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Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

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Greetings, friends!

On December 8, from 12pm CT until December 9, 12pm CT, the Art Blocks official Twitter account went live for 24 continuous hours to celebrate our 2-year anniversary. We recapped the first two years of generative art on our platform, and were joined by over 6000 listeners.

The event was broken up into 1-hour blocks of programming hosted by Art Blocks staff, artists, community members, and partners from around the globe. This daring feat was appropriately named Blocktalkathon.

Listen to our Twitter Spaces here:

Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

Download the schedule here.

Schedule

12pm CT / 18:00 UTC

Kickoff

Erick Calderon, Jeff Davis

Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of Art Blocks with Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) and Jeff Davis.

1pm CT / 19:00 UTC

Minters & Makers

Aaron Penne, Alida Sun, Boreta, Joëlle, Tero Parviainen 

Guests include AB curated artist Alida Sun, creator of Glitch Crystal Monsters and known for interactive dance projects, Boreta of Superposition and Glitch Mob and co-creator of Rituals, AB curated artist Aaron Penne co-creator of Rituals and the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks, Tero Parviainen from Counterpoint producing the audio code tools behind AB curated project Montreal Friend Scale and Rituals, and Joëlle, designer and visual artist for richiehawtin.

2pm CT / 20:00 UTC

On-Chain GenArt: Past, Present, and Future

DCinvestor, Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs

DCinvestor hosts a discussion with artists Dmitri Cherniak and Tyler Hobbs. 

3pm CT / 21:00 UTC

Art Blocks Engine

Hideo, Martin Grasser, Matt Jacobson

Art Blocks Engine provides white-labeled generative minting technology to brands, organizations, and artists. Hosted by Art Blocks’ Dan, guests include Hideo, artist and creator of Legends of Metaterra, Martin Grasser, artist behind ATP Tour’s LOVE project, and Matt Jacobson, artist and founder of Plottables.

4pm CT / 22:00 UTC

Data & Analytics

0xCatherine, lalley (Sansa), vgral (Artacle)

Data & Analytics as it relates to Art Blocks hosted by 0xCatherine who is a data analyst and Dune guru, Lalley who is the founder of the Sansa marketplace, and vgral who is the founder of Artacle.

5pm CT / 23:00 UTC

Charitable Giving: Endaoment

ArtEnables, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Endaoment, Ryan Green, Sostento

Join Endaoment’s CEO, Robbie Heeger, for a conversation with two nonprofits supported by the ArtBlocks Community Fund, ArtEnables, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Also learn about Turnout for Burnout, a generative art fundraiser between Endaoment and Sostento, powered by Art Blocks Engine, which is raising funds to reduce burnout among frontline health workers.

6pm CT / 00:00 UTC

Bright Moments

Ameesia Marold, maxyz, mixbrick, Phil Mohun

The Bright Moments team recaps Mexico City, discuss future plans, and invite community members to speak on their past experiences traveling the world minting IRL.

7pm CT / 01:00 UTC

Collecting as a Collective

ChrisF, JDH

JDH and ChrisF of Flamingo DAO join to speak on the pros and cons of building a collection of NFT art as part of a group.

8pm CT / 02:00 UTC

Bloque en Español (Block in Spanish)

Anna Carreras, (DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas, Erick Calderon, Fernando Jerez, Jorge Ledezma, Santiago.

¡Una hora especial para nuestra comunidad global, completamente en español!

9pm CT / 03:00 UTC

On Building Creative Code Communities

Char Stiles, Erin Wajufos, Mad Pinney 

Art Blocks’ Mad Pinney discusses building creative coding communities with Char Stiles, artist and educator, and Erin Wajufos, generative artist & VJ.

10pm CT / 04:00 UTC

#Block-Talk After Dark

0xTechno, Plutonium F., proper 

A variety hour with our community curators, 0xTechno, Plutonium F., and proper.

11pm CT / 05:00 UTC

Halftime Show with Dboch & Durtis

Dbochman, Durtis

Durtis and Dylan recap the events and significant happenings that they participated in with the Art Blocks community starting with the Marfa Open House in 2021, through the conclusion of Art Basel in 2022.

12am CT / 06:00 UTC

DJ Set by dadabots

Dadabots

Tune in for a special DJ set by dadabots: eliminating humans from music w/ neural synthesis genre switchup extravaganza

1am CT / 07:00 UTC

日本語でブロック (Block in Japanese)

Alexis André, hasaqui, Kaoru Tanaka, NIINOMI, Toshi (Generativemasks, KUMALEON)

私たちのグローバル コミュニティのための特別な時間は、すべて日本語で行われます。

2am CT / 08:00 UTC

The Antipodean Hour

Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, Rich Poole

Artists Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, and Rich Poole join us from New Zealand for an hour of dry humour and funny accents.

3am CT / 09:00 UTC

Blocco in Italiano (Block in Italian)

Alessandro Fiore, Dima Ofman, Emanuele Pasin, hex6c, Paolo Curtoni, Paolo Tonon, Simon De Mai, Stefano Contiero

Un’ora speciale per la nostra comunità globale tutta in italiano!

4am CT / 10:00 UTC

Punk6529

Punk6529

Tune in for an hour with Punk6529.

5am CT / 11:00 UTC

Blokje Nederlands (Block in Dutch)

Anna Lucia, Bart Simons, Beervangeer, Jos Vromans, Piter Pasma, Rafaël Rozendaal

Een speciaal uur voor onze wereldwijde gemeenschap, allemaal in het Nederlands!

6am CT / 12:00 UTC

Bloco em Português (Block in Portuguese)

Kukuti, Monica Rizzoli, Morbeck, Omar Lobato, p1xelfool, Vamoss, WiW

Uma hora especial para nossa comunidade global toda em português!

7am CT / 13:00 UTC

Bloc en Français (Block in French)

0xphiiil, Johan, Louis-André Labadie, William Mapan

Une heure spéciale pour notre communauté mondiale tout en français!

8am CT / 14:00 UTC

Ledger: When Web3 Culture & Security Collide

Ian Rogers, Jacob Thompson, Kyle Thornton, Matt Kane, mpkoz, Mo El-Sayed

Ledger hosts a topic on the collision of Web3 culture and security. Guests include Ian Roger, CEXO @ Ledger, Kyle Thornton, Head of US CS @ Ledger, and artists Matt Kane and mpkoz. Hosted by Mo El-Sayed, Head of Community & Education @ Ledger and moderated by Jacob Thompson, Community Team @ Ledger.

9am CT / 15:00 UTC

gmoney

gmoney

Tune in for an hour with gmoney.

10am CT / 16:00 UTC

SquiggleDAO

0xgregory, homerfan33, NiftyFifty

Covering all things SquiggleDAO and Squiggles (which may or may not include some alpha leaks).

11am CT / 17:00 UTC

Friendship Bracelets

The community

In our final hour, we welcome the community onto the stage to share their Friendship Bracelet experience. As a giver or recipient, we want to hear your stories!

Greetings, friends!

On December 8, from 12pm CT until December 9, 12pm CT, the Art Blocks official Twitter account went live for 24 continuous hours to celebrate our 2-year anniversary. We recapped the first two years of generative art on our platform, and were joined by over 6000 listeners.

The event was broken up into 1-hour blocks of programming hosted by Art Blocks staff, artists, community members, and partners from around the globe. This daring feat was appropriately named Blocktalkathon.

Listen to our Twitter Spaces here:

Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

Download the schedule here.

Schedule

12pm CT / 18:00 UTC

Kickoff

Erick Calderon, Jeff Davis

Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of Art Blocks with Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) and Jeff Davis.

1pm CT / 19:00 UTC

Minters & Makers

Aaron Penne, Alida Sun, Boreta, Joëlle, Tero Parviainen 

Guests include AB curated artist Alida Sun, creator of Glitch Crystal Monsters and known for interactive dance projects, Boreta of Superposition and Glitch Mob and co-creator of Rituals, AB curated artist Aaron Penne co-creator of Rituals and the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks, Tero Parviainen from Counterpoint producing the audio code tools behind AB curated project Montreal Friend Scale and Rituals, and Joëlle, designer and visual artist for richiehawtin.

2pm CT / 20:00 UTC

On-Chain GenArt: Past, Present, and Future

DCinvestor, Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs

DCinvestor hosts a discussion with artists Dmitri Cherniak and Tyler Hobbs. 

3pm CT / 21:00 UTC

Art Blocks Engine

Hideo, Martin Grasser, Matt Jacobson

Art Blocks Engine provides white-labeled generative minting technology to brands, organizations, and artists. Hosted by Art Blocks’ Dan, guests include Hideo, artist and creator of Legends of Metaterra, Martin Grasser, artist behind ATP Tour’s LOVE project, and Matt Jacobson, artist and founder of Plottables.

4pm CT / 22:00 UTC

Data & Analytics

0xCatherine, lalley (Sansa), vgral (Artacle)

Data & Analytics as it relates to Art Blocks hosted by 0xCatherine who is a data analyst and Dune guru, Lalley who is the founder of the Sansa marketplace, and vgral who is the founder of Artacle.

5pm CT / 23:00 UTC

Charitable Giving: Endaoment

ArtEnables, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Endaoment, Ryan Green, Sostento

Join Endaoment’s CEO, Robbie Heeger, for a conversation with two nonprofits supported by the ArtBlocks Community Fund, ArtEnables, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Also learn about Turnout for Burnout, a generative art fundraiser between Endaoment and Sostento, powered by Art Blocks Engine, which is raising funds to reduce burnout among frontline health workers.

6pm CT / 00:00 UTC

Bright Moments

Ameesia Marold, maxyz, mixbrick, Phil Mohun

The Bright Moments team recaps Mexico City, discuss future plans, and invite community members to speak on their past experiences traveling the world minting IRL.

7pm CT / 01:00 UTC

Collecting as a Collective

ChrisF, JDH

JDH and ChrisF of Flamingo DAO join to speak on the pros and cons of building a collection of NFT art as part of a group.

8pm CT / 02:00 UTC

Bloque en Español (Block in Spanish)

Anna Carreras, (DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas, Erick Calderon, Fernando Jerez, Jorge Ledezma, Santiago.

¡Una hora especial para nuestra comunidad global, completamente en español!

9pm CT / 03:00 UTC

On Building Creative Code Communities

Char Stiles, Erin Wajufos, Mad Pinney 

Art Blocks’ Mad Pinney discusses building creative coding communities with Char Stiles, artist and educator, and Erin Wajufos, generative artist & VJ.

10pm CT / 04:00 UTC

#Block-Talk After Dark

0xTechno, Plutonium F., proper 

A variety hour with our community curators, 0xTechno, Plutonium F., and proper.

11pm CT / 05:00 UTC

Halftime Show with Dboch & Durtis

Dbochman, Durtis

Durtis and Dylan recap the events and significant happenings that they participated in with the Art Blocks community starting with the Marfa Open House in 2021, through the conclusion of Art Basel in 2022.

12am CT / 06:00 UTC

DJ Set by dadabots

Dadabots

Tune in for a special DJ set by dadabots: eliminating humans from music w/ neural synthesis genre switchup extravaganza

1am CT / 07:00 UTC

日本語でブロック (Block in Japanese)

Alexis André, hasaqui, Kaoru Tanaka, NIINOMI, Toshi (Generativemasks, KUMALEON)

私たちのグローバル コミュニティのための特別な時間は、すべて日本語で行われます。

2am CT / 08:00 UTC

The Antipodean Hour

Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, Rich Poole

Artists Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, and Rich Poole join us from New Zealand for an hour of dry humour and funny accents.

3am CT / 09:00 UTC

Blocco in Italiano (Block in Italian)

Alessandro Fiore, Dima Ofman, Emanuele Pasin, hex6c, Paolo Curtoni, Paolo Tonon, Simon De Mai, Stefano Contiero

Un’ora speciale per la nostra comunità globale tutta in italiano!

4am CT / 10:00 UTC

Punk6529

Punk6529

Tune in for an hour with Punk6529.

5am CT / 11:00 UTC

Blokje Nederlands (Block in Dutch)

Anna Lucia, Bart Simons, Beervangeer, Jos Vromans, Piter Pasma, Rafaël Rozendaal

Een speciaal uur voor onze wereldwijde gemeenschap, allemaal in het Nederlands!

6am CT / 12:00 UTC

Bloco em Português (Block in Portuguese)

Kukuti, Monica Rizzoli, Morbeck, Omar Lobato, p1xelfool, Vamoss, WiW

Uma hora especial para nossa comunidade global toda em português!

7am CT / 13:00 UTC

Bloc en Français (Block in French)

0xphiiil, Johan, Louis-André Labadie, William Mapan

Une heure spéciale pour notre communauté mondiale tout en français!

8am CT / 14:00 UTC

Ledger: When Web3 Culture & Security Collide

Ian Rogers, Jacob Thompson, Kyle Thornton, Matt Kane, mpkoz, Mo El-Sayed

Ledger hosts a topic on the collision of Web3 culture and security. Guests include Ian Roger, CEXO @ Ledger, Kyle Thornton, Head of US CS @ Ledger, and artists Matt Kane and mpkoz. Hosted by Mo El-Sayed, Head of Community & Education @ Ledger and moderated by Jacob Thompson, Community Team @ Ledger.

9am CT / 15:00 UTC

gmoney

gmoney

Tune in for an hour with gmoney.

10am CT / 16:00 UTC

SquiggleDAO

0xgregory, homerfan33, NiftyFifty

Covering all things SquiggleDAO and Squiggles (which may or may not include some alpha leaks).

11am CT / 17:00 UTC

Friendship Bracelets

The community

In our final hour, we welcome the community onto the stage to share their Friendship Bracelet experience. As a giver or recipient, we want to hear your stories!

Greetings, friends!

On December 8, from 12pm CT until December 9, 12pm CT, the Art Blocks official Twitter account went live for 24 continuous hours to celebrate our 2-year anniversary. We recapped the first two years of generative art on our platform, and were joined by over 6000 listeners.

The event was broken up into 1-hour blocks of programming hosted by Art Blocks staff, artists, community members, and partners from around the globe. This daring feat was appropriately named Blocktalkathon.

Listen to our Twitter Spaces here:

Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

Download the schedule here.

Schedule

12pm CT / 18:00 UTC

Kickoff

Erick Calderon, Jeff Davis

Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of Art Blocks with Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) and Jeff Davis.

1pm CT / 19:00 UTC

Minters & Makers

Aaron Penne, Alida Sun, Boreta, Joëlle, Tero Parviainen 

Guests include AB curated artist Alida Sun, creator of Glitch Crystal Monsters and known for interactive dance projects, Boreta of Superposition and Glitch Mob and co-creator of Rituals, AB curated artist Aaron Penne co-creator of Rituals and the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks, Tero Parviainen from Counterpoint producing the audio code tools behind AB curated project Montreal Friend Scale and Rituals, and Joëlle, designer and visual artist for richiehawtin.

2pm CT / 20:00 UTC

On-Chain GenArt: Past, Present, and Future

DCinvestor, Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs

DCinvestor hosts a discussion with artists Dmitri Cherniak and Tyler Hobbs. 

3pm CT / 21:00 UTC

Art Blocks Engine

Hideo, Martin Grasser, Matt Jacobson

Art Blocks Engine provides white-labeled generative minting technology to brands, organizations, and artists. Hosted by Art Blocks’ Dan, guests include Hideo, artist and creator of Legends of Metaterra, Martin Grasser, artist behind ATP Tour’s LOVE project, and Matt Jacobson, artist and founder of Plottables.

4pm CT / 22:00 UTC

Data & Analytics

0xCatherine, lalley (Sansa), vgral (Artacle)

Data & Analytics as it relates to Art Blocks hosted by 0xCatherine who is a data analyst and Dune guru, Lalley who is the founder of the Sansa marketplace, and vgral who is the founder of Artacle.

5pm CT / 23:00 UTC

Charitable Giving: Endaoment

ArtEnables, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Endaoment, Ryan Green, Sostento

Join Endaoment’s CEO, Robbie Heeger, for a conversation with two nonprofits supported by the ArtBlocks Community Fund, ArtEnables, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Also learn about Turnout for Burnout, a generative art fundraiser between Endaoment and Sostento, powered by Art Blocks Engine, which is raising funds to reduce burnout among frontline health workers.

6pm CT / 00:00 UTC

Bright Moments

Ameesia Marold, maxyz, mixbrick, Phil Mohun

The Bright Moments team recaps Mexico City, discuss future plans, and invite community members to speak on their past experiences traveling the world minting IRL.

7pm CT / 01:00 UTC

Collecting as a Collective

ChrisF, JDH

JDH and ChrisF of Flamingo DAO join to speak on the pros and cons of building a collection of NFT art as part of a group.

8pm CT / 02:00 UTC

Bloque en Español (Block in Spanish)

Anna Carreras, (DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas, Erick Calderon, Fernando Jerez, Jorge Ledezma, Santiago.

¡Una hora especial para nuestra comunidad global, completamente en español!

9pm CT / 03:00 UTC

On Building Creative Code Communities

Char Stiles, Erin Wajufos, Mad Pinney 

Art Blocks’ Mad Pinney discusses building creative coding communities with Char Stiles, artist and educator, and Erin Wajufos, generative artist & VJ.

10pm CT / 04:00 UTC

#Block-Talk After Dark

0xTechno, Plutonium F., proper 

A variety hour with our community curators, 0xTechno, Plutonium F., and proper.

11pm CT / 05:00 UTC

Halftime Show with Dboch & Durtis

Dbochman, Durtis

Durtis and Dylan recap the events and significant happenings that they participated in with the Art Blocks community starting with the Marfa Open House in 2021, through the conclusion of Art Basel in 2022.

12am CT / 06:00 UTC

DJ Set by dadabots

Dadabots

Tune in for a special DJ set by dadabots: eliminating humans from music w/ neural synthesis genre switchup extravaganza

1am CT / 07:00 UTC

日本語でブロック (Block in Japanese)

Alexis André, hasaqui, Kaoru Tanaka, NIINOMI, Toshi (Generativemasks, KUMALEON)

私たちのグローバル コミュニティのための特別な時間は、すべて日本語で行われます。

2am CT / 08:00 UTC

The Antipodean Hour

Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, Rich Poole

Artists Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, and Rich Poole join us from New Zealand for an hour of dry humour and funny accents.

3am CT / 09:00 UTC

Blocco in Italiano (Block in Italian)

Alessandro Fiore, Dima Ofman, Emanuele Pasin, hex6c, Paolo Curtoni, Paolo Tonon, Simon De Mai, Stefano Contiero

Un’ora speciale per la nostra comunità globale tutta in italiano!

4am CT / 10:00 UTC

Punk6529

Punk6529

Tune in for an hour with Punk6529.

5am CT / 11:00 UTC

Blokje Nederlands (Block in Dutch)

Anna Lucia, Bart Simons, Beervangeer, Jos Vromans, Piter Pasma, Rafaël Rozendaal

Een speciaal uur voor onze wereldwijde gemeenschap, allemaal in het Nederlands!

6am CT / 12:00 UTC

Bloco em Português (Block in Portuguese)

Kukuti, Monica Rizzoli, Morbeck, Omar Lobato, p1xelfool, Vamoss, WiW

Uma hora especial para nossa comunidade global toda em português!

7am CT / 13:00 UTC

Bloc en Français (Block in French)

0xphiiil, Johan, Louis-André Labadie, William Mapan

Une heure spéciale pour notre communauté mondiale tout en français!

8am CT / 14:00 UTC

Ledger: When Web3 Culture & Security Collide

Ian Rogers, Jacob Thompson, Kyle Thornton, Matt Kane, mpkoz, Mo El-Sayed

Ledger hosts a topic on the collision of Web3 culture and security. Guests include Ian Roger, CEXO @ Ledger, Kyle Thornton, Head of US CS @ Ledger, and artists Matt Kane and mpkoz. Hosted by Mo El-Sayed, Head of Community & Education @ Ledger and moderated by Jacob Thompson, Community Team @ Ledger.

9am CT / 15:00 UTC

gmoney

gmoney

Tune in for an hour with gmoney.

10am CT / 16:00 UTC

SquiggleDAO

0xgregory, homerfan33, NiftyFifty

Covering all things SquiggleDAO and Squiggles (which may or may not include some alpha leaks).

11am CT / 17:00 UTC

Friendship Bracelets

The community

In our final hour, we welcome the community onto the stage to share their Friendship Bracelet experience. As a giver or recipient, we want to hear your stories!

Greetings, friends!

On December 8, from 12pm CT until December 9, 12pm CT, the Art Blocks official Twitter account went live for 24 continuous hours to celebrate our 2-year anniversary. We recapped the first two years of generative art on our platform, and were joined by over 6000 listeners.

The event was broken up into 1-hour blocks of programming hosted by Art Blocks staff, artists, community members, and partners from around the globe. This daring feat was appropriately named Blocktalkathon.

Listen to our Twitter Spaces here:

Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

Download the schedule here.

Schedule

12pm CT / 18:00 UTC

Kickoff

Erick Calderon, Jeff Davis

Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of Art Blocks with Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) and Jeff Davis.

1pm CT / 19:00 UTC

Minters & Makers

Aaron Penne, Alida Sun, Boreta, Joëlle, Tero Parviainen 

Guests include AB curated artist Alida Sun, creator of Glitch Crystal Monsters and known for interactive dance projects, Boreta of Superposition and Glitch Mob and co-creator of Rituals, AB curated artist Aaron Penne co-creator of Rituals and the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks, Tero Parviainen from Counterpoint producing the audio code tools behind AB curated project Montreal Friend Scale and Rituals, and Joëlle, designer and visual artist for richiehawtin.

2pm CT / 20:00 UTC

On-Chain GenArt: Past, Present, and Future

DCinvestor, Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs

DCinvestor hosts a discussion with artists Dmitri Cherniak and Tyler Hobbs. 

3pm CT / 21:00 UTC

Art Blocks Engine

Hideo, Martin Grasser, Matt Jacobson

Art Blocks Engine provides white-labeled generative minting technology to brands, organizations, and artists. Hosted by Art Blocks’ Dan, guests include Hideo, artist and creator of Legends of Metaterra, Martin Grasser, artist behind ATP Tour’s LOVE project, and Matt Jacobson, artist and founder of Plottables.

4pm CT / 22:00 UTC

Data & Analytics

0xCatherine, lalley (Sansa), vgral (Artacle)

Data & Analytics as it relates to Art Blocks hosted by 0xCatherine who is a data analyst and Dune guru, Lalley who is the founder of the Sansa marketplace, and vgral who is the founder of Artacle.

5pm CT / 23:00 UTC

Charitable Giving: Endaoment

ArtEnables, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Endaoment, Ryan Green, Sostento

Join Endaoment’s CEO, Robbie Heeger, for a conversation with two nonprofits supported by the ArtBlocks Community Fund, ArtEnables, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Also learn about Turnout for Burnout, a generative art fundraiser between Endaoment and Sostento, powered by Art Blocks Engine, which is raising funds to reduce burnout among frontline health workers.

6pm CT / 00:00 UTC

Bright Moments

Ameesia Marold, maxyz, mixbrick, Phil Mohun

The Bright Moments team recaps Mexico City, discuss future plans, and invite community members to speak on their past experiences traveling the world minting IRL.

7pm CT / 01:00 UTC

Collecting as a Collective

ChrisF, JDH

JDH and ChrisF of Flamingo DAO join to speak on the pros and cons of building a collection of NFT art as part of a group.

8pm CT / 02:00 UTC

Bloque en Español (Block in Spanish)

Anna Carreras, (DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas, Erick Calderon, Fernando Jerez, Jorge Ledezma, Santiago.

¡Una hora especial para nuestra comunidad global, completamente en español!

9pm CT / 03:00 UTC

On Building Creative Code Communities

Char Stiles, Erin Wajufos, Mad Pinney 

Art Blocks’ Mad Pinney discusses building creative coding communities with Char Stiles, artist and educator, and Erin Wajufos, generative artist & VJ.

10pm CT / 04:00 UTC

#Block-Talk After Dark

0xTechno, Plutonium F., proper 

A variety hour with our community curators, 0xTechno, Plutonium F., and proper.

11pm CT / 05:00 UTC

Halftime Show with Dboch & Durtis

Dbochman, Durtis

Durtis and Dylan recap the events and significant happenings that they participated in with the Art Blocks community starting with the Marfa Open House in 2021, through the conclusion of Art Basel in 2022.

12am CT / 06:00 UTC

DJ Set by dadabots

Dadabots

Tune in for a special DJ set by dadabots: eliminating humans from music w/ neural synthesis genre switchup extravaganza

1am CT / 07:00 UTC

日本語でブロック (Block in Japanese)

Alexis André, hasaqui, Kaoru Tanaka, NIINOMI, Toshi (Generativemasks, KUMALEON)

私たちのグローバル コミュニティのための特別な時間は、すべて日本語で行われます。

2am CT / 08:00 UTC

The Antipodean Hour

Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, Rich Poole

Artists Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, and Rich Poole join us from New Zealand for an hour of dry humour and funny accents.

3am CT / 09:00 UTC

Blocco in Italiano (Block in Italian)

Alessandro Fiore, Dima Ofman, Emanuele Pasin, hex6c, Paolo Curtoni, Paolo Tonon, Simon De Mai, Stefano Contiero

Un’ora speciale per la nostra comunità globale tutta in italiano!

4am CT / 10:00 UTC

Punk6529

Punk6529

Tune in for an hour with Punk6529.

5am CT / 11:00 UTC

Blokje Nederlands (Block in Dutch)

Anna Lucia, Bart Simons, Beervangeer, Jos Vromans, Piter Pasma, Rafaël Rozendaal

Een speciaal uur voor onze wereldwijde gemeenschap, allemaal in het Nederlands!

6am CT / 12:00 UTC

Bloco em Português (Block in Portuguese)

Kukuti, Monica Rizzoli, Morbeck, Omar Lobato, p1xelfool, Vamoss, WiW

Uma hora especial para nossa comunidade global toda em português!

7am CT / 13:00 UTC

Bloc en Français (Block in French)

0xphiiil, Johan, Louis-André Labadie, William Mapan

Une heure spéciale pour notre communauté mondiale tout en français!

8am CT / 14:00 UTC

Ledger: When Web3 Culture & Security Collide

Ian Rogers, Jacob Thompson, Kyle Thornton, Matt Kane, mpkoz, Mo El-Sayed

Ledger hosts a topic on the collision of Web3 culture and security. Guests include Ian Roger, CEXO @ Ledger, Kyle Thornton, Head of US CS @ Ledger, and artists Matt Kane and mpkoz. Hosted by Mo El-Sayed, Head of Community & Education @ Ledger and moderated by Jacob Thompson, Community Team @ Ledger.

9am CT / 15:00 UTC

gmoney

gmoney

Tune in for an hour with gmoney.

10am CT / 16:00 UTC

SquiggleDAO

0xgregory, homerfan33, NiftyFifty

Covering all things SquiggleDAO and Squiggles (which may or may not include some alpha leaks).

11am CT / 17:00 UTC

Friendship Bracelets

The community

In our final hour, we welcome the community onto the stage to share their Friendship Bracelet experience. As a giver or recipient, we want to hear your stories!

Greetings, friends!

On December 8, from 12pm CT until December 9, 12pm CT, the Art Blocks official Twitter account went live for 24 continuous hours to celebrate our 2-year anniversary. We recapped the first two years of generative art on our platform, and were joined by over 6000 listeners.

The event was broken up into 1-hour blocks of programming hosted by Art Blocks staff, artists, community members, and partners from around the globe. This daring feat was appropriately named Blocktalkathon.

Listen to our Twitter Spaces here:

Blocktalkathon: 24-Hours Celebrating 2 Years of Art Blocks

Download the schedule here.

Schedule

12pm CT / 18:00 UTC

Kickoff

Erick Calderon, Jeff Davis

Celebrating the 2-year anniversary of Art Blocks with Erick Calderon (a.k.a. Snowfro) and Jeff Davis.

1pm CT / 19:00 UTC

Minters & Makers

Aaron Penne, Alida Sun, Boreta, Joëlle, Tero Parviainen 

Guests include AB curated artist Alida Sun, creator of Glitch Crystal Monsters and known for interactive dance projects, Boreta of Superposition and Glitch Mob and co-creator of Rituals, AB curated artist Aaron Penne co-creator of Rituals and the Director of Engineering at Art Blocks, Tero Parviainen from Counterpoint producing the audio code tools behind AB curated project Montreal Friend Scale and Rituals, and Joëlle, designer and visual artist for richiehawtin.

2pm CT / 20:00 UTC

On-Chain GenArt: Past, Present, and Future

DCinvestor, Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs

DCinvestor hosts a discussion with artists Dmitri Cherniak and Tyler Hobbs. 

3pm CT / 21:00 UTC

Art Blocks Engine

Hideo, Martin Grasser, Matt Jacobson

Art Blocks Engine provides white-labeled generative minting technology to brands, organizations, and artists. Hosted by Art Blocks’ Dan, guests include Hideo, artist and creator of Legends of Metaterra, Martin Grasser, artist behind ATP Tour’s LOVE project, and Matt Jacobson, artist and founder of Plottables.

4pm CT / 22:00 UTC

Data & Analytics

0xCatherine, lalley (Sansa), vgral (Artacle)

Data & Analytics as it relates to Art Blocks hosted by 0xCatherine who is a data analyst and Dune guru, Lalley who is the founder of the Sansa marketplace, and vgral who is the founder of Artacle.

5pm CT / 23:00 UTC

Charitable Giving: Endaoment

ArtEnables, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Endaoment, Ryan Green, Sostento

Join Endaoment’s CEO, Robbie Heeger, for a conversation with two nonprofits supported by the ArtBlocks Community Fund, ArtEnables, and Buffalo Bayou Partnership. Also learn about Turnout for Burnout, a generative art fundraiser between Endaoment and Sostento, powered by Art Blocks Engine, which is raising funds to reduce burnout among frontline health workers.

6pm CT / 00:00 UTC

Bright Moments

Ameesia Marold, maxyz, mixbrick, Phil Mohun

The Bright Moments team recaps Mexico City, discuss future plans, and invite community members to speak on their past experiences traveling the world minting IRL.

7pm CT / 01:00 UTC

Collecting as a Collective

ChrisF, JDH

JDH and ChrisF of Flamingo DAO join to speak on the pros and cons of building a collection of NFT art as part of a group.

8pm CT / 02:00 UTC

Bloque en Español (Block in Spanish)

Anna Carreras, (DCA) Daniel Calderon Arenas, Erick Calderon, Fernando Jerez, Jorge Ledezma, Santiago.

¡Una hora especial para nuestra comunidad global, completamente en español!

9pm CT / 03:00 UTC

On Building Creative Code Communities

Char Stiles, Erin Wajufos, Mad Pinney 

Art Blocks’ Mad Pinney discusses building creative coding communities with Char Stiles, artist and educator, and Erin Wajufos, generative artist & VJ.

10pm CT / 04:00 UTC

#Block-Talk After Dark

0xTechno, Plutonium F., proper 

A variety hour with our community curators, 0xTechno, Plutonium F., and proper.

11pm CT / 05:00 UTC

Halftime Show with Dboch & Durtis

Dbochman, Durtis

Durtis and Dylan recap the events and significant happenings that they participated in with the Art Blocks community starting with the Marfa Open House in 2021, through the conclusion of Art Basel in 2022.

12am CT / 06:00 UTC

DJ Set by dadabots

Dadabots

Tune in for a special DJ set by dadabots: eliminating humans from music w/ neural synthesis genre switchup extravaganza

1am CT / 07:00 UTC

日本語でブロック (Block in Japanese)

Alexis André, hasaqui, Kaoru Tanaka, NIINOMI, Toshi (Generativemasks, KUMALEON)

私たちのグローバル コミュニティのための特別な時間は、すべて日本語で行われます。

2am CT / 08:00 UTC

The Antipodean Hour

Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, Rich Poole

Artists Andy Shaw, Kelly Milligan, and Rich Poole join us from New Zealand for an hour of dry humour and funny accents.

3am CT / 09:00 UTC

Blocco in Italiano (Block in Italian)

Alessandro Fiore, Dima Ofman, Emanuele Pasin, hex6c, Paolo Curtoni, Paolo Tonon, Simon De Mai, Stefano Contiero

Un’ora speciale per la nostra comunità globale tutta in italiano!

4am CT / 10:00 UTC

Punk6529

Punk6529

Tune in for an hour with Punk6529.

5am CT / 11:00 UTC

Blokje Nederlands (Block in Dutch)

Anna Lucia, Bart Simons, Beervangeer, Jos Vromans, Piter Pasma, Rafaël Rozendaal

Een speciaal uur voor onze wereldwijde gemeenschap, allemaal in het Nederlands!

6am CT / 12:00 UTC

Bloco em Português (Block in Portuguese)

Kukuti, Monica Rizzoli, Morbeck, Omar Lobato, p1xelfool, Vamoss, WiW

Uma hora especial para nossa comunidade global toda em português!

7am CT / 13:00 UTC

Bloc en Français (Block in French)

0xphiiil, Johan, Louis-André Labadie, William Mapan

Une heure spéciale pour notre communauté mondiale tout en français!

8am CT / 14:00 UTC

Ledger: When Web3 Culture & Security Collide

Ian Rogers, Jacob Thompson, Kyle Thornton, Matt Kane, mpkoz, Mo El-Sayed

Ledger hosts a topic on the collision of Web3 culture and security. Guests include Ian Roger, CEXO @ Ledger, Kyle Thornton, Head of US CS @ Ledger, and artists Matt Kane and mpkoz. Hosted by Mo El-Sayed, Head of Community & Education @ Ledger and moderated by Jacob Thompson, Community Team @ Ledger.

9am CT / 15:00 UTC

gmoney

gmoney

Tune in for an hour with gmoney.

10am CT / 16:00 UTC

SquiggleDAO

0xgregory, homerfan33, NiftyFifty

Covering all things SquiggleDAO and Squiggles (which may or may not include some alpha leaks).

11am CT / 17:00 UTC

Friendship Bracelets

The community

In our final hour, we welcome the community onto the stage to share their Friendship Bracelet experience. As a giver or recipient, we want to hear your stories!

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