14: NFTs and the Future of Art with Timothée Mathon

DigEthix: Digital Ethics Today

Seth interviews Timothée Mathon. Timothée is a French freelance artist. He has experience working as a Concept Artist, Art Director and Illustrator for the AAA Videogame and Movie industry (Ubisoft, Quantic Dream, Netflix, and Net Ease Games). He designed a collection of Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) and heavily advocates for the independence of artists in the industry. Samples of his work can be found here: https://www.artstation.com/theartnest. You can find his NFT collection, Crypto Rocks Rescue, on Open Sea: https://opensea.io/collection/crypto-rocks-rescue/. You can also find his stream on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theartnest.
The key questions for this episode are: what is radical about non-fungible tokens as a technology? How can NFT change the way that art and art ownership function? What new options might they give to artists?
Potentially Helpful Articles:
https://www.ibm.com/topics/what-is-blockchain
https://www.theverge.com/22310188/nft-explainer-what-is-blockchain-crypto-art-faq
https://medium.com/fabric-ventures/what-is-web-3-0-why-it-matters-934eb07f3d2b
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