Long time friend and artist Alejandro Campos joins WTBS for an interview ahead of his upcoming 'Fantasia' release on Verse. In this episode we discuss:
- Alejandro's background in art and coding, how he got involved with NFTs & the origin of his original 'Ratchitect' artist name
- Why Alejandro uses music in many of his projects & starting to discuss generative art through the lens of web design and experience.
- Tackling problems and ideas that nobody else has before & making the p5.brush library + the work that goes into launching an open source project
- Unearthing and reviving the defunct AI model that powers the music in Fantasia, Alejandro's upcoming Tender collab release on Verse
- Where Fantasia sits in relation to the Enfantines series and Pensado a Mano
- Popping off more about experimenting with interactivity, animation and sound in generative art + revisiting web development
- Will there be more projects after Fantasia & disillusionment with web3
- The story of Generative Architecture: The Making of a Room on Verse and the potential to curate more in the future
- The weakness of 'digital' as a tool for preserving art
- Rapid Fire!
Thanks to Alejandro for coming on the show! Be on the lookout for Fantasia coming to Verse in mid-June.
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Episode Art: Fantasia by Alejandro Campos
Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank
