

Vaulted by PROOF
PROOF/Yuga Labs
Vaulted by PROOF is a podcast that delves into the world of collecting and creating digital art collectibles. Each episode covers a wide range of topics within the digital art sphere, featuring a revolving cast of influential guests and thought leaders in this revolutionary technology medium. Join us as we explore how digital art is transforming the way we produce and experience creativity today.
Episodes
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Sep 30, 2021 • 50min
MoonCat's Path from Abandaned NFT project to Sotheby's Auction House

Sep 28, 2021 • 55min
Artist Spotlight: Pindar Van Arman and his Ai Canvas Painting Robots
Pindar talks to Kevin about his AI process, including the introduction of feedback loops. He touches on his feeling around imposter syndrome in the digital AI world and early influences from the earlier "digital art brat pack."

Sep 23, 2021 • 1h 21min
MoFi Consensus — Keeping NFT assets safe, Frontrunning Opensea Insider Information, Snoop Dogg: I am @CozomoMedici, and Arbitrum.
Punks Comic - Meta Hero vs DAO route
Tezzards
Art Blocks Subscapes
Floors.cafe
Snoop Dog is Cozmo Medici
Arbitrum - Optimistic rollups

Sep 17, 2021 • 1h 1min
Rise of AI-Generated Art: August Rosedale of Mirage Gallery
Kevin chats with August Rosedale, the owner of Mirage Gallery, and the AI artists "Alejandro" and "Taylor." The two fictional AI-generated personas create crypto-native evolving art. August discusses using Open AI to create art as well as a complete persona behind the generated art. He also touches on the legal and moral thought experiment of intellectual property of AI outputs based on large existing datasets.

Sep 15, 2021 • 1h 27min
Artist Spotlight: Sarah Zucker, The Sarah Show
Kevin Rose chats with Sarah Zucker on creating her unique voice in the art world. Sarah discusses the art of "quality degradation," The current glitch art community, platform loyalty, and the importance of NFT authenticity validation.

Sep 10, 2021 • 1h 10min
Artist Spotlight: Ringers with Dmitri Cherniak
Kevin interviews Dmitri Cherniak, creator of the Ringers project. The Ringers series comprises 1,000 generative art NFTs made up of automatically generated "strings and pegs." Dmitri discusses his early influences, how the projects are generated utilizing his p5js script, and his take on where generative art fits into the traditional art world.

Sep 7, 2021 • 1h 2min
Collector Spotlight: Chris, Flamingo DAO member
"Chris" from Flamingo DAO breaks down his thesis on why long-term holding is the key to value accrual. They also cover the historical importance of key NFTs.

Sep 3, 2021 • 59min
Nouns DAO with Punk 4156
Kevin chats with 4156 about his new project 'Nouns DAO'. "Nouns are an experimental attempt to improve the formation of on-chain avatar communities. While projects such as Cryptopunks have attempted to bootstrap digital community and identity, Nouns attempt to bootstrap identity, community, governance, and a treasury that can be used by the community for the creation of long-term value."
Full links and show notes here.

Sep 1, 2021 • 50min
Artist Spotlight: Twin Flames with Justin Aversano
Kevin interviews Justin Aversano, artist advocate and creator of the Twin Flames photography NFT series, created as his healing project as his twin died in-utero. They discuss how Justin has built one of the most influential discord groups in the NFT space, his invite process to connect personally with everyone involved. In addition, his Brooklyn, NY, based SaveArtSpace nonprofit turns commercial billboards into community art space.

Aug 31, 2021 • 46min
Early Generative Art Project: 'CryptoArte' with Sebastian Brocher
Sebastian Brocher talks to Kevin about his early ethereum generative art project, CryptoArte. According to minting dates on the blockchain, this is the second generative art project known to exist on ethereum. In this episode, they discuss how CryptoArte visualizes the data stored in the blockchain to create unique NFTs.
Full show notes and links coming soon.