Translating Hand to Code: Interview with William Mapan

WTBS is pleased to bring you another exciting interview episode. We were fortunate to record with William a few weeks before his Verse Solos release, Intimacy. Unfortunately Trinity could not make the recording session for this one :(

In this episode we discuss:

• William's background in art and coding & how he found the blockchain
• The early days of Tezos & fx(hash) and how Dragons became one of the 'grail' projects of the platform.
• Anticyclone and the lessons learned from Dragons that made for his successful release on Art Blocks Curated.
• William's philosophy around trat distribution, rarity & the floor pieces of Distance, his most recent release with LACMA
• Sketchbook A & the process for writing an algorithm to mimic a physical medium
• How Sketchbook A will be released, going small, and making the leap to 'collector curated'
• How Through Your Eyes relates and contrasts with Sketchbook A
• Williams paintings, future plans for the Sketchbook series, and of course... rapid fire :)

Thanks to William for taking the time to come on the show and speak to us for this interview!

You can follow William on Twitter @williamapan and check out his linktree for more information about him and his work

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Episode Art: Through Your Eyes #2 by William Mapan

Intro and Outro music by Pixelwank