💚• Rare Digital Bird, Ep 8: Joe Chiappetta talks about family, NFTs on the WAX blockchain, and fine art bundled and hidden in packs for his latest project, ArtVndgMchn with artists: ROBNESS, mBlu, Fabi Yamada, Laerth Motta, Sean O’Kana, Beth Cohen, Jen Lazaro, Paul Baldwin, Scrilla Ventura, Anna Chiappetta, Luke Chiappetta, famlyphoto & Denise Chiappetta.
Joe is first and foremost a family man which is evident in his cartoons, graphic novel and ‘zine work. He is also a community leader and a crypto artist. He’s been in the blockchain space since 2015, and educates others about the space through his articles, talks and his crypto art. He has ventured into different blockchains, including: Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and WAX.
Welcome to Rare Digital Bird (RDB) – A series about artists, their creations, & their experiences – both good & bad – using blockchain technology!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00:00 Coming Up!
0:01:06 What’s Rare Digital Bird
0:01:38 What’s pushing people to explore blockchains outside of Ethereum?
0:03:07 What are a couple of solutions for Ethereum’s high gas fees and scalability problems?
0:04:32 What platforms and blockchains are people exploring outside of Ethereum right now?
0:06:15 Who is Joe Chiappetta?
0:08:15 Joe’s grandparents helped him enjoy art in his childhood
0:09:34 Warhol, Lichtenstein, Picasso, Monet, Manet, sculptures & paintings on his visit to Rome, and Christianity inspired Joe
0:11:08 Becoming a family of integrity was work and was expressed in his art, graphic novel, comics and ‘zines
0:13:05 Cartoonist culture is about parody and making fun of things, but wants to be a breath of fresh air and stay positive with empathy for others
0:15:12 Joe’s creative process: From his #2 pencil to Procreate on his iPad. Joe creates “fresh from life drawings”
0:16:55 Joe uses art to share ideas, as he did at the Rare digital Art Feast to explain blockchain, and shares his desire to get things right the first time
0:18:23 Why Joe is into depicting machines in his art, and what his recent project ArtVndngMchn is about
0:20:22 Joe reminisces about the old Marvel stickers, Wacky Packages, Garbage Pail Kids, Mad Magazine, Crazy Magazine, and the excitement of physical packages of unknown wrapped collectibles
0:24:54 Why Joe would purchase packs but would sometimes not open them
0:26:23 How the name ArtVndgMachn came about.
0:28:01 10% of the profits from ArtVndgMchn will go to school supplies for the kids of Lagos via Mercy Worldwide
0:28:59 Joe lists the diverse group of crypto artists involved in ArtVndgMchn
0:35:04 Joe introduces his daughter, famly.photo (Maria Chiappetta)
0:35:41 famly.photo shares her background in art and creativity
0:39:08 How art inspired famly.photo
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CREDITS
• Pitbull Mr. Worldwide Meme https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/pitbull-memes-mr-worldwide/
• Silly Daddy Zine https://makersplace.com/joechiappetta/silly-daddy-zine-1-2-of-10-46745/
• Terminator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpE8l5eqRnA
• Pong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiShX2pTz9A
• Marvel Stickers https://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/384080569_f12143bb98_b.jpg
• Ross Andru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ross_Andru_(1977).jpg
• John Romita, Sr. By “Pinguino”; ”Pinguino’s” flickr account, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1774592
• Wacky Packages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wacky-packages-1979.png
• Garbage Pail Kids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GPK_8a_adambomb.jpg
• Mad Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2560617
• Crazy Magazine (WP:NFCC#4) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38424963
• Star Wars Trading Cards (WP:NFCC#4) https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61749763
• Eye of the Tiger, Rocky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERT_7u5L0dc&t=172s
• Garbage Pail Kids on WAX https://toppsgpk.io/
• William Shatner on WAX https://shatner.wax.io/
• Spock on WAX https://nimoy.wdny.io/
• Blues Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LPbs_g-5J8
• Crypto Kitties Congestion, Quartz https://qz.com/1145833/cryptokitties-is-causing-ethereum-network-congestion/
• Various photos from Pixabay, Unsplash, and Wikimedia Commons