss: Why we started a Patreon Trinity visits the MOMA, Refik Anadol & MOMA Postcards on Tezos Mapan interview recap & discussion of the drop mechanic. Emprops Open Beta Marketplace launches PRIMAL Tender collab with D/Vision7 Rudxane continues to do cool things Lots of great stuff to look forward to!...

Welcome to E86 of Waiting To Be Signed, recorded 9.28.23 and released 10.2.23. In this episode we discuss: A potential trip to Miami for Art Basel + Tender's exhibition at the Untitled fair Verse announces their new "Galleries" feature! Transient Labs announces "T.R.A.C.E." Checking in on EmProps and their new tools Long Form vs Artist Curated vs "Minter Selected"...

In this special interview episode we welcome Nat Emodi, founder and CEO of Highlight.xyz. We learned about highlight recently for their participation in the On-Chain Summer event hosted on the Base chain. Thanks to Nat for coming on and sharing his vision for Highlight and the future of generative art! In this episode we discuss: How Nat got into crypto & generative art and the story of the fo...

We missed a week but WTBS is back with E85, recorded 9.21.2023 and released 9.25.23. In this episode we discuss: The Roman Empire Will's experience + opinion of friend.tech Will's trip to LA Where would we go if/when Twitter dies? Unit London is bringing Iskra back to fx(hash) with an upcoming live minting experience! Risonanza⁠ , the Whitecross x Tender collab (fxhash) Distance , William...

SimonSays is a generative art collector and appreciator that recently converted his love for Art into a career as an artist manager & agent. In this interview we dive into Simon's background in art and collecting, how he linked up with the artists he represents, his mission for enabling artists to achieve their goals, and a whole lot of market talk! Huge thanks to SimonSays for taking the...

E84 of WTBS recorded 9.8.2023 and released 9.11.2023. Thanks to Trinity for calling in while on holiday in Canada for this one! In this episode we discuss: Buying art with Canadian Dollars Alba going fully open, Prohibition, and continued discussion of platforms and the ecosystem in general Free prints for FOLD holders! Is art getting better in the bear market? The massive success of Torrent by Je...

WTBS welcomes Maya Man to the show for a fantastic interview episode. Maya has an amazing Verse Solo's exhibition releasing this week, "I'm Feeling Lucky" that explores the relationship between astrology, numerology, and The Internet. Please go check it out! In this episode we discuss: A brief into of how Maya got into making art with code & releasing projects as NFTs Getting...

E83 of WTBS with special co-host Jeres! This episode was recorded on August 31, 2023 and released September 4, 2023. Thanks to Jeres for sticking around to record the whole show with us and congrats on the upcoming Art Blocks Curated release. In this episode we discuss: Mini interview with Jeres about "Torrent", their upcoming AB Curated release . We talk about the inspiration and proces...

Will & Trinity are very excited to share this interview with Jason Bailey AKA Artnome. Jason is a long-time NFT collector and one of the earliest advocates for art on the blockchain. He is the founder of RightClickSave and ClubNFT , platforms that are helping to educate collectors on the history and preservation of digital art. In this episode we discuss: Jason's background in art and coll...

E82 recorded August 24 2023, released August 28 2023. Had a lot of recording issues on this one... Here is what we discussed: Babies walking and communication OpenSea giving up on royalties and caving to pressure from Blur... and still no Tezos integration !?!?! Upcoming interview with Artnome and SimonSays The launch of zeroone.art Quasi Dragon Studies by Harvey Rayner, released on Verse On Chain...

E81 of our weekly show, "Cringe Is Relative", recorded on August 17, 2023. In this episode we discuss: The unfortunate story of Ichi passing away. gen.art and eclipse.art shutting down. Coinbase's "Base" L2 on Ethereum goes live with an emphasis on art NFTs. Heart + Craft , an "inclusive" edition collaborative project between Snowfro and Prohibition.art Digits by...

Welcome to your weekly gen-art recap episode. This week we discuss: fx(hash) funding announcement, our interview with Ciphrd, and deleted tweets Our guesses and takes of Proof Grails season 4 . Fold by Rudxane finally releases to huge success (and Blur farming) Rebellion by Melissa Wiederrecht and the return of surprise drops on fx(hash) The massive success of the Zach Lieberman exhibition on Vers...

Welcome to our third interview episode with Ciphrd, the creator of fx(hash). In this episode we discuss the the recently announced funding that will be used to expand fx(hash) to the Ethereum blockchain along with other features slated for the fx(hash) 2.0 release. We also get Ciphrd's take on the current generative art NFT ecosystem, the recent influx of new platforms, and ideas for future-pr...

Will & Trinity are back from ~5 weeks off and ready to recap the latest events in generative art. In this episode we discuss: The interviews we released in July + one yet to drop The Prohibition launch + platform roundup! The Jackson Pollock NFT thing Tez Etherlink & Metamask integration + how little we understand about all this Monthly Market Update! Will got a Frame + Pickups! The Vera M...

Another hot interview to end the August podcast hiatus. Will & Trinity had the excellent opportunity to sit down with Zach Lieberman just ahead of his Verse Solos exhibition, Studies in Color, Light and Geometry . We talk to Zach about using the blockchain to preserve art, what he looks for when curating work for release, the challenges of long form, the importance of prints and much more. We...

Trinity & Will sit down with Harvey Rayner for a special interview episode. We dig into Harvey's background in art and coding, obsession with geometry, generative color, and his upcoming Verse Solos exhibition, Quasi Dragon Studies . It was particularly fun for us to discuss the unique release and building components of QDS, Harvey's hopes and fears for the project, and a nice detour i...

Will & Trinity sit down with creative partners Sasha Stiles ( sashastiles.com ) & Nathaniel Stern ( nathanielstern.com ) for an epic interview. In this episode we discuss: The creative background of both artists and how they came to become collaborators Nathaniel's " The World After Us " show Sasha's relationship with A.I. as a collaborator and student What is poetry and...

WTBS is taking a brief summer break to rest, relax, and reinvigorate the show! We will still be releasing interviews at our usual cadence & our next planned weekly episode will be for August 8. A little rundown of what we discuss in this episode: The July Hiatus fx(hash) 2.0 announcement... ETH is coming On-Chain vs. IPFS and the potential implications for fx(hash) 2.0 Vera Molnar long-form ge...

We are excited to share this interview with Andreas Gysin with you on the same day that Verse debuts their first Solos exhibition with him and his creative partner Sidi Vanetti. Their show, Materialized , showcases a variety of physical pieces along with a new long-form generative project Wayfinder . In this interview we learn the origin of the partnership between Andreas and Sidi, their obsession...

Good friends, good art, good audio, good times. This week your hosts are "getting physical" with the launch of redeemable tokens on fx(hash)! In this episode we discuss, in roughly this order: Car trips and the Otherworld podcast Redeemable tokens on fx(hash), the launch of fx(Versa) ++ Le Random A little more platform talk, which is our right! Big success with Alba's first week of t...

Recording a little early this week with both hosts away for the weekend... this one is a little looser and longer but excellent discussion as always! In this episode we discuss: Weekend plans + the possible connection between the Impressionist movement and the current moment in generative art The Goose sale at Sotheby's More open platforms on eth and whether there is real value in being on-cha...