exploring NFTs & beeple with help from John Berger, Walter Benjamin & an amateurly applied bald cap.
CONTEXT very early in me knowing him, Justin told me a story of a lady who cleaned other people’s eyeballs with her tongue. And then offered to clean my eyeball with his tongue. And I’ve been terrified that he will ever since
REFERENCES
here is a small selection of stuff I looked at for this video.
I got the price of the 1954 Bowman Baseball no. 176 Vern Bickford from an ebay posting by Vintage Cardboard Collectibles, LLC – if it seems off, baseball card aficionados feel free to heckle me in the comments 🙂
Ways of Seeing, BBC / John Berger, 1972 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pDE4VX_9Kk
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin, 1935 – https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htm
Thank you to Dr. Christine Evans for helping me understand this in a film studies class a few years ago, and thank you to me for taking such good notes on it 😉
Okay here’s some of what I looked at to learn about #NFTs
– The Basics –
https://www.reddit.com/r/NFT/comments/kw8tu3/what_are_nfts_how_to_mint_an_nft_why_are_nfts/
What are NFTs? How to mint an NFT? Why are NFTs valuable? – Starting guide to NFTs, u/Mintableofficial, Jan 12, 2021
r/cryptocurrency on Sept 21, 2021
r/NFT on Sept 21, 2021
https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq
NFTs, explained, Mitchell Clark, updated Aug 18, 2021
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/16/no-nfts-arent-copyrights/
No, NFTs aren’t copyrights, Harrison Jordan, June 16, 2021
– The Hype –
https://time.com/5947720/nft-art/
NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World—But They Could Change So Much More, Andrew R. Chow, March 22, 2021
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-02/nft-art-boom-is-the-same-concept-as-the-photography-market?sref=M8H6LjUF
NFTs Are Booming, But They’re Nothing New in the Art Market, Jarmes Tarmy, March 2, 2021
– The Skeptics –
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSIGEunHAQ/
Cryptoart is a Pyramid Scheme… @cabeza_pata infographic on Instagram March 11, 2021
Linktree references: https://linktr.ee/cabezapatata
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/nft-art-1234585590/
How to Look at NFTs, Brian Droitcour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_6Nqn_R3r8
The Forum // Nora Khan & Fred Turner, TheLabSF
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/03/11/nfts-crypto-grifters-try-to-scam-artists-again/
NFTs: crypto grifters try to scam artists, again, David Gerard, March 11, 2021
https://thatkimparker.medium.com/most-artists-are-not-making-money-off-nfts-and-here-are-some-graphs-to-prove-it-c65718d4a1b8
Most artists are not making money off NFTs and here are some graphs to prove it, Kimberly Parker, Apr 19, 2021
https://news.artnet.com/opinion/beeple-everydays-review-1951656
I Looked Through All 5,000 Images in Beeple’s $69 Million Magnum Opus. What I Found Isn’t So Pretty, Ben Davis, March 17, 2021
& comments on this at Ycombinator – https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26499270
(I also looked at many of them myself on beeple’s website. But I did not look at all 5000.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/nfts-werent-supposed-end-like/618488/
NFTs Weren’t Supposed to End Like This, Anil Dash, 2021/04
https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/silicon-values-63206/
Silicon Values, Mike Pepi, Sept 28, 2016
https://memoakten.medium.com/the-unreasonable-ecological-cost-of-cryptoart-2221d3eb2053
The Unreasonable Ecological Cost of #CryptoArt (Part 1), Memo Akten, Dec 14, 2020
https://www.ofnumbers.com/2021/02/14/bitcoin-and-other-pow-coins-are-an-esg-nightmare/
Bitcoin and other PoW coins are an ESG nightmare, ofnumbers, Feb 14 2021
https://freakonomics.com/podcast/doughnut-economics/
Is Economic Growth the Wrong Goal?, Stephen J. Dubner, August 12, 2020
If you’re like, hey, I wonder where [x] idea in the video came from, none of these links seem to explain it—first of all, wow, I’m impressed at your level of rigor. Leave me a comment and I’ll dig through my much longer references document and get back to ya.
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Amazingly good video! +1 Subscriber 😀
Here from the clock app. Thank you for the thoughtful take! I wanted to love nfts and the hunger for more money and oversaturated lack of imagination absolutely killed it for me. I did enjoy the little spectacle pak pulled off tho
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I love your videos! Thank you so much!
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The nft argument that "artist make money" is only valid for a select few it would seem.
And also ingores how artist that have no interest in participant in nfts are finding that their art is being stolen and sold as nffts.
Prawns
thoroughly enjoying this binging session
sick video! 🙂 have you heard of mckenzie wark?
Comment to appease the stonks.
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F.D Signifier. Subbed to you right away! Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see more.
Good video.
thank you for some education and STONKS
Your videos are wonderful and are filled with fascinating perspectives, especially when it's tied to something specific like Ways of Seeing. Honestly, it reminds me a bit of the old PBS Idea Channel model, which is probably one of the biggest compliments I've given on Youtube. Definitely worth watching and messing up my Youtube recommendations for a bit.
I also wanna piggyback off of another comment and thank you for providing captions.
stumbled on you from FD's video. You make great content with some actual depth and reflexion on art, which I love!
I keep hearing this from a bunch of people I follow, I must know. How ya'll keep figuring out I'm not a real human being?
Really well made video! Looking forward to binging 😀
NFTs 😳
Your videos are really really good
This comment is mostly for engagement, yes, but this is straight up a banger of a video, I'm not funny enough to say something original about it
Hopped over from FD and have now watched all your videos. Can't wait for more!
Like many people, coming over from F. D. Signifier. Love this and definitely subscribing!
I really liked your video and the way you presented your ideas/production, etc. and I will share this video with friends, but it's so hard to find you via Search! even typing Artisanal Cheese NFTs this didn't come up either on page 1 or 2. I guess you'll be easier to find as your channel grows, but maybe it's not great for a small channel to be hard to find. Idk, maybe this is useless information to you, but I still wanted to share in case it helps.
This is fantastic! Easily one of my favorite video essayists! Can’t wait for more!
Algorithm food, love what you're doing.
amazing video great job :^)
If I hear one more person telling me crypto will set us free, unregulated market will fix unregulated markets.
new favorite channel omg
09:31 I know at least six people that would unironically want that progress poster on their wall.
“this is fucking stupid” “yup”
I knew this video was gonna be awesome as soon as you mentioned Ways of Seeing. Liked and subscribed, and I'm looking forward to seeing what you create next!
Could you do a follow-up on the Metaverse and how this would connect to this idea of valuing an inherently non-limited ressource?
I really liked the way you described financial anxiety. It sounds silly but I've never heard anyone just say that "I feel at my worst when I am thinking about money." This is exactly how it is for me and I am sure sooo many other people yet it's something we do not talk about enough. This was a great video. Very excited to see more content from you!
Loved hearing your thoughts and humour. Hope to see you in upcoming blue man's group productions.
Coming from FD's video: this video is great and your channel deserves some love!
20/10, this was so thoughtful and the Stonks pose pushed it over the edge.
i had to come check this one out after f.d signifier's video. this is so good! i hope your channel blows up soon!
terrifying, fantastic analysis, 10/10
Found you through FD! I am down for your content. You got me to laugh in the first 10 seconds. Then I watched your other videos and FD is right! Bravo!
Solid vid, I like the humour mixed with the info. Subscribed
I'm no prognostradaminator, but this I saw about NFTs very early. But you present a much better, and much better researched, point.
Here on a recommend from F.D Signifier. nostrodamus
Seeing how many times your broke and smiled while painting your face for a self evident dumb meme was priceless.
Super fun!!
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Incredible work. Both in the meme recreation and the essay
Nice video. I guess the question for me is why is it ok for rich people to get into this but struggling artists shouldn't.
Great work!
This is a smaller thing, but I really appreciate that your video is captioned. I also was sent to your channel by Fiq, and I really love your style of editing and the flow of your video. Your art is also really cool, really crisp and cartoonish. Subscribed, and I really appreciate this video. Have a great day!
great work. commenting activates my social anxiety because I feel like I need to say something "worth" reading or I might as well not bother, but engagement to the mighty algorithm matters for existing and not for its content, so, this is that, i guess. bye now. drive safe.
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