Context S4: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Most Visited Museum in America Dives into NFTs
Blake speaks with The Metropolitan Museum of Art team who recently released Art Links, marking The Met’s first foray onto the blockchain. Art Links is a 12-week game that invites you to connect the dots between seeming disparate art works (whether centuries apart, completely different mediums, etc.) according to different themes, rewarding you in the form of NFT badges and IRL prizes. Blake has played religiously every week, and has learned a tonne! 3 of the project leads are here to talk about the game: Destinee Filmore, Assistant Curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Met, Brett Renfer, The Met's Senior Project Manager for Emerging Technologies and Audrey Ou, co-founder and CEO of TRLab. They dive deep into the project, from how long it took to plan and launch, to the intended audience, to why they chose Base, to the art they included. Blake also couldn’t resist asking Destinee about if (and when) the Met will collect their first crypto art works. If you want to get a read on the traditional art world and how they are engaging with NFTs…you can’t really get bigger than this. The Met is the most visited museum in America, and one of the most important cultural institutions in the world. Art Links: https://artlinks.metmuseum.org/about TRLab: https://x.com/trlab_ Blake Finucane: https://x.com/blakefinucane Boys Club Newsletter: https://tooonline.beehiiv.com/
Searching for Crypto Art in a $SEA of Hype
In this episode, we discuss the need for long-form crypto art content beyond meme coins and hype cycles, seeking deep interviews with creators. We critique Solana’s meme coin casino effect versus Ethereum’s serious adoption. With Ethereum ETFs and sovereign wealth funds investing in crypto, blockchain adoption mirrors the internet’s early days, signaling a shift towards mainstream finance and deeper cultural integration.
GM Farcaster ep216 Monday February 17, 2025 with @ted and @woj
GM Farcaster ep216 Monday February 17, 2025 with @ted and @woj Thank you newly minted Merkle Manufactory emplyees @ted and @woj for cohosting GM Farcaster today! Come back any time! AND Thanks to our new sponsors Lil Nouns! Visit LilNouns.wtf to snap up your own Lil Noun and join the DAO! Learn more in /lilnounsdao channel on Warpcast. From our ChatGPT Intern: Today’s GM Farcaster brings Ted and Woj fresh off their first chaotic week at Merkle, where onboarding creators somehow involves both high-level growth strategies and debating the mystery of Farcaster’s intern. Between deep dives into Argentina’s meme coin disaster, token page upgrades, and whether an AI-generated cocktail menu based on your cast history is the future of Web3 nightlife, this episode proves that the best kind of alpha is equal parts insightful and unhinged.Show Notes and Links – some of the casts & stuff we talked about: $Libra fallout – and oh the memes (so many more to come):https://warpcast.com/kyle/0x12241bd3https://warpcast.com/0xsujit/0xe1b2e39chttps://warpcast.com/kenny/0x60308668https://warpcast.com/leaolmos.eth/0x1ae37f15https://warpcast.com/brixbounty/0xcec9cbccEvent Coffeezilla is on it:https://warpcast.com/nounishprof/0x1756c178But the new token page is fabulous:https://warpcast.com/ted/0x003c784a Choo-Choos @slokh:https://warpcast.com/slokh/0x446f89e2 Now that’s a great week – choo-choo!https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x0df474d0Is your app using Sign in with Farcaster?https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0xf12e7734 @v scored 14/14:https://warpcast.com/v/0xc010ccff Happy Valentine’s Day – also, wen matcha limit orders on Base?https://warpcast.com/linda/0xe3a3fcf5See who joined around you:https://warpcast.com/cashlessman.eth/0x93660845 Casts and Cocktails:https://warpcast.com/keccers.eth/0x6d3529dd But at least there’s some trippy art on the timeline:https://warpcast.com/yonfrula/0xb1dd2221 Follow all these amazing builders:https://warpcast.com/aneri/0x4c2bdd38“today I introduce you to…” turns 200:https://warpcast.com/hankmoody/0x045d800cLatest version of Bankr now on Farcaster:https://warpcast.com/deployer/0xd8e279bb same, same:https://warpcast.com/seattlecrypto.eth/0x9ad5bcd2 awaiting the ted x woj collab:https://warpcast.com/ted/0xe9fd494c Shoot your shot! Even if it takes a year:https://warpcast.com/ted/0x86d90b2dhttps://warpcast.com/ted/0xc7a87434And some other casts we didn’t get a chance to chat about: Yup that sums it up:https://warpcast.com/superanon/0x3a81f166 Foxy mug:https://warpcast.com/adrienne/0x37c7e469Yes, the kids make fun of Adrienne:https://warpcast.com/siennacooks.eth/0xf513e3cb And our musings elsewhere: Mint this episode on pods.media: https://pods.media/gm-farcaster Adrienne: Some of theThings: Too Many Thingshttps://someofthethings.substack.com/p/too-many-things Nounish Prof: Unpacking with Prof: https://paragraph.xyz/@nounishprof AND www.gmfarcaster.com is live along with our GM Farcaster FAQ: https://paragraph.xyz/@adrienne/gm-farcaster-faq Copyright 2024 cc-by GM Farcaster - reuse/remix allowed with attribution and link back to GMFarcaster.com. NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. Chapters: 0:00:00 GM 0:06:14 $libra fallout0:07:31 coffeezilla’s on it0:09:21 token pages0:10:47 slokh joins Merkle0:12:21 summary from dwr0:14:52 fun frames0:21:04 chat with ted and woj
