Snowfro: democratising art, navigating success and the realities of gatekeeping

Welcoming Erick Calderon aka Snowfro, to discuss all things generative, Art Blocks, Generative Goods, the difficulty of wearing multiple hats, the weight of people's expectations and dealing with competition in the space.

01:02 - Welcome Snowfro
01:40 - Bringing the energy and shaping culture
03:45 - The headspace of a founder vs an artist
05:25 - Being pulled in different directions
06:38 - The core goal of Art Blocks
09:00 - Democratisation of the art
12:20 - The importance of a longterm perspective
13:35 - Thoughts on the traditional gallery model
16:50 - Not leaning into FOMO as a platform
19:58 - The responsibility that comes with success
22:09 - How to deal with the distribution of audience attention among projects
24:00 - Why the Art Blocks schedule has slowed
26:18 - The still-unexplored potential of generative unchain art
28:04 - Extend your time horizon
30:20 - AB Curated, AB Studio and moving forward
33:21 - How to think about competition
44:50 - The power of generative art and blockchain as a distribution mechanism
46:56 - Navigating the success of Squiggles
50:00 - Collecting, Selling, and financial realities of a digital art platform
52:19 - Artists and projects that are pushing things forward
55:40 - The intersection of AI and code based work
58:58 - A new solo project and the power of constraints
01:02:13 - Juggling AB, Generative Goods and an art practice
01:05:15 - The Generative Goods philosophy and connecting with a different audience
01:15:15 - Different view points, different business models and creating upside
01:22:40 - Snowfro debrief
01:24:20 - The realities of gatekeeping
01:29:00 - Orkhan's Rêveries
01:37:30 - Technical issues with the minting process
01:40:20 - The semantics of gatekeeping
01:44:55 - Artist highlights
Snowfro: x.com/artonblockchain?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4e…
nikita diakur: x.com/nikitadiakur?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t…
Spencer Yan: x.com/spncryn?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t-FfRQw
Marcela Bellini: x.com/studiobellini?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-…
Joain: x.com/0xjoain?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t-FfRQw
LEGIO_X: x.com/legio_x_?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t-FfRQw
Jesse Draxler: x.com/jessedraxler?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t…
Petra Cortright: x.com/petcortright?s=21&t=Y0qIYiBAAsy4ea-t…