Technology of Poetry: Interview w/ Sasha Stiles & Nathaniel Stern

Waiting To Be Signed, by Willpop + Trinity, is a podcast dedicated to fx(hash), the generative art NFT platform on the Tezos blockchain. For this episode (79), Will & Trinity sit down with creative partners Sasha Stiles (sashastiles.com) & Nathaniel Stern (nathanielstern.art) for an epic interview.

Discussed:

• The creative background of both artists and how they came to become collaborators
• Nathaniel’s “The World After Us” show
• Sasha’s relationship with A.I. as a collaborator and student
• What is poetry and how is it influenced by new media disciplines
• Using Midjourney & Stable Diffusion & the issues and appeal of prompt-based systems
• Mother Computer & exploring the relationship between artificial intelligence and natural intelligence
• A.I. Language models and entering the era of the next great language leap\
• The challenges of selling ambitious work in the NFT ecosystem & the forces of value
• The story of 0RAL B1N4RY on fx(hash)
• Pushing back on what “generative art” looks like
• The potential of fx(params)
• Sci-Fi recommendations!

Follow Sasha on Twitter @sashastiles and follow Nathaniel @nathanielstern
Check out (and consider minting) their Art Blocks Curated release Still Moving
Find their Tezos work on fx(hash) here and here and on OBJKT here and here
Follow us on Twitter @waitingtosign and Instagram/Threads @waitingtobesigned
Consider supporting the show by donating to wtbs.tez or wtbs.eth