Sarah Zucker is an artist and a writer based in Los Angeles. Her work merges the gorgeous and grotesque through humor, psychedelia, mysticism, and the interplay of cutting-edge plus obsolete technologies. She works across mediums, specializing in mixing digital and analog video techniques, which includes the use of VHS. She has been involved in Crypto Art since 2019, tokenizing single and limited editions of her screen-based artwork on the blockchain. She also writes Short-Form Comedy, Television/Feature scripts, and Arts + Culture articles. Sarah was a finalist for the 2017 Women in Film / The Black List Episodic Lab and has created several short-form comedy series for Super Deluxe while also becoming a Jeopardy! Champion in 2013. In this episode, Sarah starts off by explaining what got her interested in crypto art, and more specifically, what got her interested in art, to begin with. She discusses how she has been able to express herself more through the new medium of crypto art and NFTs. Sarah mentions that her lifelong interest in art began with photography, which later transitioned to video art and motion approaches. She then explains how she gives her creations a vintage look and which technologies she uses to create these pieces of art. Sarah’s digital art has seen huge success, with her GIF art receiving over 6 BILLION views. She goes on to talk about how she has been involved in the NFT movement before it even had a name and discusses her viewpoint on the rapid development of NFT terminology. We later dive into how the world is adopting this new medium and the endless platforms that are now available. Sarah shares how this has made an impact on her art and how she believes this will be good for all artists in the future.
[01:22] - What got you interested in art, crypto art, and how did NFTs allow you to express yourself more fully?
[06:20] - What are you most excited about with improvements in the space or opportunities that you're working on either on a platform level, a feature level, even an art/NFT level?
[10:11] - How has the NFT launching process changed over the past two years? Are you launching one NFT at a time or are you launching a collection with different scarcity metrics?
[13:00] - What all has changed in the NFT world? Can you talk more about all the different platforms and the new terminology that has developed?
[19:11] - How do you create that vintage look or what technologies do you use when you are creating these pieces of art?
[21:00] - Can you talk more about how you combine digital techniques and cutting-edge techniques?
[27:20] - Has being a multi-game winner on Jeopardy! affected your art style or work in any way?
[28:00] - What was your Jeopardy! Experience like? What was your technique?
[33:30] - How has your studio, YoMeryl played into your digital art journey? How did you arrive at the name? What significance does hold for you?
[41:00] - Can you talk more about your writing experience- the short-form comedy television and the art and culture space? How have you added this to your NFTs? What does that creative process look like for you?
[47:16] - What advice would you give to someone in the NFT space or looking to enter the NFT space regarding releasing NFTs and building their brand in that storyline?
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