Zach Lieberman is an artist, researcher, and educator with a simple goal: he wants you surprised. He's been listed as one of Fast Company's Most Creative People and has won several recognitions: like the Golden Nica from Ars Electronica. The Interactive Design of the Year from The Design Museum of London, as well as being listed in Time Magazine's Best Inventions of the Year. He's also the co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation and professor of MIT Media Lab, where he leads the Future Sketches group.
Show Notes:
2:45 - Zach’s artistic coding background
4:57 - Intro into NFTs and perceptions on the space
11:28 - The idea of co-creation and co-ownership for the Adidas and Prada NFT project
15:00 - The technical process of how Zach composed the project
16:31 - Zach’s expectations before and after
18:08 - Students’ and younger generation’s interest in NFTs
20:07 - How to bring more women in the space
23:42 - Details of the Adidas/Prada drop
29:29 - How to get started into NFTs if you’re an artist
31:21 - What Zach thinks is missing the space
32:52 - Zach’s experience with ArtBlocks and their community
39:03 - Where do you see the future of art going?
42:40 - What is School of Poetic Computations and how it got started
44:42 - Fave NFTs
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