Defiant Squid is a crypto-artist and animator whose practice fuses memory, abstraction, and the pixelated spirit of early video games. With a focus on nostalgia and geometry, his works transform digital landscapes into textured forms that feel both experimental and familiar. We talk about his journey from animation to crypto art, his explorations of light and fragmentation, and the ways he navigates between digital and physical mediums.

Recorded on September 29, 2025

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:52) What cryptoart means to Defiant Squid
(02:18) Early influences and first encounters with art
(04:08) The origin of the name Defiant Squid
(07:09) Discovering Async Art and programmable layers
(09:45) Balancing animation and personal practice
(10:44) Nostalgia and geometry
(11:49) Memory, emotion, and digital texture
(13:13) Embracing imperfection in the digital medium
(15:54) Why digital and physical art both matter
(17:31) RYB and the colors of memory
(21:10) Super Effective and cryptoart through gaming
(23:39) Restart in MS-Dos Mode and 1990s nostalgia
(26:16) Voxel Cliffs and exploring 3D in 2D form
(28:59) Making a coffee table cryptoart book
(32:19) The Cult of Cryptoart and creative community
(34:28) Foundational works of cryptoart
(35:48) The current state of cryptoart

Panter Xhita is an Argentinian cryptoartist whose work explores the values of revolution, community and freedom. After discovering crypto art in 2020, she left her job to dedicate herself fully to art, building a practice that now reaches audiences around the world. Now living as a digital nomad, her works have honored foundational artists in web3, and she is pioneering a decentralized patronage model that reimagines how artists can collaborate with their collectors.

Recorded on August 29, 2025

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:38) What crypto art means to Panter Xhita
(03:10) From a small city to a global audience
(04:23) Becoming an artist in Argentina
(06:26) Life as a digital nomad and evolving practice
(08:01) Personal influences: strong women, animals, and everyday experience
(09:24) The color green: from childhood paintings to chroma green
(11:12) Significance of eyes in artwork: ambiguity, language, and observation
(12:52) Creating A History of Crypto Art to honor the crypoart community
(14:20) Selecting artists to commemorate
(16:35) Influence of Mexican muralism
(18:09) Future of A History of Crypto Art
(19:27) Launching The Twelve: reinventing patronage
(22:24) Trust, connection, and collaboration with patrons
(23:37) Hosting open studios and sharing works-in-progress
(25:31) The patrons who support Panter Xhita
(28:21) Patronage and creative freedom
(30:08) Striving to consistently evolve in one's practice
(31:46) The importance of in-person events and community gatherings
(33:50) Foundational works of crypto art
(34:38) Closing remarks

Jæn is a multidisciplinary crypto artist whose work blends surrealism, symbolism, and digital experimentation to explore the mythologies of the blockchain age. In this episode, Jean shares his journey from early creative explorations to the evolving world of crypto art, and reflects on how lucid dreams, metaphysics, and digital culture shape his creative practice. We talk about the Cult of Crypto Art, the symbolism of burn addresses and blockchain rituals, and what it means to build culture through code, community, and storytelling.

Recorded on July 23, 2025

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction
(00:47) What cryptoart means to Jæn
(02:35) From photography to painting and digital expression
(03:40) Discovering NFTs as a native digital medium
(05:16) Emotional depth in drawing and surrealism
(06:23) Studying art through Japanese contemporary culture
(08:39) Concept and form: balancing meaning and aesthetics
(11:29) Lucid dreaming, synesthesia, and creative rituals
(14:36) The Cult of Crypto Art: origin and community
(16:26) Punk energy, metalheads, and liberating chaos
(18:02) Mythmaking, backlash, and the cult as creative defiance
(19:18) Underground growth and cultural impact of the cult
(20:28) Blockchain mythology and foundational mythmaking
(21:37) Burn addresses and digital treasure chests
(22:46) The Last Hammer and the price of quitting art
(25:44) Power dynamics between collectors and artists
(26:48) The Big Dream project and sending art into space
(29:46) Global dreams, psychic predictions, and the ISS
(32:09) Foundational works of cryptoart: The First Supper
(35:12) The future of interactive cryptoart