E71 - 5 Tez Collections
00. Listen
01. News
- Housekeeping
- We were on Two Bored Apes this week! We talked about art and also Not Art for nearly two hours; it was a ton of fun to record so don't forget to take a listen -
- Will has a pair of Octets...is this the one is at the framers? We may never know.
- Speaking of physical pieces, fxhash community member, Nuk, was kind enough to plot our YYYSEED pieces and send them to us. Thank you so much!
- Speaking of plots, Will is also receiving a nice package from Alejandro soon, as well!
- Our interview with Cory Haber dropped on Wednesday. Take a listen to hear more about his process and Atmospheres, his **upcoming project on Verse. If that weren't enough, we have our third interview in a three weeks coming out this Wednesday, with fxhash team member Ozzie!
- We've finally updated our logo across social media accounts, and have also created a new Linktree that includes a link to a Spotify playlist with just our interviews
- Around the web3 world
- Sotheby's launched Sotheby's Metaverse, a marketplace dedicated to curated NFTs
- It's no secret gas fees on the Ethereum network are just too damn high. Tezos has created a whole website and campaign to onboard people who have spent \$100+ in fees with 5 free tez. Many folks have created examples of 5 tez collections. Here's ours (so far).
- Zancan and the folks at Artmatr released ORGANIC MATR, a physical + augmented reality collection that has been printing with their technology.
- Shvembldr has finally posted an update on his situation, which we're thrilled to see. Less exciting is hearing about how the prolonged saga is having severe negative affects on his mental and physical well-being. The Twitter thread is a must-read.
- We released a poll asking for thoughts on the ability to own episodes of WTBS as 1/1 NFTs. The poll is since closed, but feel free to jump into the replies to provide any additional opinions.
- Phantom wallet has rolled out a multi-chain feature that will allow users to interact with Etherum, Polygon, and Solana without switching wallets, which is a huge usability improvement. The thread and responses have additional details.
02. Catching up on Verse
- "Linea" by Stuart Batchelor
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- "POEMS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN The Marianne Moore Edit" by Ana Maria Caballero & Hieroglyphica
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- "Imperfection at Peace" by Ferdinand Dervieux
On Verse.
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03. Market updates
- For 600 tez -
- For 385 tez -
- For 800 tez -
- For 425 tez -
- Will purchased a pair of Tych for 550 and 600 Tez -
- Trinity purchased this Waxing Crescent for 175 tez -
- Trinity also purchased this CLEAN Reading a book for 180 tez
- For 1800 tez -
- For 675 tez -
- On the positive side, this sold for 369 tez -
![[WAITING TO BE SIGNED]](../assets/nft-953740-64faac1217.jpg)
04. Project of the week + shoutouts
- Pensado a mano
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- Circunvoluciones
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- Photon resonator n°5
- scherzando
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- 64-Cylinder Engine
04. Looking ahead
- Tyler Boswell has been working on this for a long time; glad to see it's finally ready!
- Tur came out on Tender. We went to the event, it was super awesome.
- This amazing new piece from Anna Lucia is baked in southern history.
- Iskra is the latest in a list of very fine artist releasing on Tonic. Coming May 25. Read about her experience with Vera Molnar below -
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