Strands of Solitude deep dive with William Mapan | Into The Collection #14 (Twitter Spaces)

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An unedited recording of a Twitter spaces with the amazing artist William Mapan! We talk about the inspiration behind his beautiful new project Strands of Solitude (releasing Friday March 10 on Tonic) and how isolation from the world during Covid drove his art.  A deeply resonant conversation with a genius generative art artist, this is a fantastic conversation for anyone interested in digital art. We also highlight Tonic with CEO Susannah Maybank, a new platform aiming to bridge web3 to traditional collectors.

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Episode artwork
Strands of Solitude by William Mapan

Show Notes
William Mapan | https://twitter.com/williamapan | https://linktr.ee/williamapan
Strands of Solitude | https://tonic.xyz/collection/strands-of-solitude/
Tonic | Tonic.xyz | https://twitter.com/tonic_xyz

Timestamps
0:22 | Introduction to our show and guests
4:04 | William's inspiration behind the collection
5:38 | How William found pre-selecting all the outputs difficult in a different way than random outputs
17:27 | Traits that carried over from William's other projects Dragons and Anticyclone
22:10 | How William utilized a similar technique to Anticyclone but was able to expand on it for Strands of Solitude
26:01 | William breaks down the different palettes in Strands
37:07 | William details some of the other traits within the collection
44:10 | William discusses how the art is made with printing in mind
50:25 | Reflecting on his past year William shares his sentiments as a full time artist
54:55 | Susannah, Tonic's CEO, discusses their approach to bridging traditional art collectors to web3
58:21 | Audience questions, including what's next for William
1:12:40 | Thanks and wrapping up the show