GM if you love computer generative art! Eko33 is an artist involved in generative art since 1999, first experimenting with the Commodore SX-64 and evolving to global teaching, exhibitions, and collection releases. Fast forward to today as he prepares Latent Ink, his newest collection. Here we get a behind the scenes peek at the collection's history…

Trevor Paglen is an artist with work across experimental geography, the global surveillance state, artificial intelligence systems, and more. He has a rich history of authorship and exhibitions. "What I want out of art is to develop ways of seeing. Things that help us see the historical moment we are living in." He is exploring our relationship to …

Summer Wagner is a photographer and fine artist from the Rust Belt region of the Midwest. Her artwork has a mystical quality to it, blurring lines between fantasy and reality, conscious and sub-conscious. Since bringing her art to the blockchain in 2021, she has been featured across Art Basel, Christie's, and several galleries, releasing collection…

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Harvey Rayner is an English artist with multiple decades of digital and generative art experience. Within the past several years he has released series across Christie's, Sotheby's, Art Blocks, Bright Moments, and Verse. The interview is wide ranging, covering life philosophies, what about art stands the test of time, and creating art in a collabor…

Cath Simard is a composite landscape photographer and digital artist. She creates at the intersection of reality and imagination and is quoted as saying, "I don't capture what my eyes see, I capture what my mind imagines." She is patient with her art releases, yet prolific in impact, with accomplishments across Christie's, Sotheby's, AOTM, SuperRar…

Niceaunties is an artist inspired by the absurd and endearing behavior of Auntie culture, by Singapore, by food, and much, much more. She's telling a story, one about the growing Auntieverse, and one that is unfolding in chapters. Alejandro Cartagena is an artist and co-founder of Fellowship Trust, Fellowship AI, and Obscura. Via Fellowship, he's c…

Hafftka is an artist with five decades of experience and works represented in a host of museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museum of Modern Art, and Carnegie Museum of Art. It’s rare to find someone who matches such life experience with boundless energy and clear thought. Yet, that’s Hafftka. I left this conversation inspir…

Today, we welcome Artie Handz and Frank Manzano. Artie is a longtime collector in the digital art space. He is the founder of Artie Galerie and he's a strong artist advocate. Frank brings a film and photography background into his career as an artist emphasizing AI-assisted video. Artie describes Frank's work as a funhouse mirror merger of a viewer…

Roope Rainisto is a designer, a creator, a photographer, a screenwriter, and an endless learner, bringing his diversity of life experience to the frontier of artificial intelligence. He is challenging the way we see the world and the way we feel it, through collections like Life In West America with BrainDrops and REWORLD with Fellowship.…

Batz is an artist inspired by modern meme-ism with his finger firmly on the pulse of crypto art. In this interview, we go down the rabbit hole of creation, from Pepe inspiration, to Fidenza crossover, to a generative project of his own, to far more.By ROGER DICKERMAN

Today, we welcome David Ariew. David is a digital fine artist and educator fondly referred to as Octane Jesus. He has a background across music and film, has created with people like Madonna, has released at Sotheby's, and he has just returned from Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong. He joins us to recap Quantum Transcendence, discuss 3D tools, immersiv…

Welcome to episode 3 of In Conversation. Join Ayla El-Moussa for a fascinating chat with two brilliant artists, Ben Strauss and Michael Sidofsky. Explore their passion for photography, their use of light painting, and their idea for the future of web3. Dive into what keeps their wonder and creativity alive.…

Pablo Fraile is a mathematician, an investor, and a digital art patron. He, along with partner Desiree, curates the RFC Collection, an interdisciplinary art collection that champions contemporary digital mediums. The contents of this collection are swiftly becoming historic in nature. Want two examples? One, the co-donation of Unsupervised by Refik…

Batsoupyum is a legendary art collector, specializing in tokenized digital art, and he has one of the most recognizable brands in that space. He is a lover of memes. He is part of team 6529. In this interview, we take stock of art, NFTs, how they’re defined, and opportunities for future growth. We deep dive his own collecting origin story, a hash m…

Today we welcome Slimesunday. Slime is a provocative and unconventional collage artist who has released artworks through auction houses and platforms via Slimesunday and, alter ego, Grimemonday, and across collaborations including 3lau and Playboy. November 6th, 2020 was a special date in the history books as Slimesunday released The Last Stand of …

Welcome to a conversation with artists Grant Yun and Die With The Most Likes, aka Mark. The two contrasting and intriguing minds of both Grant and Mark take us on an amusing and rather hilarious journey of their artworks, their thoughts on current culture, and of course the most important question, what is your go-to dipping sauce? Please enjoy ano…

Ana María Caballero is an award-winning poet writing the Web3 Poetry Revolution. She has been internationally exhibited, widely published, and she was a recipient of the International Beverly Prize for Literature. Among her prolific works are Artifacts, a recent collaboration with Alex Esterich using coin and story to challenge tired history, as we…

From intricate details of atoms to the vast expanses of digital landscapes, one artist brings the world of nature and technology together in a mesmerizing dance: Jesse Woolston, a pioneer in crafting large-scale installations that span the globe. He captures the delicate equilibrium between the enchanting allure and the underlying terror of our pla…

Shavonne Wong is an artist, 3D virtual model creator, and co-founder of NFT Asia. She was Vogue’s first NFT cover; she’s sold on Sotheby’s; she’s been collected by Idris Elba, and she’s exhibited in Singapore, Paris, and beyond. Try listening to this interview and not coming away inspired - not, in Shavonne’s words, a fantastical sense, but in a pr…

Connor Grasso is a psycho-conceptualist artist. He explores the inner-workings of the mind, conscious and human experience and he leverages a variety of inspirations including his artistic lineage, his Alaskan origins, and psychedelics. In this interview, we catch Connor fresh off of his first solo exhibition. We dig into that, his process stories …

Joey L. is a Canadian-born, New York-based photographer and director. His work spans prominent brands, including National Geographic and History Channel, and celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. In this interview, Joey discusses the dance and the balance between commercial opportunity and personal fine art, and the pursuit o…

Ryan Koopmans is an artist exploring the relationship between nature and architecture - how societies have been shaped by built environments. He has sold work at Sotheby’s and SuperRare. He’s been collected by Jim Carey, yes, that Jim Carey. Ryan is thoughtful about his art, his minting, his use of mechanics and his collectors. He has a strong long…

Mariana Makwaia is an artist blending photos, videos, analog, and digital music to create an alternative fusion world of her own. She is someone who values individual sovereignty, optionality, and the fundamental value propositions of the blockchain. In this wide ranging conversation, we'll explore anything from her recent audio visual series to he…

NorCal Guy is a considerate art collector who values original thought. He is the host of NorCal and Shill podcast. He is the founder of ClickCreate, premium curated digital art collection. He's the founder of One Exposure, a collective art piece based around one single camera. And he is a biscuit, yes, biscuit, king and connoisseur. We get into his…

This is a special episode shining the spotlight on two people shaping the future of what art is and what dimensionality means, or as Artifex likes to call it, Web3D. Durk van der Meer - aka Durk at Work - is the Art Director of Artifex. He is the Art Director of Aku. He is a virtual world builder and 3D model creator. Justin Wetch is the Art Intera…

Ayla El-Moussa is an artist known as the queen of waves. She harnesses the power of those waves, sacred geometry and self portraiture to create dreamlike environments that have captivated the digital art space. She's released at Christie's, she's collaborated with Playboy, 6529 and Noble Gallery.By ROGER DICKERMAN

Michael Kutsche is a principal character designer for countless feature films, including Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, and he's worked with Disney, DreamWorks, Marvel, Sony, Warner, Sega, and so many more. He is an artist who exists at the intersection of century spanning artistic movements and mythical creatures, historical figures, and pop cu…

Grant Yun is an artist and self-titled neo-precisionist with a diverse set of influences ranging from nostalgia in video games; to art history in museums; to a distinct color palette born in the Midwest. He exploded onto the NFT scene in 2021 and he's since compiled a 'who's who' of collectors, auction houses, and enthusiasts. Grant is disciplined …

J.N. Silva is a Renaissance man, artist, photographer, blockchain advocate, community thoughtleader. They’re a good start, but the whole is far greater than the sum of his parts. He is the founder of Animus, an artist collective dedicated to advancing the future, and he is the executive producer of Buscando America, a film being constructed through…

Alpha Centauri Kid, AKA ACK, is an artist “letting the whispers of the muse guide his way”. He has his finger on the pulse of crypto art. He’s exploring the bridge between digital and physical. He has a flair for performance, rugging Christie’s auction house and presenting the great color study. ACK recently completed Broken Keys, a standard-settin…

Simon Hudson is an operator of Botto. In this episode, we dive deep into the worlds of art, artificial intelligence and community alignment. You’ll learn the acronym DAA, Decentralized Autonomous Artist, and we’ll pull apart all the layers of a complex brand, Botto, with a simple mission, make a machine artist world famous.…

Jordan Lyall has been prolific across crypto, art, and the generative art landscape, leveraging a strong product management background. He is founder and CEO of Venturepunk and is currently building Prohibition Art.By ROGER DICKERMAN

BT is a Grammy-nominated music pioneer, AI thought leader, software developer, film composer, and a prodigious collaborator ranging from Disney to Fast and Furious to far beyond.By ROGER DICKERMAN

Self-labeled as a digital disobedient, and by others as the "Glitch God", Patrick Amadon's voice across art grows more convicted by the day. He is an artist, activist, curator, technical innovator, and visionary.By ROGER DICKERMAN

Bharat Krymo is an art collector and "JPEG connoisseur", decentralization advocate, general partner at 6529 Capital, 3D visionary, and head of strategy and growth at OnCyber, a world building engine for Web3D. He is an endless source of wisdom and uniquely positioned to understand art, its collectability, and where it's headed.…

In this episode, Christian Synetos, Investment Professional at BlackRock, shared BlackRock’s energy investment priorities, energy infrastructure investments and their take on the energy industry’s near future. Hosts: Stelios Papagrigoriou Production: Inês Brito Content: Felix Efty TsourakisBy IN-VR

In this episode of The Energy Hall of Fame podcast, Anne-Laure de Chammard, Group Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer of ENGIE is sharing insights about ENGIE's role in sustainability, and how using green gas and the three pillars will be a vehicle to get us to carbon neutrality by 2050. Hosts: Stelios Papagrigoriou, Tom Salley Production: Inês Bri…

What is stopping AI from really scaling up and be of mass use in E&P? Pietro Romanin and Jean Christophe Bernardini, Partners at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), discuss how AI and analytics technologies can unlock value with small investments, reduce costs, and help geoscientists optimize play assessments and prediction models. Hosts: Stelios Papagr…

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Did you know that CO2 utilization could be the future of the Energy Industry? Join Moji Karimi Co-Founder and CEO of Cemvita Factory Inc., and Blake Manuel, as they discuss how CO2 utilization and storage can generate carbon-negative solutions in the Energy Industry, and empower IOC diversification. Hosts: Stelios Papagrigoriou, Tom Salley Producti…

How do renewable energy projects make an oil and gas portfolio more attractive to investors? Hamish Wilson, CO-Founder at Be Bluenergy, shared that when IOCs invest in their Renewable Energy strategy, their stock prices go up, and are more likely to receive further funding. This is evident in recent events, with Dong, who has now become Orsted, and…

Do you know about Equinor's newest and exciting projects in the North Sea, and its US partnership with BP? Matei Negrescu, Head of Area Development North Sea, New Energy Solutions at Equinor shares Equinor's latest offshore wind updates and future investment plans. Furthermore, he uses his experience in oil, gas and renewables, to describe their co…

Have you heard about how AI and Machine Learning shake the waters in the Energy industry? Philippe Herve, VP of Sparkcognition talks about Sparkcognition's partnership with BP, how AI skyrockets productivity in oil & gas, successful examples of AI implementation in E&P and what the future holds for automation. Hosts: Stelios Papagrigoriou, Tom Sall…

"Digital transformation in the energy world" is one of the most discussed topics since COVID-19 began. Francisco Ortigosa, Former Director of Innovation for Repsol and Digital expert talks about what digital transformation actually IS for the energy world and its benefits. Hosts: Stelios Papagrigoriou, Tom Salley Production: Inês Brito Content: Fel…

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