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E75 - Curated Critique
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00. Listen
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01. News
- Will's audio sounds bad, not rad like Very Large Array
- Diablo IV is out; here is a random review from the internet for you to read
- The #200tezos event was an absolute hit this week; an intro tweet is pasted below and be sure to follow the hashtag to find some of the outstanding work that was posted:
- Cinematic trailers were 'in' this week, including this one from Rob Scalera promoting his fxhash project, Sillage :
‘Sillage’ is live ✨ fxhash.xyz/generative/slu… Alpha 🤣
02. Platform talk
- Alba
- Alba officially launched this week with its genesis project, Turing Test by developer Willyham
Amazing seeing all of the incredible mints coming in this afternoon! 🥳 Gas has finally come down (currently forty gwei), so anyone with a reserve that held off, now's a good time to jump back in and mint. And thanks for joining us at the beginning of this amazing journey 🎂
- fxhash community member and Alba artistic director, Haiver, released Lace Factory to a relatively quick sellout at 0.03 ETH
1/ Lace Factory on @albadotart is sold out! All 300 editions gone in 2 1/2 hours. I'm still dizzy with delight, and waiting for it to fully sink in. This is my biggest win as an artist in a 20 year career, and I couldn't be more grateful to all of you for being part of it 🫶
- This release has proved that open platforms can potentially work on Ethereum (as long as gas stays reasonable), but Pronoia makes several good points about the ability to support more artists on low-cost chains such as Tezos or Etherum L2s
While I'm glad that @AlbaDotArt wants to give artists a chance to mint a generative collection on an Ethereum based open platform, it does strike me as a compelling example of why @fx_hash_ chose Tezos. Founder @ciphrd let people mint his first collection on the platform for
- Art Blocks
- Fidenza #545 sold for 625 ETH . Wow!
- Neural Sediments by Eko33 sold out before hitting resting price:
- Verse
- Funktor by Erik Swahn is his second collector curated project on the platform
- Rudxane's Hypnagogic **is an excellent example of artist-curated work
- GenArch is Verse's new exhibition next week, featuring a bevy of work by several artists. Below is Antichambre by Anaglyphic, Yumo no Sekai by Kira0, and Tekon : Optima by Studio Yorktown:
03. Projects of the week
- Axiomata
- KRILLER, by James Paterson & Stephen Ramsay
On KRILLER.com.
- NFC Lisbon
And we're rolling 😎 Great turnout here at the Blindstage! Featured during 'feels like home' is also a curated gallery on display by @MonkAntony_tez of @lerandomart 🎨 View the gallery: 🖼️ feels-like-home.xyz/gallery About the gallery: This exhibition presents these varying
- Rooted is the first project we call out, and mention some other projects by MJ:
- We also reference elsif's Slice of Life and its predecessor, For Algernon :
04. Looking ahead
- Sonoran Roadways by Jake Rockland will be coming out on Art Blocks:
That's it for this episode, everyone; thank you for listening! If you like what we're doing, the best way for you to support our efforts is to smash that "collect" button at the bottom (and top) of this article. Every donation and collection is incredibly appreciated
Have an excellent rest of your week.
Trinity & Will