1 - Justin Aversano: building community in Twin Flames, Quantum Art, and RAW DAO

Описание: In this episode, we talk with Justin about studying photography and how he almost became a doctor, the story of Twin Flames and how it lead to the formation of RAW DAO and Quantum, and his latest project Smoke and Mirrors.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Justin discovering photography
03:51 - Story of Twin Flames
06:05 - Justin finding NFTs
11:13 - Value of community building
14:41 - Reflections on art school
16:08 - Twin Flames #49
20:24 - What makes RAW different than a traditonal art collection?
21:46 - RAW’s Community Curation model
22:23 - Quantum
24:44 - Quantum IRL
25:32 - NFTs as the digital twin of the physical reality - balancing both
29:06 - The tension between community and greed in the NFT market
31:15 - Smoke and Mirrors
33:33 - Artists and mysticism
34:42 - Tarot, and photography’s relationship to interpretation
36:51 - Twindom, duality, chance, and interconnectedness in Justin’s life

Links:

Twin Flames - 100 Twin Portraits on OpenSea:
https://opensea.io/collection/twinflames

Twin Flames #49 auction at Sotheby's:
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti...

Twin Flames #49 on PartyBid:
https://www.partybid.app/party/0x2e21...

SaveArtSpace:
https://www.saveartspace.org/

Quantum Art:
https://quantum.art/

Quantum Space LA:
https://quantum.art/space/la

Smoke and Mirrors - 78 Tarot Portraits on OpenSea:
https://opensea.io/collection/smokean...

Smoke and Mirrors - Physical Tarot Scrolls on OpenSea:
https://opensea.io/collection/justina...


Justin's website: https://www.justinaversano.com/
Follow Justin on Twitter:   / justinaversano  
RAW DAO website: https://www.rawdao.xyz/
Follow RAW DAO on Twitter:   / therawdao  
Join RAW DAO Discord:   / discord  
Follow Matthew on Twitter:   / 0xmatthewb  
Follow Brileigh on Twitter:   / 0xbrileigh  


Credits:

Hosts: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Production: Matthew Brooks and Brileigh Hardcastle
Engineering: Matthew Brooks
Music: Sam Cronenberg
Video & Cover art: Sam Cronenberg