A Crash Course In NFTs + Simulation Theory with Jesse Damiani | AD 196

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Jesse Damiani is a writer, curator, and cultural producer living in Los Angeles, CA. He covers art, media, and technology on Forbes, and serves as  . Other writing appears in Billboard, Entrepreneur, Quartz, The Verge, and WIRED. He has consulted with Google, Oculus, and the Sundance Institute, and served as a mentor in the YouTube VR Creator Lab. He is also Founder and Series Editor of Best American Experimental Writing. He was the Curator/Producer for the XR art exhibition, Spatial Reality, at sp[a]ce gallery; Co-Curator of Virtual Futures with LACMA for LA Art Show; and Co-Curator of SIM-CINEMA with FLOAT and Wevr. He is Curatorial Advisor for CURRENTS New Media and founded the AWE Arts Initiative, where he curated and produced the Immersive Arts Symposium. He also curates The Tech Zone at DesignerCon and XR For Change, the XR summit at Games For Change. Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• NFTs and the blockchain
• The future of NFTs 
• Artists managing the sale of their work 
• VR exhibitions powered by NFTs and blockchains
• Unlocking the potential of NFTs
• The ecological impact of NFT transactions
• How an artist can use NFTs to sell their artwork
• Jesse’s entry point into emerging technologies
• Human and A.I. collaborations
• Translating high-level concepts into tangible and practical applications
• Simulation Theory
• Poetry as it relates to emerging tech

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