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Studio Visit w/ r4v3n episode with Ian Rogers, CXO, Ledger

Ian was raised in Goshen, Indiana and learned BASIC programming on an Apple II. He graduated from Goshen High School in 1990 and received a bachelors degree in computer science from Indiana University Bloomington in 1994.

Ian has had a storied career with him starting working for the Beastie Boys in the early 90s along with working on WinAmp. He went on from there to a number of executive roles with Yahoo, Apple, Beats Music, LVMH and finally Ledger where her currently serves as Chief Experience Officer.

He is also a prolific collector of blockchain based art something he is particularly passionate about.

It was great to chat with Ian and hear his amazing story.

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r4v3n is joined by generative artists Anna Carreras and Jimena Buena Vida to discuss their contributions to a new exhibition called Echoes of Frida by In Resonance w/ support by Frida Kahlo Foundation.

Recorded on 11/15/2024 in Marfa, TX at Art Blocks Weekend 2024

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r4v3n sits down with artists Snowfro, DCA and Jeff Davis at Art Blocks Marfa Weekend to discuss the history of Art Blocks and the future of on-chain generative art.

Recorded on: 11/14/2024 in Marfa, TX

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/b_EWLZSxr9o

Ben Skaar is a 20-year-old photographer and videographer based in New York City. When he’s not in school, Ben spends his time outdoors, capturing the stunning beauty of our planet. He first picked up a camera at the age of 8, and his creative spark was immediately ignited, taking him to more beautiful places than he could ever have imagined. Ben’s talent and dedication were recognized in 2020 when he was honored as the Youth Travel Photographer of the Year.

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/96_PikXsj7Q

Rafaël Rozendaal (born 1980) is a Dutch-Brazilian visual artist currently living and working in New York City. He is known as a pioneer of Internet Art.

Exhibitions: Times square, Museum Folkwang, Centre Pompidou, Whitney Museum, Valencia Biennial, Casa Franca Brasil Rio, Seoul Art Square, Stedelijk Museum. Press: Time Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Flash Art, Dazed & Confused, Interview, Wired, Purple, McSweeney’s, O Globo, Vice, Creators Project, Artreview, Vogue. Lectures: Yale, DLD conference, Ecole des Beaux Arts, NYU, Vivid Sydney. Collections: Whitney Museum, Centre Pompidou, Stedelijk Museum. Galleries: Upstream Amsterdam – TSCA Tokyo

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Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XOxucdNPww

Rainer Hosch is a photographer based in Los Angeles. His father, a fearless photojournalist whose assignments took him around the world, was Hosch’s first teacher. After his sudden death when Hosch was only 11 years old, he committed to carrying on his father’s legacy by pursuing photography. He started his career documenting the music scene of his hometown of Vienna. In 1998, he moved to New York City, where he soon worked for magazines such as Esquire, L’Uomo Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, and Wired, as well as commercial clients ranging from Nespresso to Sony Music. Hosch has captured some of the most iconic faces in art, design, technology, sports, politics, and business. In addition to his portrait work, Hosch is a street, landscape, and documentary photographer. His work can be found in the Permanent Collection National Museum of Photography in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the New York headquarters of Roc Nation. He has had exhibitions in Miami, New York, Austria, Copenhagen, and the Dean Collection in Los Angeles.

In 2022, Hosch created the Genesis NFT collection “52icons,” dedicated to his late father, Heinz Hosch. The collection was dropped via Twitter and connects with a growing global community of over 2000 collectors. The overwhelming popularity of his Iggy Pop portraits inspired an Open Edition NFT minted 3537 times in 52 hours. While Hosch’s career is rooted in analog, he believes in the future of digital art.

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Video for this episode including Sarah's work: https://youtu.be/tDI_heLxXKI

Sarah Ridgley is a American generative artist.

"My work centers on investigating the materiality of pixels and exploring new techniques and ways of using code as a method of mark-making on a digital canvas.

I use Javascript and the p5js library to build my programs, and I design unique algorithmic brushes and rendering techniques to complete each series.

All my work is the result of highly-ordered chaos. This means that I write very organized instructions to direct the code, but then introduce random parameters so that the computer can try out an infinite variety of results. You can read more about some of my earlier" - Sarah Ridgley

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Video for this episode can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/4nAcmorgTsg

Anthony Hiley-Mann also known as MountVitruvius is an English generative artist. You can see and read about his work at https://www.mountvitruvius.art/