Fidenza | Into The Collection #9

Into The Collection
Deep Dives Into The Top Generative Art Collections

Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs with special guest Andrew Badr
In this episode we perform a comprehensive analysis of Fidenza by Tyler Hobbs, widely considered as one of the best generative art collections, a masterful manifestation of the flow fields technique, and considered the collection that put generative art on the map. Today we have a special guest with us, the great collector and Fidenza expert Andrew Badr, who is also an artist in his own right with the Artblocks Curated collection Aesemica (co-created with Emily Edelman and Dima Ofman). We lean heavily on Andrew's expertise for this episode and are confident you will enjoy learning from him as we did!

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If you are listening on audio only please refer to our Deca gallery for this episode to help you visualize this collection and for a reference for you anytime in the future - https://deca.art/Collectors_Corner/fidenza

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Time stamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:24 | Episode introduction, including our special guest Andrew!
2:12 | Andrew's background and introduction to Artblocks
5:29 | How Andrew came to become an Artblocks Curated artist of Asemica, and how he got into crypto to begin with
10:22 | What has been catching Andrew's eye lately (putting on the collector hat)
13:06 | Our initial impressions and general background on the collection (release platform, date, etc.)
17:19 | Background on the collection and the artist
20:09 | What it was like when Fidenza was released and when Andrew knew it would be special
23:49 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
1:12:45 | Hidden and potentially undervalued traits
1:15:01 | Our top picks of the collection
1:26:59 | What we would buy right now if we had a bunch of ETH!

Where to find Andrew Badr:
Twitter | @andrewbadr
Personal website | https://andrewbadr.com/
Asemica | https://asemi.ca/
Fidenza guide by Andrew B | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rac51rA-1rUmrZQyzGOMNLLPu1xIm1TDxkxAmw6k9u4/edit
Notable Fidenzas by Andrew B | https://deca.art/andrew/notablefidenzas

Show Notes:
The rise of long-form generative art | https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2021/the-rise-of-long-form-generative-art
Tyler Hobbs website | tylerxhobbs.com
Tyler Hobbs twitter | https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs
Tyler Hobbs linktree | https://tylerxhobbs.com/linktree
Fidenza detailed essay by Tyler Hobbs | https://tylerxhobbs.com/fidenza
Plottables | https://www.plottables.io/gallery
Tyler Hobbs past works | https://tylerxhobbs.com/work