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The Art of Technology, The Technology of Art

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Andreessen Horowitz

Gaming, Blockchain, Web 3, Blockchains, Open Source, Business, Decentralization, Visual Arts, Computer Science, Ownership, Art, Entrepreneurship, Entertainment, Cypherpunk, Web 3.0, Music, Internet, Cryptography, Crypto, Computing, Web3, Innovation, Distributed Computing, Culture, Public Goods, Creator Economy, Arts, Technology

4.466 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

All about how technology has changed art, and how artists change with technology – from the emergence of the browser, the iPhone, and social media; to generative AI art and blockchains to NFTs. We (with guest Simon Denny) also discuss debates that seem to come up in every art x tech shift -- including inventing vs. remixing; between commercialism and art; between mainstream canon and fringe art; whether we’re living in an artistic monoculture now (the answer may surprise you); and much more.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Web 3 with A6 and Z, a show about building the next air of the internet from the team at A6 and Z.

0:10.0

We're excited to be back with all new episodes. I'm Sonal, Editor-in-Chief at A6-C crypto,

0:16.2

and today's episode is all about how technology has changed art and how artists change

0:21.8

what technology. From the emergence of the browser, the iPhone, and

0:25.4

social media to generative art and blockchains to NFTs.

0:30.1

We also discuss debates that seem to come up in every art and textion,

0:34.0

including between inventing versus remixing, between commercialism and art,

0:39.1

between mainstream canon and outsider art,

0:41.8

whether we're living in an artistic monoculture now and much, much more.

0:46.5

Our special guest is Simon Denny, and we recorded this live in London a few days after we opened

0:51.1

our London office, which is fitting, since Denny is a global artist

0:54.6

based in Berlin, but has shown his work in various countries Bienollies, museums, and galleries,

1:00.4

including a metaverse landscape solo show called Reed Write Own at Altman Seagold Gallery in San Francisco last year.

1:08.0

As a reminder, none of the following is investment business legal or tax advice, please see A6ency.com

1:14.6

slash disclosures for more important information including a link to a list of our

1:18.8

investment. The first half of our hallway style conversation tours through the evolution of art with technology,

1:25.4

and the second half goes deeper into blockchains in art, but we begin briefly with

1:29.6

Denny's tech journey and how he thinks of entrepreneurship as an aesthetic.

1:35.0

Obviously this is a crypto show and it's also technology show.

1:40.0

crypto is all about technology.

1:41.0

One of the reasons I'm in this world is it's a very

1:43.2

multidisciplinary field. It brings together economics, it brings together philosophy,

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