{"id":38097,"date":"2021-03-12T22:04:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T06:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=38097"},"modified":"2021-03-13T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T16:15:40","slug":"nft-wtf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/","title":{"rendered":"nft wtf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38124\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"821\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18307727\/height\/26\/theme\/standard-mini\/thumbnail\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">NFT\u2026 WTF? Yes, it\u2019s been a weird week filled with news articles about digital art selling for millions of dollars. Huh? Exactly. Well, after reading way too many articles that still didn\u2019t really help me understand what an NFT is <em>{Non-Fluffy-Towel?}<\/em>, I invited my good friend, artist <a href=\"http:\/\/treyspeegle.com\/\">Trey Speegle<\/a>, to come on the podcast to give us the inside scoop, because if anyone can put the FUN in \u201cNon-FUNgible Tokens\u201d, it\u2019s Trey! He dipped his toe into the NFT pool this past Wednesday, so we talked on Tuesday for the <em>\u201cI wonder what\u2019s going to happen\u201d<\/em> conversation, and then we hit record again on Friday for the <em>\u201cdid anything happen or not\u201d<\/em> follow up! You can listen on the player above, or subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0and\/or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2ELjX4nIVWpI3XMNW139WN\">Spotify.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">First up, here are a few of the <a href=\"http:\/\/treyspeegle.com\/vintage-shadowboxes\">vintage shadow boxes<\/a> Trey was talking about&#8230; ah, where it all began:<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38125\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">This was the first of Trey&#8217;s work I ever saw&#8230; obviously, I fell in love immediately! Here are a few of his more recent pieces, from his <a href=\"http:\/\/treyspeegle.com\/new-gallery-2\"><em>&#8220;Political Animals&#8221;<\/em><\/a> show:<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38126\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">GRAB is my favorite. So clever.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">Alright, let&#8217;s get into it shall we? Here are a few of Trey&#8217;s freshly minted NFTs:<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/realfakelow\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38148\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38148\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/REALFAKElow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/have-a-nice-day_low\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38145\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/HAVE-A-NICE-DAY_low.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"782\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/why-cant-you-just-be-nicelow\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38146\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WHY-CANT-YOU-JUST-BE-NICElow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/image-not-foundlow\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38150\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/IMAGE-NOT-FOUNDlow.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey_yah\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38134\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38134\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY_yah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"723\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38132\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"567\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">I really like the statement Trey wrote on the subject, so I popped that in there too. Wait, could he mint and sell that too!? Probably.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">So, wanna see the NFT that sold for over $69 million at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/en\">Christie&#8217;s<\/a> on Thursday? Here you go:<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38127\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY4-471x1536.jpg 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><em id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1615597685907_3071\">&#8220;Beeple, EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS, 2021&#8221;. <\/em>Congratulations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beeple_crap\/\">Beeple<\/a>&#8230; this is definitely one for the art history books!<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\">And finally, a quick peek at a couple of things. One: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/danielle-krysa-love-was-free-but-for-some-fucked-up-reason-that-would-not-be-the-fate-of-the-nipple\">the piece I did for Trey&#8217;s &#8220;69\/19&#8221; show at Gallery 52<\/a>. One of the theme&#8217;s the artists could choose was Woodstock, and it called to me. Two: baby Lamonte <em>and<\/em> Lamonte celebrating his Sweet 16 in January:<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38128\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/12\/nft-wtf\/trey6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38129\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/TREY6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"812\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/danielle-krysa-love-was-free-but-for-some-fucked-up-reason-that-would-not-be-the-fate-of-the-nipple\">Boobs<\/a>, and an Ewok in a bowtie. You&#8217;re welcome. Thanks so much to Trey for coming on and sharing his NFT experiment with us, and thank YOU for listening! There will be a brand new episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/podcast\/the-jealous-curator-art-for-your-ear\/id996338562\">ART FOR YOUR EAR<\/a> next weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-context=\"[]\"><strong><em>Other links:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/treyspeegle.com\/\"><em>TreySpeegle.com<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/treynyc\/\"><em>Trey on Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yonomints.com\/\"><em>YoNo Mints<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rarible.com\/?category=art\">Rarible<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/en\"><em>Christie&#8217;s Auctions<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beeple_crap\/\">Beeple, Artist<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/treyspeegle.com\/010113\/2021\/3\/10\/wtf-the-abcs-of-the-nft-crypto-art-craze-im-launching-my-own-realfakecollection-today\"><em>Trey&#8217;s Post on NFTs<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/gallery-52\/works\"><em>Gallery 52 on Artsy<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsy.net\/artwork\/danielle-krysa-love-was-free-but-for-some-fucked-up-reason-that-would-not-be-the-fate-of-the-nipple\"><em>My piece at Gallery 52 {boobs!}<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li data-pm-context=\"[]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/\"><em>&#8216;The NO SUCH THING AS TOO MUCH ART Society&#8217;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFT\u2026 WTF? Yes, it\u2019s been a weird week filled with news articles about digital art selling for millions of dollars. Huh? Exactly. Well, after reading way too many articles that still didn\u2019t really help me understand what an NFT is {Non-Fluffy-Towel?}, I invited my good friend, artist Trey Speegle, to come on the podcast to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[766,3,641,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38097"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38151,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38097\/revisions\/38151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}