Workstation95 is the synthesis of two projects - Do You Want to Feel Something? (by me, the sgt) and Iteration’s Vapor Workstations with Illumixis. The connection between these two projects may not be immediately apparent, but they weave together into one pseudo-nostalgic body of work.

If you’re an artist who has been around NFTs for a minute but aren’t considered “blue chip” - what’s this year looking like for you? I’m going to take a second to offer some thoughts on the current scene, the market, and toss out some potential strategies.

So, not too long ago now my friend PurpLetariat, a longtime ghoul holder and general chat frequenter put out a message on Warpcast asking if anyone would make some new NFTs for the $DEGEN DAO that he helped found. I jokingly said “just ask me next time, buddy.” I did take seriously though that it might be a good time to make something for that group as it was growing.

1\. Kit Valo (8bit.kit)

Should a crypto artist know anything about cryptocurrency itself? I was chatting with an artist not long ago, and it struck me that their plans and vision for their work in the crypto space generally didn’t take any account of the bigger picture of what was going on. I dropped some names and was met with (virtual) blank stares. That’s no crime, of course, and you don’t even really need to know that much about crypto to be an artist in tokenized art media. What was more concerning was that many artists make their plans without having any idea who affects their chances at success, they don’t know why there might be no collectors in this place or that. That is, I think crypto-art is still one of the most exciting places to be making art right now. There’s lots of opportunity for the dedicated creator — but a few things happened in the last year that mean it behooves artists to know about. For example, it couldn’t hurt to have an idea of at least a few people and what their contributions have done to the broader crypto ecosystem. Bay Fragile and myself (sgt\_slaughtermelon)\* have created some portraits dashed with quotes from these people alongside observations about what the influence of these “beloved people” may mean for artists entering the crypto space. Maybe nothing will come of it, but maybe some artists and insular collectors in corners of web3 will take just a minute to read these hastily assembled summaries and it will help contextualize their work in the crypto ecosystem.

Brady Walker:  So okay. Back to it. collaborating with strangers, you guys were randomly paired up, you Didn't choose each other. It was chosen for you. Tell me about this process and getting to know each other and trying to figure out what to do.

1\. Bay Fragile

Disclaimer: this volume is all artists hosted on GlitchForge.xyz - but I’ll be talking about their work in general.

I’ll be the first to admit that I spent a lot more time studying art history than contemporary artists before I got into NFTs. I found Sosogutter on the Glitch Artists Collective Facebook page (gross, facebook) was one of the few artists that I was both aware of and really looked forward to seeing new work from. He says he’s only using MSPaint - and for all I know it’s true. What caught my eye and kept it is that it’s pixellated work, usually in bright primary colors, but it doesn’t feel superficially bouncy.