Episode 27
NFTs & Digital Art Production
On this episode we are speaking to Tais Koshino and Amelie Maia, co-founders of the DiverseNftArt initiative which aims to provide a community for Women, BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ NFT artists. Tais Koshino is a digital artist from Brazil whose work is featured on Hic et Nunc . Amelie Maia is an artist and senior creative developer currently based in Toronto, Canada.
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Host & Producer: Chipo Mapondera
Researcher: Deirbhile Áine Ní Bhranáin
Editor: Eliza Bacon
Sound Engineer: Fungai Nengare
Theme Music: Anna De Mutiis
Resources:
Follow DiverseNftArt on Twitter @DiverseNftArt and visit their website https://diversenft.art/
Follow Tais Koshino @taiskoshino and Amelie Maia @ameliemaiaa on Twitter.
Read the Electric Artefacts article Artists’ NFT Exchange Initiative Helps Drive Diversity of Works about DiverseNFTArt and some of their initiatives.
Discover the Hic et Nunc platform.
Learn more about the Hic et Nunc platform in the article Tezos-native NFT platform H=N gains steam launches World Art Day fundraiser on Coin Telegraph.
The Rest of World article Inside Brazil’s DIY, eco-friendly NFT art marketplace discusses the impact of the NFT art market in Brazil.
Explore Cryptovoxels, the user owned virtual world.
Discover more about The Digital Diaspora, the exhibition championing work by Black creatives in the article Diana Sinclair on curating the digital diaspora on the Foundation blog.
Discover more about herstoryDAO, the platform seeking to amplify Black femme NFT artists in the article herstoryDAO Manifesto via Foundation.
Teen Vogue caught up with The Digital Diaspora curator, Diana Sinclair to talk Afrofuturism, the macroverse, and why teens can save the world in the article Meet the 17-Year-Old Curator Who's Intentionally Uplifting Black Artists.
Follow this Twitter thread for video tutorials by VerticalCryptoArt and James Paterson on the basics of setting up a wallet and minting artworks.
Read the article Not Another JPEG by M Plummer-Fernández goes into the possibilities of NFTs including proof-of-stake block chains and clean NFTs.
Learn more about what NFTs are in the Coindesk article What Are NFTs and How Do They Work.
The article NFTs: The First 5000 Beeples by The Metapurser explores their history in crypto currencies and their game-changing purchase of Beeples’ NFTs.
Read The Verge article The Climate Controversy Swirling Around NFTs to learn more about the effects of NFT’s on climate change.
Read the article Clean NFTs on Tezos on cleaner blockchain and cryptocurrencies by TQ Tezos.
Follow this Twitter thread on the importance of Clean NFTs and Hic et Nunc.
The Fstoppers article Clean NFTs Exist, but We Are Not Using Them explores why Clean NFTs are less popular.