Art in times of Blockchain
by Pablo Núñez Palma

Ivano Salonia | XR artist

Ivano is XR artist based in Amsterdam with a background in arts and advertising. He is the creator of Synthetic Sensuality, a series of NFT’s produced by a machine learning model trained with images of nude bodies that Ivano collected from the Internet.

Next to this project, we talk about Ivano’s artistic process, the importance of being brave, his passion for photography, music, Web 3 and the metaverse.

Show notes

Synthetic Sensuality, Ivano’s NFT collection. Available on OpenSea

https://opensea.io/collection/synthetic-sensuality

RGBXYZ. The art exhibition where I first run into Ivano’s artwork.

https://www.rgbxyz.nl/

A definition of Augmented Reality(AR) and how it differs from Virtual reality(VR)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_reality

An article that shows some of the photographic work made by Ivano

https://www.fuckadsmakeart.com/anarita-ivano

Dutch Graphic Design

https://craigberry93.medium.com/modernism-in-print-759ad9d26480

Ryan McGinley. Photographer.

https://www.instagram.com/ryanmcginleystudios

Museum of other realities (MOR)

https://www.museumor.com/

Giant Swan – VR Artist

www.instagram.com/giantswan

Steam – gaming platform where you can download MOR

https://store.steampowered.com/

Tribeca Film Festival hosted at MOR (The Virtual Arcade programme)

https://tribecafilm.com/festival/immersive/virtual-arcade

Cannes Film Festival hosted at MOR (Cannes XR)

https://www.marchedufilm.com/programs/cannes-xr/showcases/xr3/

Here is a walkthrough Cannes XR 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvoMKxdhADA

Bansky. Visual Artist.

https://www.instagram.com/banksy

Beeple. Visual Artist.

https://www.instagram.com/beeple_crap/

Fast-food chains are serving up NFTs

https://cointelegraph.com/news/would-you-like-fries-with-that-fast-food-chains-are-serving-up-nfts

How Music NFTs Could Disrupt the Music Industry

https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/how-music-nfts-could-disrupt-music-industry.htm

DAO – Decentralized autonomous organization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization

Voyager DAO

https://www.voyager.xyz/

Machine Learning. A definition from Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning

Machine Learning for artists using Runway (research resources)

https://research.runwayml.com/

WEB2 VS WEB3

https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/web2-vs-web3/

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-the-metaverse/