Hello everyone! This week we have a very special and different episode. The Neobimbos brought on their first guest, Matt Miller, an investor specializing in digital art. He is part of Metaversal, a prominent NFT production studio and venture firm. With the help of Matt, we dive into the generative art space: its collecting and investing dynamics, its relationship to the traditional art world, exciting generative projects, and the implications of using AI as a tool for art production.

Stay tuned to hear how AI and performance art intersect, photography’s relevance to generative art, and which projects to look out for!

To stay up to date with Metaversal:

Website: https://www.metaversal.gg/

Metaversalist Newsletter: https://themetaversalist.substack.com/

Twitter: @HelloMetaversal

To stay up to date with Matt:

Twitter: @balon_art

Reading List:

History

• Benjamin, Walter. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” 1936, Illuminations: Essays and Reflections Publisher: Schocken Books, New York, p.217-251
• Kockelkoren, Petran. “Art and Technology Playing Leapfrog: A History and Philosophy of Technoèsis.” Inside the Politics of Technology: Agency and Normativity in the Co-Production of Technology and Society, edited by Hans Harbers, Amsterdam University Press, 2005, pp. 147–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt45kcv7.10.
• Generative Art: A Practical Guide Using Processing by Matt Pearson
• A collector’s guide to AI and generative art

Interview

• Tyler Hobbes’ Essays
• Fake it Till You Make it by Maya Man
• Human Unreadable by Operator
• Chromie Squiggles
• Tezos
• Lumen Prize
• Tender.Art