Computational Creativity: Interview with Erik Swahn

Waiting To Be Signed

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 overall themes of his work
• Farbteiler's origin as a synesthetic system for learning piano + palettes and color construction
• Punktwelt, Fields & Erik's current style as it has evolved from Farbteiler
• Embracing 'Collector Curated' as a mechanism for release & collectors hitting the mark in their selections
• Maintaining a consistent visual style without fatiguing collectors
• Autoscope on Verse & adding animation to create a sense of place to the work
• Releasing with Verse for Erik's last 3 projects and how he thinks about platforms and blockchains
• Rapid Fire!

Thanks to Erik for coming on the show! Follow him on Twitter @erikswahn and on Farcaster @erikswahn to keep up with his work.

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Episode Art: Autoscope seed by Erik Swahn, TBD if it will be minted :)

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank