November 02, 2021
Artist Spotlight: Nicolas Sassoon Views Multimedia Through a Retro Lens
Kevin is joined by Nicolas Sassoon , a Franco-Canadian artist who uses early computer imaging processes to render visions of architecture, landscapes, and natural forces into digital animations, installations, prints, and scu...
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Kevin is joined by Nicolas Sassoon, a Franco-Canadian artist who uses early computer imaging processes to render visions of architecture, landscapes, and natural forces into digital animations, installations, prints, and sculptures.
SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
- Connect with Nicolas Sassoon: Website | Twitter | Instagram | Foundation | SuperRare | OpenSea | Hic Et Nunc
- Why is Art Blocks in Marfa? by Druid | Medium
- Amiga Forever
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Adobe Photoshop History: 25 Years in the Making | Fast Print UK
- Complete History of Mac Computers | History Computer
- The Prophets (2019) | Nicolas Sassoon
- Volcanoes | The Geological Society
- Manzanita | Pacific Horticulture
- Alone In The Sea by Nicolas Sassoon | Foundation
- Pandora (2014) | Nicolas Sassoon
- Digital Art Commissions | Opening Times
- When Magic Is Seen in Twisted Graphene, That’s a Moiré | Quanta Magazine
- Patterns | Nicolas Sassoon
- Adobe Animate
- Studies | Nicolas Sassoon
- 3D Modeling | Wikipedia
- Index, Avenue, Skylight | Nicolas Sassoon
- Carter's Little Nerve Pills | ECU Digital Collections
- Magma | Foundation
- Cyber Baat | Foundation
- Five Stills from After | Nicolas Sassoon, Instagram
- Shoyu NFT
SHOW NOTES
- Who is Nicolas Sassoon? [00:37]
- What got Nicolas started in the art world -- particularly in the realm of computer graphics? [03:42]
- Why does Nicolas use modern tools to recreate the retro look of early computer graphics rather than just using old hardware and software combinations from that era? [05:46]
- Into what genre does Nicolas feel his work best fits? [09:17]
- Nicolas shares insights about his series of sculptures called The Prophets. [11:05]
- How does Nicolas balance the time he spends on digital and physical artwork? What does he consider his most personally fulfilling medium? [16:51]
- How did Nicolas get involved in the world of NFTs, and what were his first impressions? [18:41]
- What inspired Nicolas' Pandora online residency, and how did he create the pieces that comprise it? [20:21]
- Is each project created frame by frame from scratch, or does Nicolas use any processes that better maximize the efficiency of their creation? [26:42]
- Nicolas walks us through the 3D modeling work that went into his Studies pieces. [30:16]
- What inspired Nicolas' Index, Avenue, Skylight? [35:01]
- How does Nicolas pace the release of his work? Does he reserve certain forms of artistic expression for specific platforms? [38:14]
- How technical limitations can be welcome challenges to Nicolas' artistic process. [42:47]
- Thoughts on the supportive and welcoming community that makes Hic Et Nunc stand out from other, more "polished" platforms. [47:28]
- How the NFT market acts as an equalizer in a traditionally elitist art world. [50:50]
- Other artists Nicolas has his eyes on these days. [54:46]
- What's next for Nicolas? [59:04]
- Parting thoughts. [1:00:04]