Generative Art is a Website: Interview with Alejandro Campos

Waiting To Be Signed

Long time friend and artist Alejandro Campos joins WTBS for an interview ahead of his upcoming 'Fantasia' release on Verse. In this episode we discuss:

• Alejandro's background in art and coding, how he got involved with NFTs & the origin of his original 'Ratchitect' artist name
• Why Alejandro uses music in many of his projects & starting to discuss generative art through the lens of web design and experience.
• Tackling problems and ideas that nobody else has before & making the p5.brush library + the work that goes into launching an open source project
• Unearthing and reviving the defunct AI model that powers the music in Fantasia, Alejandro's upcoming Tender collab release on Verse
• Where Fantasia sits in relation to the Enfantines series and Pensado a Mano
• Popping off more about experimenting with interactivity, animation and sound in generative art + revisiting web development
• Will there be more projects after Fantasia & disillusionment with web3
• The story of Generative Architecture: The Making of a Room on Verse and the potential to curate more in the future
• The weakness of 'digital' as a tool for preserving art
• Rapid Fire!

Thanks to Alejandro for coming on the show! Be on the lookout for Fantasia coming to Verse in mid-June.

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Episode Art: Fantasia by Alejandro Campos

Intro & Outro tracks by PixelWank