The Defiant guide to Digital Art and NFTs

Following the great DeFi summer many have been predicting NFTs to be the tricky second album. This is a monumentally large subject with competing viewpoints and every level of talent from scammer to international superstar.

In this episode we cover Robert Alice's Block 21 sale at Christie's through Anthony Pompliano's big bet on Trevor Jones, the marketplace debate via Robness and Blue Kirby and hear from artists Simon Wan and Sven Eberwein and progressive marketplace Mintbase. It really is a packed episode.

The only question is: do you recognize art when it's right in front of you?

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0:00 Intro
0:53 Titles
01:05 is a QR code art?
01:26 A big year for Digital Art
02:08 Robert Alice - Portraits of a Mind
05:21 Robert Hughes on the legacy of art movements
05:52 Pomp's 'Big bet'
07:11 The case for 'traditional' art
08:22 Simon Wan - it's all bull$h1t
10:56 Trevor Jones 'Bitcoin Bull'
13:24 Sven Eberwein 'Pineapple Ponzi'
15:48 Curatorship and marketplaces
16:23 Robness and the $TRSH movement
19:14 Blue Kirby and the Off Blue affair
23:22 The SuperMassive NFTs
24:12 Nate Geier and Mintbase's move to Near Protocol
26:28 Isn't it all just bs?
27:45 Banksy's ultimate f-you-factor moment
28:17 How does it make you feel?
29:39 It's right in front of you
30:07 Simon Wan - how do I blockchain?

Links:
https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/was-it-a-pump-and-dump-few-will-ever
https://twitter.com/AlexSaundersAU/status/1308541846608461826
https://dontbuymeme.com/
https://www.robertalice.com/
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/robert-alice-block-21-4236433-n-7126189-6283759-details.aspx
https://pomp.substack.com/p/the-next-big-bet-digital-art
https://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/andy-warhol
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4854335/
https://niftygateway.com/collections/trevorjones
https://twitter.com/sven_eberwein
https://twitter.com/robnessofficial
https://off---blue.com/welcome
https://opensea.io/assets/supermassive-v2-1
https://twitter.com/nategeier
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/06/banksy-sothebys-auction-prank-leaves-art-world-in-shreds-girl-with-balloon