Arbitrarily Deterministic

Hosted by Kenconsumer, the final episode of Season 2 was originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on December 15, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to all around good guy, Liam Egan. Liam is long time member of the generative art community and has been involved with FX Hash since its inception. We had a great conversation covering many topics around what he does, what his interests are and his favorite drinks. Links- https://twitter.com/neuromantic6 https://tender.art/Liam%20Egan/projects

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on December 8, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to HAL09999, a French generative artist. HAL has released a few projects on fxhash.xyz and also releases works on objkt.com. We talk about the process of creation, the financialization of generative art, the market around that, the pressure on artists to meet/exceed expectations, and other interesting things.  Links- https://twitter.com/HAL09999 https://tender.art/HAL09999/projects https://danslesnuages.xyz/works

Hosted by Kenconsumer and Paul, this episode was originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on November 24, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to Lars Wander, a generative artist based in New York City. We chat about his role at Google, his experience making "How You See Me" series, his recent exhibition in London, him being a part of Art Basel Miami, Paul's birthday gift and bunch of other fun stuff. No more spoilers, have a listen.  Links- https://twitter.com/larswander https://tender.art/larswander/projects https://verse.works/persons/lars-wander

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on November 17, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to the three artists that are exhibiting in Systematic Premeditation, an exhibition in my gallery sp2.berlin. ciphrd, Ryan Bell and Leander Herzog and I talk about all kinds of shit, including how the exhibition came about, how/why ciphrd started fxhash, how they come to use specific programming languages for their art, their thoughts on marketplaces and their role in the art world, and other stuff. It was great for me to have this experience. Sorry for the technical difficulties in the middle there, the joys of live radio...  Links- https://twitter.com/ciphrd https://tender.art/ciphrd/projects https://twitter.com/lennyjpg https://tender.art/Leander%20Herzog/projects https://twitter.com/iryanbell https://tender.art/iRyanBell/projects https://upshot.xyz/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_des_Refus%C3%A9s https://www.fxhash.xyz/

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on November 10, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to THE Reverend Dan Catt. Yes, he is a real Reverend. We talk about who he is, why I have him on the show, community curation, some required reading for anyone getting into generative art and wants to curate, music, the future of the internet, art, and he does an incredible rendition of John Cage's masterpiece 4'33". Who knew he had such a silky smooth voice?  Links- https://twitter.com/revdancatt https://tender.art/revdancatt/projects Books he thinks you should read- Curating Digital Art: From Presenting and Collecting Digital Art to Networked Co-Curation - Annet Dekker   (Curating) From A to Z  (Curating) From Z to A - Jens Hoffmann   Management of Art Galleries - Magnus Resch   Becoming a Curator - Holly Brubach (not actually about how to become one, but how someone became one) Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art - Michael Shnayerson   Duty Free Art: Art in the Age of Planetary Civil War - Hito Steyerl (bonus one, this one can be a tricky read)

Hosted by Kenconsumer and Paul, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on October 27, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to Zeneca, mastermind behind the Zen Academy and one of the hosts of Two Bored Apes podcast. The chat was great. We learned about his interest in Seneca (the Roman Stoic Philosopher), his time as a poker player, mental health and his "infinite regret" tweet, how he deals with the pressure of being in an "always on" environment like the NFT space, what his favorite NFT is, and other stuff.  Links- https://twitter.com/Zeneca_33 https://twitter.com/ZenAcademy_ https://open.spotify.com/show/45he6IM6H1BeDcrOZIuhA0?si=ffeee386c9154adf

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on October 20, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to artist Antti Pussinen and gallerist Luisa Catucci about what its like to stage a generative art show in an IRL gallery. We get off on to many other tangents, but those tangents are interesting and somehow get back on track. For me, this was fascinating because Luisa and I have common paths that have led us both to exhibiting this kind of work in our galleries. An American, an Italian and Finn sit in a studio... Links- https://twitter.com/antti_pussinen https://tender.art/Antti%20Pussinen/projects https://tender.art/project/fragment-assembler https://www.luisacatucci.com/

Hosted by Kenconsumer and guest co-host Ed from KRPDM Dao, this episode was originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on October 13, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to ClownVamp, a collector and an AI Artist that is pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved with cryptoart and NFTs. He has two main collections on Tezos, "The Truth" and "Detective Jack",  both are narratives being told through a complex weaving of minting and burning in order to advance the storyline. We discuss those series, his vision for them, what he wants to collect, where he sees this headed, his process for creating the art, how he keeps track of it all, and many other things.  Links- https://twitter.com/ClownVamp https://linktr.ee/clownvamp https://deca.art/do/thetruth_timeline https://stability.ai/

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was recorded live and broadcast on www.keithfem.com on September 29, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to generative artists Mikkel Hartmann and pxlshrd. Both artists have released work, thus far, exclusively on the Tezos blockchain. In the episode we discuss how they both came to making generative art, what they do in their time off, their working process for their collaborative release on FX Hash "pause", and some other stuff.  Links- https://twitter.com/Mikkel_Hartmann https://twitter.com/pxlshrd https://tender.art/pxlshrd/projects https://tender.art/Mikkel%20Hartmann/projects

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on September 22, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to Tom aka pixelwank. Tom is a generative artist releasing works, thus far, exclusively on the Tezos blockchain. We discuss his working process, how he came to FX Hash, get a little in-depth about a couple specific projects, Cornelius, his connection to music, Circolors, and the concept of Ostinato. Links- https://twitter.com/pixelwank https://tender.art/pixelwank/projects https://www.discogs.com/release/3379919-Cornelius-Sensuous-Synchronized-Show

Hosted by Kenconsumer and remote co-host Paul, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on September 1, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode we talk to Ryan Bell, aka iryanbell. Ryan is a generative artist releasing works, thus far, exclusively on the Tezos blockchain. We discuss his working process, how he came to FX Hash, get a little in-depth about a couple specific projects, the PROOF Collective, his attachment to pfps, cc0, the importance of berries, and THE Unicorns.  Links-  https://twitter.com/iRyanBell  https://tender.art/iRyanBell/projects  https://collective.proof.xyz/ https://opensea.io/collection/corruption-s

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on August 25, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. In this episode I talk to Tyler Boswell, aka teaboswell. Tyler is a generative artist releasing works pretty much exclusively thru FX Hash. We discuss his path to generative art, what he finds interesting, what inspires him, his working process with ajberni for the TENDER X collab "Love" and I ask the hardest question- why hasn't he visited the Mob Museum? Links- https://twitter.com/teaboswell https://tender.art/teaboswell/projects https://themobmuseum.org/

Hosted by Kenconsumer with co-host Paul and special guest Aleksandra Jovanic, the Season 2 premiere was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on August 18, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 14, the premiere episode of Season 2, recaps what has happened in the broader generative art space since the end of Season 1. We discuss what has happened with FX Hash, Art Basel, Proof of People, Tender, a Bugged Forest, and took a call from Willpop (co-host of Waiting to be Signed) where he explained that holding art during this crypto downturn is a better move than just holding the currency. We also discuss what we're looking forward to in the coming months, as well as some other things.  It was a fun one. Glad to be back. 

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on May 26, 2022, Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 13, the final episode of Season 1, features generative artist and FX Hash community legend, rudxane. We discuss his involvement in the generative art platform FX Hash, his involvement in the greater generative art movement, his favorite artist, his work, and his relationship to music, and some other stuff. Links- https://twitter.com/rudxane1 https://fxtender.art/u/rudxane/projects https://www.fxhash.xyz/ If you liked what you listened to and have a Tez wallet, we welcome donations at idontlikepodcasts.tez

Hosted by Kenconsumer, this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on May 12, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 12 features generative artist and rogue architect Kwame Bruce Busia (aka Studio Yorktown). In the episode, we discuss Bruce's journey into creating NFTs on Ethereum and the Tezos blockchains, how he found FX Hash, what his process for creation is, what's going on in Abu Dhabi, how his philosophy around rules informs his creative process and what he's up to now.  Links- https://twitter.com/StudioYorktown https://fxtender.art/u/Studio%20Yorktown/projects https://versum.xyz/user/tz1XMYyXTn3FmnJKJGh55ivepRPqNpQqeE7x/created

Hosted by Kenconsumer and guest cohost Paul (aka qaulv) this episode was originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on April 28, 2022. Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 11 features CFO/COO of ClubNFT & RightClickSave, Danielle King (aka djkart). Unfortunately there was a technical difficulty and the beginning of the episode was not recorded. We join it about 3 mins into the conversation. In the episode, we discuss Danielle's journey into NFTs, her past at Lehmann Brothers, PS1 and MOMA, her experience on fx hash and with the TENDER Collective, as well as her philosophy around collecting art among other things. Just so we are all aware, her favorite color is blue, not purple.  Links- https://twitter.com/Rrose_Selavy_11 https://linktr.ee/club_nft https://fxtender.art/pkh/tz1ioXgXZDvhmU6Q3FbTvVACCweyNbq3XaZ1/collection

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on April 14, 2022, Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 10 features generative artist, philosopher, and opinionist Marcelo Soria Rodriguez (aka msoriaro). Marcelo and I discuss many things surrounding his inspiration for his generative art pieces, his process of creation, his general philosophy behind why he makes what he makes and what he's up to now and in the near future.  Links- https://twitter.com/msoriaro https://fxtender.art/u/msoriaro/projects https://www.iillucid.com/ https://www.artblocks.io/project/267

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on April 7, 2022, Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 9 features generative artist Toiminto. Toiminto was in town for the Bright Moments opening and stopped by the studio to chat about his process, what he's worked on, what has influenced him over time, who is influencing him at the moment, and where he sees himself in this whole thing.  Links- https://twitter.com/toiminto https://fxtender.art/project/kappygen-1 https://gen.art/gallery/10008 https://www.artblocks.io/project/169

Hosted  by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on March 31, 2022,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection  between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 8 features generative artist and Tezos Baker, punevyr. We discuss his involvement in the generative art platform, FX Hash, his involvement in Tezos ecosystem, Katy Perry, how he came to be the most collected artist on FX Hash, art he likes and his currently unnamed 1/1 marketplace on the Tezos blockchain. Links- https://twitter.com/punevyr https://fxtender.art/u/punevyr/projects https://fxtender.art/project/g-l-a-s-s-1 https://www.zerostake.xyz https://www.fxhash.xyz Art we discussed- https://objkt.com/profile/buridanova/created  https://objkt.com/profile/tz1bsz4fJnZmJYjNuHoTQBLKdVxLDmPvpeea/created  https://objkt.com/profile/bahrullmarta/created

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on March 24, 2022,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 7 features tender.art founder ajberni (Adam). Adam and I discuss how he came up with Tender, the importance of curatorial concepts in generative art, his vision for Tender, the Tender Fund, upcoming collaborations as well as many other things.  Links- https://twitter.com/tender_art https://www.tender.art https://www.fxhash.xyz

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast on www.keithfem.com on  March 17, 2022,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection  between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 6 features generative artist Abstractment (aka Preston).  Preston and I discuss his path as a generative artist, where he feels he is positioned in the space, who and what some of his influences are, the Clew Crew discord, his future plans and many other things.  Links- https://twitter.com/abstractment https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/abstractment https://abstractment.art/

Hosted  by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com on March 3, 2022,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art,  technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 5 features Berlin based artist Marcel Schwittlick.  Marcel is a well known figure in the world of digital and code art, having 10+ years of experience in the realm. On this episode we discuss his NFT series 'Upward Spiral', his fascination with plotter printers, his opinions on generative art, his recent Tezos hackathon win, Hic Et Nunc and the community, fxhash, and a few other things.  Links- https://linktr.ee/schwittlick https://teia.art/schwittlick

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com, Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines.   Episode 4 features New Zealand based generative artist Rich Poole. Best known for his Gen.Art drop, Toha, Rich and I discuss how he came to be a generative artist, starting with this love for Warhammer figurines, to plotter printing, to EthBlockArt, to today. Rich tells us a bit about other projects on FX Hash and also mentions an upcoming drop on Gen.Art on March 2, 2022.  Links- https://gen.art/drops/toha https://twitter.com/rich__poole https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/Rich%20Poole

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on  www.keithfem.com,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection  between art,  technology and popular culture and the people who help  blur those lines. Episode 3's guest co-host Somaticbits and I welcome Aleksandra Jovanic, a Professor of New Media at the FFA in Belgrade, as she discusses her involvement in making art using the technological tools and knowledge of coding, she has at her disposal. We discuss the generative art scene and its place in the greater art world.  Links- https://bio.link/aleksandrajovanic

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com,  Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art,  technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines. Episode 2's guest Ada of ada-ada-ada.art, discusses the NFT space in general, her usage of data science to visualize matters she is interested in, her involvement in fxhash.xyz (a generative art platform on the Tezos blockchain) and where she sees herself in this whole thing. Links-  ada-ada-ada.art https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/habitats https://www.fxhash.xyz/generative/slug/representation

Hosted by Kenconsumer and originally broadcast live on www.keithfem.com, Arbitrarily Deterministic focuses on the intersection between art, technology and popular culture and the people who help blur those lines.  The first episode has long time art market veteran, and recent NFT zealot, Kenny Schacter on as the guest. Kenny discusses his involvement in the art market, his recent foray into NFTs and his exhibition at Nagel Draxler in Berlin.