ArtMatr with Ben Tritt | Creator's Corner #11

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We chat with Ben Tritt, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of ArtMatr about his journey combining art and technology to create Artmatr. It's a fascinating story with one of the most creative people in the industry - you'll love hearing it as much as we did. If you're listening on audio, make sure to jump over to Youtube as the ArtMatr team gives us a tour of their studio with master builder and artist Jeff Leondard.

Episode artwork: Organic Matr #6 by Zancan

Timestamps:
0:22 | Introduction
2:13 | Ben's thoughts on pursuing the muse and creative pursuits
6:18 | How a Lauryn Hill song made Ben realize the value of showcasing the journey in creative pursuits
12:54 | Ben's background and how his exposure to art, education and technology foreshadowed ArtMatr
21:09 | Ben dives deeper into the intersection of of art and technology by teaching at MIT
26:50 | How working with engineers at MIT helped shape Ben's ideas around engineering and painting
32:06 | The Eureka moment when Ben saw the vision for ArtMatr
42:04 | The early days of Artmatr and how Ben started experimenting with the best artists of our time
53:26 | How traditional artists leaned into using machines to help co-create art
57:02 | How Artmatr transitioned to generative art
1:06:38 | Why Ben is so excited about generative art and how he sees Artmatr integrating into the ecosystem
1:11:20 | A peek at the ArtMatr studio and how Jeff Leonard incorporated charcoal into their machines for Zancan's Organic Matr exhibition
1:20:32 | The unique challenges Jeff Leonard tackled for Tyler Hobbs' QQL creations with ArtMatr
1:27:01 | Final thoughts and parting words

Show notes:
ArtMatr | https://artmatr.co/ | https://twitter.com/artmatrco
Zancan's Organic Matr catalog | https://issuu.com/artmatr.io/docs/catalog-issuuu