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What does digital ownership mean? Hosts Jonathan Mann (Song A Day) and Matt Condon (XLNT) explore the ramifications of the blockchain on digital ownership. We getting NIFTY up in here. All non-fungible and stuff.

Jonathan Mann


    • Nov 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 78 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Digitally Rare

    Sketch-y Art-i-facts w/ Mackenzie Davenport

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 51:32


    We're back after a lil hiatus! This episode we talk with Mackenzie from Ensemble dot Art about artifacts, how we met, and the really cool sketchbook they've released!

    Animal Software and Cutility Maximization w/ Sam Spike Animal Software and Cutility Maximization w/ Sam Spike

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 57:21


    How the Finis came to life & more, told by Sam Spike of Fini, JPG, and Fingerprints.

    On-Chain Art and the Always On Computer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 59:02


    @ChainLeftist, the on-chain glitch artist known for Chaos Roads, speaks about on-chain art, the history of nfts, and what it means for an artwork to run on the always-on computer.

    What's in the Secret Stashh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 55:15


    Digital space, digital place, and digital face with Tor Bair, cofounder of Stashh. Digitally native space and cross chain identity with Tor Bair, cofounder of Stashh.

    Is This Good Material? BINGO w/ Kevin Esherick

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 70:01


    We learn about the latest artistic additions to his jeans (the Material) and about Kevin's latest work, Artist Bingo.

    The Meaning of Minting w/ Giancarlo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 62:33


    A conversation on the wider NFT market, what mass adoption may look like, and what gives these digital objects meaning.

    Copyright Click Save w/ Brian L Frye

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 58:02


    Join us for a wildly fun conversation about the NFT art market, copyright, plagiarism, and more with IP lawyer and conceptual artist Brian L Frye.

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    Embracing The Chaos That Comes With the Summer Haze

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 62:56


    Artist Cole Sternberg chats with us about environmental composition, analog and digital patina, and the background of his work, on- and off-line.

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    Getting 0wned w/ Rhea Myers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023 66:04


    OG crypto artist Rhea Myers on Inscriptions, the intent vs letter of the code that is law, her upcoming compendium of written pieces, and her new digital work showcased in Berlin.

    Open Ended Open Editions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 56:37


    Jonathan and Matt catch up over open edition hype, ordinals, and who knows what else!

    Speculations on NonExistentTokens w/ Sarah Meyohas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 56:58


    Sarah Meyohas on conceptual crypto art history, Bitchcoin, prompt generation as artistic medium, the relationship between human labor and art, art as alchemy, and so so much more.

    Music NFT Aggregation: Which is the Right(s) Way?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 62:25


    A thorough dialogue between web3 musicians Verite and Black Dave on the topic of music NFT aggregators, the forces of innovation, and the direction they'd each like to see the web3 music space go.

    We're all still NEW HERE w/ Dan Sickles

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 61:20


    Sundance winning director Dan Sickles joins us to talk about NEW HERE, his documentary about the NFT ecosystem and culture that, of course, uniquely exists within the world of NFTs. We talk peculiarities of Hollywood's production model, web3's flexible identity model, how the film engages with digital ownership, and much more.

    Bid to Earn? The GBM Auction Mechanic

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 53:49


    Hugo from myNFT gives us the illustrious, 5 year journey of his team, talks NFT standards and walks us through a novel digital auction format they call a GBM auction.

    Kaigani on What Mxtters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 57:52


    We catch up with Kaigani, famous decompiler of the CryptoKitty genome, and chat PFPs, Meebits DAO, his ArtBlocks projects, artist sustainability, Hollywood and of course his current project, Mxtter.

    Hidden in the Ether: NFT Archaeology w/ Adam McBride

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 78:04


    NFT Historian Adam McBride tells us how he scans for gold amongst the dust of the past: finding and identifying old NFT contracts, resurrecting prescient projects, and reconstructing the timeline of on-chain digital ownership.

    Royalties are Dead, Long Live Royalties (w/Mitchell F. Chan)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 66:23


    Iconic conceptual artists Mitchel F. Chan walks us through the ongoing debate about NFT artist royalties in the wake of Sudoswap's dismissale and his EIP's solution.

    Tomb Time w/ David Rudnick

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 61:13


    We chat with David Rudnick about his practice and so much more, including the Tomb Series and each Tomb's curatorial powers, sustainable and evolutionary objects, Stems I, II, III, and IV.

    Season 3: Now, The Future, And We're Still Here

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 57:17


    WE ARE BACK FOR SEASON 3 BABY!

    Then And Now: 4 Years of Digitally Rare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2022 65:48


    Matt and Jonathan celebrate Digitally Rare's 4 year anniversary by listening to some old clips and wondering how we got here.

    JPG2k + Digitally Rare = [this podcast]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 76:39


    It's a crossover episode! Well, almost. Matt did not wake up in time, and so Jonathan talks solo with Noah and Viv from the excellent NFT pod, JPG2k. We cover everything from Noah's new Chicken's NFT project, to how they got into NFTs and all kinds of other great NFT content.

    Emitting and Admitting — 'Amends' for ETH

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 64:52


    With his project 'Amends', Kyle McDonald measures NFT activity on Ethereum during PoW and captures the historical emissions of three NFT marketplaces as handmade glass sculptures, to be auctioned during the merge, when Ethereum switches to Proof of Stake.

    Out of Chaos: 45 Tracks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 58:37


    Matthew Chaim from SongCamp comes on the pod to discuss Chaos, the SongCamp's headless band, formed and re-formed each week, which produced 45 tracks in 6 weeks.

    web3 could be going a few different ways

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2022 68:40


    We chat with Molly White—author of 'web3 is going great'—and proudly join the ranks of those who have failed to convince her that blockchains might actually be pretty neat. We chat negative externalities, the power of economic incentives, and whether or not the NFT in Matt's hand is morally ok.

    Choosing Peacefall (Or Not!)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 65:10


    Cameron Koczon from Fictive Kin brings us to a land of warriors and fighters battling it out on Ethereum to gain levels and be the very best that ever was.

    Welcome to the BoysClub

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 60:23


    Boys Club is social club and soon-to-be DAO that is welcoming the next 1 million women and non-binary people to web3. Their supporter NFTs launch to the public on May 14th, 2022.

    Immateriality is in My Jeans

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2022 83:02


    Kevin Esherick walks us (hah) through Material, a continuous art project exploring materiality, tangibility, and the ephemeral, via an absolutely sick pair of jeans.

    pr1s0n.art — Restoring Justice And The Dignity of Returning Citizens

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2022 41:35


    Abe Uccello is establishing pr1s0n.art, an initiative that helps formerly incarcerated individuals lessen the financial burden of reentering society by coupling their personal artworks and documentation of their restorative journey in an NFT.

    Ampl(ed) Reasons to Join a MetaLabel

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 53:07


    Austin Robey (@austinrobey_) joins us to discuss the Bandcamp ➡️ Epic sale, the CryptoPunks ➡️ Yuga sale, and alternative organizational principles for communities, collectives, and a novel structure of the 'think-and-do tank' that Austin calls the METALABEL.

    Disco: A Digital Backpack For the LARP That Is Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 63:05


    We chat with Evin (@provenauthority) about what's-old-is-new technology standards that Disco is using to encourage a user-centric model of the web. Tune in to learn about Verified Credentials, Decentralized Identifiers, and all about Disco's tech.

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    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 52:21


    A whimsical journey in which we bring steviep into a not-so-abandoned stairwell and discuss the mark of the beast, fast cash money cash plus dot biz, jesus pamphlets, discarded condiment packages, and the conceptual brilliance of free tokens.

    Rule Breakers Following Rules

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 67:24


    Rule-based art, speedruns, derived digitally scarcity, craft & care & flow states & attention over time, defining constraints and iterating in surprising ways within them, legibility vs complexity, desert society, and generative art transforming from an artist's tool into the artist itself.

    Song A (Finally) Done!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 46:12


    Matt gets high and Jonathan reinvents RSS (again). We shit-talk beniemaxi and discuss SongADAO, why Matt can't stop buying conceptual art NFTs, the map and the territory, the temporal nature of information, steviep, and religion.

    Wen Pete Davidson & Kim Kardashian Sex Tape?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 68:00


    The Most Famous Artist(s) collective is rewriting the rules of the art world w/ collaborative art careers, building a literal city, how brands should embrace web3 in ways that don't suck, why the innovator's dilemma doesn't apply to discord, what ConstitutionDAO did wrong, gas prices (lol), how to save the world with NFTs, and the art-ification of route 66 into the American cultural highway. Also RIP Virgil.

    Socialism? On My Blockchain? It's More Common Than You Think!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 57:48


    The Blockchain Socialist & the boys deal with the haters, talk about Cybersyn, discuss how DAOs are just cooperatives, and how libertarians rediscovered sociocracy.

    Listen To This Space! w/ Latasha

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 54:37


    Latasha and your hosts get into music x crypto, education, and the opportunity of building a new system with new tools.

    w*b3, and N/F/Ts, w/ Dan Olson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 98:35


    SPICY TAKES from both sides as we deep dive with web3/NFT skeptic Dan Olson of Folding Ideas. We ask and get asked the hard questions about what web3 is about, and whether the dominate powers of yesteryear have their claws in the future.

    DADA.art: Parenting the Crypto Art Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 82:36


    We catch up with Judy and Bea to see where dada.art, a pioneering 2017 digital art movement is today, following the relaunch of their iconic 2017 collection Creeps and Weirdos.

    A RAW Discussion w/ Luis of Fingerprints

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 58:10


    Luis from Fingerprints discusses DeFi + NFTs, scaling a Dao from 15 to 200 members, photography finding its medium in NFTs, and the power of community.

    An In-Depth (Troll) Debrief

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 72:32


    Matt and Jonathan decompress from the wild ride that was August 2021, and chat about the Fuckin' Trolls and their Tunes, the Doge NFT, SHL0MS' toilet, sushi'ing OpenSea (#first), PaperclipDAO, NFT Archeology, Loot, and AMULETSSSSS.

    Off and Lifeforms: Is This an Art? (Yes)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 64:12


    We catch up with artist Sarah Friend (@isthisanart_)—starting with stories from NFT history past—and learn about Off, a coordination experiment with NFT art and Lifeforms, digital NFT entities that one must keep alive.

    NFTs for (Offline!) Community, w/ HOLDERSLAND

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 55:24


    Haleek Maul is using his NFTs to bootstrap and support a Caribbean creator community, online and off, called HOLDERSLAND.

    How Now, Noun DAO? (4156 Interview)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 55:10


    Punk 4156 talks the Nouns visio, covering innovative IP, governance, and cinematic universe b. Also: PFPs as a new medium.

    The Song That Owns Itself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 54:24


    Aubrey Anderson and George Howard helped create STOI, the Song That Owns Itself — they experiment with modern crypto-based royalty and licensing, on-chain governance, and human-facing interactive AI, all in the name of the autonomous entity that is God Particle.

    A Poppin' Profile Picture Project Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 58:44


    Learn why profile picture NFTs took off recently! Plus, we drop knowledge on NFTs + social spaces, talk shit about NFT projects discuss how vested interests shape online narratives, and matt introduces a new protocol called Epoxy.

    Cataloging What Works w/ Jeremy Stern

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 68:09


    Supporting musicians, building on top of Zora, and the social dynamics of music listening and ownership with Jeremy Stern, the co-founder of Catalog.

    Music Royalties, but make it DeFi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 57:46


    Gary Young from Royalty Exchange gives us a look inside the music industry and how we might use NFTs to invest directly into an artist's off-chain royalties.

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    In Which We Vibe With Austin Griffith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 69:47


    Literally just a delightful conversation with the lovely builder of all things Ethereum, Austin Griffith.

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    Thinking Outside the Glitchbox: 0xDEAFBEEF's On-Chain Generative Art

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 66:35


    Generative artist 0xDEAFBEEF constantly pushes the edges of on-chain generative art—we chat about how and why his projects are exploring the boundaries of the medium of generative art.

    Welcome to the Cool Zone (of Immaterial Pictorial Sensibility)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 63:12


    How conceptual artist Yves Klein predicted 2021 in 1958, and how the digital manifestation of his work was brought to life in 2017—just after CryptoPunks—by Mitchell Chan.

    The Matthew and Rizzle Show… on Digitally Rare!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 72:25


    Matthew and Rizzle join us to react to the Christie’s punk auction, talk meebits & the metaverse, and uncover the bored ape conspiracy.

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