Meridian | Into The Collection #2

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Into The Collection
Deep dives into the top generative art collections

We take a deep dive into the Artblocks Playground collection Meridian by Matt DesLauriers, considered by many to be a blue-chip generative art project.

These episodes are best watched on video, so please consider watching this episode on Youtube here.

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.

Timestamps
0:00 | Collector's Corner introduction
0:24 | Episode introduction and appreciation for the feedback
3:21 | Our initial impressions and general background on the collection (release platform, date, etc.)
6:57 | Background on the artist and the collection
10:55 | Why we chose this collection (reviewing our 7 point investment framework), including price action
20:22 | Deep dive into different traits, including rarities, visual impact, and price premiums
42:10 | Our top picks of the collection
48:42 | Reviewing price trends for different traits
59:19 | Hidden and potentially undervalued traits and other collectibles from the artist
1:07:47 | What we would buy if we had a bunch of ETH to spend (at the time of recording)
1:10:48 | Parting thoughts, other ways to collect this artist's work, and outro

Websites mentioned in the episode:
- Artblocks site for Meridian
- Matt DesLauriers' substack article on Meridian
- Matt DesLauriers' substack article on Subscapes
- Matt's personal blog
- Matt's tweets about some of his early work that went viral (his creation of an algorithm that mimics fur)
- An article from 2014 describing how he created an impressionist painting feel through code, found here
- Open source code that Matt shared demonstrating generative impressionism using a 3D live rendered image of a rabbit - definitely worth playing around with!
- Matt's Instagram post about his DATA SEDIMENTS project that was published in a data visualization magazine, which appears to be a precursor to Subscapes, along with two other posts (here and here) showing his generative work progressing
- The collector Dandelion's tweet after purchasing a grail Meridian
- Matt's Objkt profile with some low cost NFTs of his and what may be his experimentation grounds