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Episode 2: Meridian by Matt DesLauriers

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Release date: Sept 28, 2021 Collection size: 1000 Platform: Artblocks Playground Mint type: Dutch Auction (no rebate) Resting mint price: 5ETH (~$14,000 at the time)

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Episode link: https://collectorscorner.transistor.fm/episodes/episode-2-meridian-into-the-collection Youtube: https://youtu.be/VpT4ljHUb_8

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"Stratified landforms constructed from many small strokes of colour. The hash of each token describes a coordinate within a multidimensional generative space, locating a unique composition that lies along one of many possible longitudes." - Matt DesLauriers

Note: This podcast was recorded on August 16, 2022. For real-time prices by trait, we recommend Artacle.io

Disclosures: At the time of this recording no CC members owned items from this collection

Impressions: A beautiful work of art and technical feat that has been many years in the making. Meridian is one of those collections that you simply need to look at to appreciate why it's so popular. It ranks high on aesthetics and causes a resonance with many collectors due to the natural look and feel of the shapes. Like many excellent works and performances Matt DesLauriers makes an extremely complex process look easy. Well loved by collectors and continuing to gain popularity (as evidenced by steadily rising floor prices and decreasing supply), we believe this collection has a very positive outlook and would be a feather in any generative art collector's cap.

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Editors' Notes

This episode was recorded on August 19, 2022

Disclosures: At the time of this recording CC members own Deca items

Episode 3: Deca

Deca is an online gallery company building a social experience around displaying and sharing NFT art. They have taken an innovative approach from the start by allowing users to showcase NFTs from any wallet, not just their own. Since then they have released a few innovative features and many of collectibles that have us very excited.

Top of the list is the ability to create token gated communities in a very simple, no-code way - it literally takes 5 minutes. Don't get us wrong, you still have to be web3 native to do this (e.g. find the contract address of the NFT or coins that gate your community), but it is far easier to spin up a community as a creator in Deca compared to Discord or Telegram.

Why is this so important? The easier it is to create a community, aka to organize your tribe, the more communities will form. We believe this user experience is so much better than the status quo that it will be copied across web3, similar to browser wallets such as Metamask becoming ubiquitous for sign in.

We believe there will be more token gated communities than open communities because creators and leaders want to curate an experience, and that's harder to do when anyone on the internet can join and potentially troll or ruin the experience.

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Episode 4: Memories of Qilin by Emily Xie

"Memories of Qilin is inspired by traditional East Asian art. It channels the sense of movement and fluidity found in classical Chinese brushwork, while drawing from the colors, patterns, and forms of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. The series explores elements of folklore, evoking the mythological imagery of dragons, phoenixes, flowers, and mountains. The title references a fabled chimerical beast found throughout East Asian mythology (while the qilin is its Chinese name, it is also known in Korea as the girin and Japan as the kirin) that represents prosperity and luck.Viewers are invited to interpret elusive forms that verge on representation. As with the stories passed on through generations, each piece is imagined, organic, and ever-in-flux." - Emily Xie

Release date: March 21, 2022 Collection size: 1024 Platform: Artblocks Curated Mint type: Dutch Auction (no rebate) Resting mint price: 0.75E (~$2,171 USD at the time)

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www.collectorscorner.xyz @collectors_xyz (Twitter) Recorded: September 9, 2022

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Episode 5: Archetype by Kjetil Golid

Archetype explores the use of repetition as a counterweight to unruly, random structures. As each single component look chaotic alone, the repetition brings along a sense of intentionality, ultimately resulting in a complex, yet satisfying expression. - Kjetil Golid

Release date: February 27, 2021 Collection size: 600 Platform: Artblocks Curated

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Episode 6: Ringers by Dmitri Cherniak

There are an almost infinite number of ways to wrap a string around a set of pegs. On the surface it may seem like a simple concept but prepare to be surprised and delighted at the variety of combinations the algorithm can produce. Each output from 'Ringers' is derived from a unique transaction hash and generated in Javascript in the browser. Feature variations include peg count, sizing, layout, wrap orientation, and a few colorful flourishes for good measure. - Dmitri Cherniak

Collection released: January 31, 2021 Collection size: 1000 Platform: Artblocks Curated

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White - The most common and classic Ringer background

The background category determines the color of the background. This category creates a clear visual distinction and many of the colors are rare, resulting in significant demand for non-white backgrounds.

Episode 7: Gazers by Matt Kane

www.collectorscorner.xyz @collectors_xyz (Twitter) Recorded: Sept 23, 2022 Episode Link Gazers 101 by Virtau

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Collection released: Dec 6, 2021 Collection size: 1000 Launch platform: Artblocks Curated Sale type: Dutch auction (no rebate) Resting mint price: 0.25 ETH (~$330 USD at the time)

Disclosures: At the time of this recording Collector's Corner members did not own this collection

With Special Guest: Virtau

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Summary

Gazers is an incredibly nuanced and well thought out collection. Don't take our word for it though, just take a look at the metadata - there are 78 categories! Of course we cover the top ones but there are many more we expect to emerge and hold differential value.

That's why we were so happy to have our great friend Virtau join us for this episode. He is an expert on Gazers, as well as being an active member of their community and an avid collector.

I want to highlight two very unique aspects of this collection. The first is the use of time. I haven't seen another generative art project that has thought through how the nfts change over time, both in the past and in the future. For example, Gazers are a dynamic image, rather than static, and all of them speed up their frame rate after some months (some faster than others).

Additionally, the Gazer's community is simply amazing. They have rallied around this masterpiece and have created a culture of it's own. I know very few collectors who are more passionate than the Gazer's community, which helped me realize how important this really is for the long term viability and price of a collection.

Grails with emergent properties in top generative collections

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First Of Each Squiggle Type In Minting Order

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#0 1st Normal type (total 6122) 1st Squiggle (total 9674)

#5 1st Slinky type (total 1122)

Focused on squiggle types that command a significant premium (hyper, color spread 5, full and perfect spectrum)

What emerged earlier than expected by rarity?