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Nic Hamilton and the Beauty of Incremental Change
Originally trained as an architect, the Melbourne-based image maker is preparing to release Nuxui, a generative series which examines the passage of time—from simple 3D fragments to abandoned infrastructures
Aleatoric is the NFT Project Letting Chance Take the Wheel
Matt Condon and Evan Casey demonstrate how the agency of AI and sleep talking can distill into comical audio-visual vignettes
Stevie P: Feedback Loops and Topographies of Ketchup
Steve Pikelny's universe of early-internet style websites and photographic series breeds self-reflective thought and spelunks into the root of the human condition
Tea Time With Aluna
Aluna, one half of famed duo AlunaGeorge, has her eyes on solo endeavors, rewriting the restrictive codes of DSPs regarding Black dance music, touring and producing a clothing line in the metaverse, and emphasizing wellbeing
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The Many Multitudes of Niall Ashley
The Bristol-born, London-based painter and performance artist speaks on translating video into painting, getting away with abstraction, and not being afraid to politicize the NFT revolution
Speculation is a Superpower
And with great power comes great responsibility
Worldbuilding with FWB
"We're interested in how the digital can integrate into IRL, and amplify and strengthen our existing human connections."
The PFZ Stack: PartyBid-Fractional-Zora
How PartyBid, Fractional Art, and ZORA Auction House fit together, and why these projects are an important stack in the fractional NFT and DAO spaces
JPG Co-founder Sam Spike on Curation, Cultural Value, and Permissionless Participation
How to build a thriving cultural landscape on the blockchain
How to create your own NFT Auction House using ZORA
A repo to bootstrap your own permissionless auction house with the ZORA protocol
Holly Herndon for One for All
Holly Herndon on launching Holly+, longevity in art, and the wild west of NFTs
Why Create Your Own Marketplace?
Freedom to display and sell your work outside of the dominant format of endless thumbnail feeds should be a given
PartyDAO on Building and Launching PartyBid
Giving communities the power to bid
More Recent Posts
Haleek Maul: HOLDERSLAND and an Ode to What's Owed
From his roots as rapper and record producer, Haleek Maul’s determination to solely release on-chain and found multidisciplinary institution, HOLDERSLAND, underscores his faith in a decentralized future
ZORA: A Year in Retrospect
From the founding white papers last January to the litany of builders and creators who curate and build on the auction house or protocol today, labeling this year "eventful" would be an understatement
Harm van den Dorpel's Subdued Iconoclasm
The Dutch-born, Berlin-based conceptual artist has straddled traditional art-world ecosystems and the growing promise of crypto; he may be one of the most effective ambassadors to bridge these disparate worlds
Artiva is the Antidote
If Web3 is about accessibility, and culture is what propels the movement forward, then Artiva is the antidote to staid ivory-tower dynamics
mannys.game is Exploring Trust and Programmable Utility
From a Soho 3D printing shop to an adventure game in the metaverse, mannys.game is stretching the limit of how collectibles can function, and testing how trust operates in Web3
Sustaining a Living in Decentralized Music with Sound.xyz
For founders David Greenstein, Matt Masurka, and Vignesh Kanth, musicians require a toolkit to counteract the predatory engineering and creative void that legacy labels, and DSPs, uphold
Fractional and the Instilled Emotion of NFTs
Andy Chorlian's permissionless protocol facilitates ownership, champions accessibility, and underscores NFTs' capacity to evoke emotion
Eric Hu Will Not Take Web3 For Granted
The "Monarchs" co-creator emphasizes building Web3 deliberately and sustainably, delineates artistic versus design approaches, and opens up on his Decentralized Beauty initiative
Lani Trock Wants to Update the Social Contract
The multidisciplinary artist shares why site-specific works and Web3 needn’t be mutually exclusive, how blockchains can be instruments of social good, and when to cope with FOMO through mindfulness
Safeguarding the Movement
Wallet security means sharpening our senses
Reggaenomics and the Case for a Public Ledger
ZORA's own Dai Hovey traces the byzantine histories of sampling and copyright to argue for an open and permissionless ecosystem in which creators can thrive
Allow Me to EMBED
A toolkit for exhibiting your NFTs anywhere on the internet
FWB x ZORA Party: A Succinct Tell-All
Ushering in NFT.NYC's slew of events, a humble recounting of last week's superb meeting-of-the-minds
The Stories in the Machine
Chief Storyteller and CEO of Untitled Frontier, Simon de la Rouviere, revisits his Ethereum-embedded story from 2015, and ponders how current narratives written on-chain could prescribe the future
Geography and Paradise: Karl Phenom's Relaxation Gardens
Known for emulating the grit and grime of the basement club in his "punkisnotdead" series, Karl Phenom now lures us into the serenity of his Ibiza-inspired virtual gardens
Take a Ride on the Blkchain
Sian Morson of The Blkchain on championing crypto education, ensuring BIPOC don't lose out on venture capital, and building the largest collection of Black digital art
Cup of NFT: The 'It' Newsletter
Elle and Gian Ferrer on being tired of a Western-dominated NFT narrative, and embarking on their own newsletter covering artists in Southeast Asia, Play-to-Earn, and enabling global citizens to Web3
House of Fine Art Launches hofa.io - A Metaverse Gallery of NFT Excellence
ZORA speaks with HOFA co-founders on reimagining NFTs within the blue-chip, the value of curation, and why competition is a good thing.
The Many Multitudes of Niall Ashley
The Bristol-born, London-based painter and performance artist speaks on translating video into painting, getting away with abstraction, and not being afraid to politicize the NFT revolution
NiftyTable on Data Analysis and Why Decentralization Matters
“Data definitely has a limit in the value that it provides. The rest is filled by human imagination and effort.”
Sirsu on The Well and Building a Cultural Index On-Chain
“The Well is kind of like my love letter to humanity.”
Manifold on Smart Contracts and Creative Sovereignty
Eric Diep explains how Web3 enables true authenticity
VerticalCrypto Art on Residency Program Auction
"Creators should be empowered to own their own finances, to know how to market themselves, to not always have to be represented by somebody else."
The First Female Rapper on Blockchain now Leading Artists
ZORA’s new Community Lead, LATASHÁ
Speculation is a Superpower
And with great power comes great responsibility
Worldbuilding with FWB
"We're interested in how the digital can integrate into IRL, and amplify and strengthen our existing human connections."
The PFZ Stack: PartyBid-Fractional-Zora
How PartyBid, Fractional Art, and ZORA Auction House fit together, and why these projects are an important stack in the fractional NFT and DAO spaces
Reflections on the First-Ever PartyBid
How one party changed it all
JPG Co-founder Sam Spike on Curation, Cultural Value, and Permissionless Participation
How to build a thriving cultural landscape on the blockchain
H+ and Bright Moments Gallery in Los Angeles Pioneer NFTs IRL
Founder Hannah Stouffer collaborates with curator Chanel Verdult for NFT live auction
How to create your own NFT Auction House using ZORA
A repo to bootstrap your own permissionless auction house with the ZORA protocol
Holly Herndon for One for All
Holly Herndon on launching Holly+, longevity in art, and the wild west of NFTs
Why Create Your Own Marketplace?
Freedom to display and sell your work outside of the dominant format of endless thumbnail feeds should be a given
Metaverse Glossary
Everything you need to know about Metaverse jargon
PartyDAO on Building and Launching PartyBid
Giving communities the power to bid
Catalog Seeks to Revolutionize the Music Industry
Catalog’s mission is being an artist-focused platform that is both sustainable and community-oriented
Felt Zine on DAOs, ZORA, and Creating Together
A case study of DAOs, IRL and URL
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