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On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with MarĂa Paula Fernández, co-founder of JPG and a true OG in the NFT space, about living through another bear market, how to be a good web3 art curator, and new blockchain art projects that should be on your radar.
Maria Paula was nominated by Deana Burke and voted onto the podcast by Deana Burke, Carsten, and an anonymous wallet.
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On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with MarĂa Paula Fernández, co-founder of JPG and a true OG in the NFT space, about living through another bear market, how to be a good web3 art curator, and new blockchain art projects that should be on your radar.
The last time I interviewed MP was just over two years ago in September 2021. Many of you might recall that was peak bull market times and peak NFT hype. In fact, September 2021 was months before the most expensive NFT sold for the equivalent of nearly $92 million USD in December 2021 and when NFTs saw the biggest volume of sales in January 2022 with over $17 billion USD sold in NFTs. Contrast that to today, when the total sales volume of NFTs last month, September 2023, sat at only $340 million USD, or about 2% of January 2022 sales volume.
MP and I catch up on what she’s been up to since our last recording together and how she’s been feeling amidst yet another crypto bear market - and notably one that feels different from previous bear markets she’s lived through. Even though overall sentiments are a bit low, I can always rely on Maria to bring some humor into the mix, as we come to the shocking realization that Michael Lewis is in fact the new Tom Cruise (tune into this episode and you’ll hear what I mean).
We then dive deep into the world of art curation and what the role of a curator is, especially in the web3 world. MP believes a good web3 curator is a good storyteller and a good educator, and we look at a new JPG exhibit, Generative Art Beyond the Algorithm, as an example of good curation.
Something else I always look forward to and learn from my chats with MP are new artists and projects I should be paying attention to - especially in the generative art and conceptual art space. She mentions a ton of artists in this episode, and I’ve done my best to link all of them or their relevant projects in the show notes below. Two artists MP references in this episode are Sarah Meyohas and Mitchell Chan, who were guests on Rehash S4 E6, and I would encourage you all to go back and listen to that episode for more context on their work.
Also, if you want to learn more about MP’s background, how she got into art and crypto and the work she’s done in the space over the last seven years, you can go back and listen to my previous interview with her from September 2021 on The Unstoppable Podcast.
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