Context presented by Boys Club is partnering with Sotheby’s for Season 3! Each month, we'll be working with Sotheby's to bring you an episode on a different digital art based theme. The goal over this season is to help you more deeply engage with digital art and better understand how it intersects with crypto. For the first episode of the season, B…

Blake speaks with Sebastian Sanchez, Digital Art Sales Manager at Christie’s. Sebastian gives a behind the scenes look at how an auction gets put together (selecting artists, pricing, display, collectors) while talking though Christie’s latest sale Next Wave: The Miami Edit, taking place at Art Basel Miami Beach. Sebastian also details some of Chri…

Blake speaks with the incredibly talented artist and digital fashion designer GLITCHOFMIND, who is part of the Syky Collective’s inaugural cohort, and the Designer Lead at Syky, Clare Maguire. They have an enlightening convo about the definition and possibilities of digital fashion and how the genre is still being defined. Glitch explains how digit…

On this special episode, Blake speaks with two incredible artists: Nancy Baker Cahill and Figure 31. She dives into their creative processes: why and how they make art with emerging technology (in particular the blockchain and augmented reality). This leads into an illuminating discussion about the distinct artistic properties of the blockchain (ak…

Blake speaks with Alice Delahunt, the founder and CEO of Syky. Alice is previously Chief Digital Officer and Chief Content Officer at Ralph Lauren, and Global Director of Digital and Social Marketing at Burberry. They have an in depth and educational convo about how to bridge the gap between the traditional fashion and digital fashion industries vi…

Blake speaks with Dani Loftus, CEO and founder of Draup. They chat about all things web3 fashion, including its actual definition (which she breaks down into 3 subcategories), its history, how its developed over time, and its categories of userbases right now. Blake couldn’t help but question if PFPs actually “count” as digital fashion items. Blake…

Blake speaks with the visionary artist, poet and AI researcher Sasha Stiles, who was the first artist to sell AI-powered literature at Christies. She has been a true innovator and leader in defining and creating an entire new artistic genre: Literary and Poetry NFTs, as well as well as pushing the limits of how writers and poets incorporate AI into…

Blake has a fantastic convo with Douglass, founder and CEO of Wild, a hyper-curated web3 art platform whose investors include Cozomo de Medici, Crypto & NFT Investor and Kevin Lin, Founder of Twitch. They talk about the definition of “experiential art” and how Wild is at the forefront of discovering and supporting this emerging artistic medium. The…

Blake Finucane speaks with the incredible Arianna Simpson, general partner at a16z, whose latest crypto fund is $4.5 billion! She is really a renowned force within the crypto industry and one of the longest standing investors in the space. They chat about how she got into crypto, launched her crypto fund by herself(!) in 2017(!), how she deals with…

Blake speaks with the brilliant Eileen Isagon Skyers: an incredible artist, curator, academic, writer, TED speaker and CCO of Gemma Projects. They have a fascinating and genuinely educational convo about AI art; talking through how is it defined, how it interacts with crypto, who makes it, the biases to contend with around machine learning networks…

Blake speaks with the incredible Matt Medved, CEO and Editor-In-Chief at NFT Now. They have a super illuminating conversation about all things web3 media. They get into the nuanced and layered definition of “tokenized media,” and the opportunities (and necessity!) around it. They also touch on literary NFTs, a term you’ll be hearing a lot more abou…

Blake speaks with streetwear legend Bobby Hundreds, co-founder of The Hundreds. He’s seen it all, and brings his 20 years of building his business to create a really helpful ~context~ for how to better understand the world of NFTs. They speak about the state of NFT culture and how to build a strong community that exists and stands for more than sim…

Blake chats with Marjorie Hernandez, co-founder and CEO of the Lukso blockchain and The Dematerialised. Marjorie outlines how Lukso is providing tools for creative expression outside of traditional institutions, and how to build a brand and community around an emerging blockchain. The convo also turns to web3 fashion. Marjorie, who has done collabs…

Blake speaks with the brilliant Straith Schreder, Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, who has been a part of designing and launching web 3 integrations for some of the most notable IP and artists on the planet including Batman and Damien Hirst. As expected, Blake can’t help but do a little art history detour to emphasize just how import…

Blake talks with one of the NFT GOATs: gmoney. They speak about how he built his influence in the space, his time as an equities trader, how he applied that skillset to trading NFTs, and his thesis for continued growth and importance of NFT technology in the long term. They also cover his super innovative web3 luxury fashion brand, 9dcc and how he’…

Blake speaks with Dev Moore, the co-creative director of Felt Zine, literally one of the coolest publications on the internet. They talk about net art, new media, hip hop as its own social network, and how to work with the internet as a medium of artist production. They touch on a lot of fashion related topics including Felt Zine’s recent collabora…

Blake speaks to Joe and Dom, co-founders of one of the most most successful NFT projects of all time: Creepz/Overlord. They have an rich convo about how to build a successful web3 brand, the unique characteristics of web3 IP and the development of web3 specific business models. The conversation covers media, fashion and gaming and how an NFT-based …

Blake and the brilliant Tasha Kim connect on a wide variety of topics, including crypto-market fit, how Gen Z’s online behavior impacts crypto products, and what interoperability for crypto companies really means today. Tasha so eloquently walks us through the term “subcultural capital” and why this is so relevant within crypto networks. They conti…

One of the world’s most foremost art critics, Jerry Saltz joins Blake on the show to talk about crypto art as a medium, its’ relationship to money, and why it’s really no different to more traditional art forms like painting or sculpture. He also outlines how social media has been used to invert the art world’s gatekeeping. Prepare to be inspired a…

In the inaugural episode, Blake dives into what’s happening in crypto and culture with guest Carly Reilly, host of Overpriced JPEGs. They get into the current renewed NFT volume and market activity, chat about how brands can best implement “phygital” product offerings, and why it is important to consider the consumer spending power of kids and teen…

Context: Views on Crypto & Culture is hosted by Blake Finucane, an art historian and venture capitalist, who published the world's first academic thesis on crypto art in 2018. This podcast unpacks how crypto impacts culture and vice versa. Expect a long-form, informative, interview-driven pod with industry leaders. Brought to you by Boys Club, subs…