Artist Spotlight: Roope Rainisto and Life in West America

Roope Rainisto is a designer, creator, photographer, screenwriter, and the artist behind the BrainDrops collection Life In West America. Here, he joins Sam to discuss what went into this post-photographic project, how Roope curates an art collection, AI art as a genre, and Roope's upcoming REWORLD series being launched as part of Fellowship's Post Photographic Perspectives collection.

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LINKS

• A Platform for AI-Generated Art | BrainDrops
• BrainDrops: A Platform for AI-Generated Art | PROOF
• Life in West America by Roope Rainisto
• REWORLD by Roope Rainisto | Post Photographic Perspectives

NOTES

• [00:00] Who is Roope Rainisto?
• [02:05] The Making of Life in West America.
• [07:41] Curating an AI collection.
• [12:25] Thoughts on AI art.
• [23:11] What does Roope look for as a collector?
• [27:15] Roope's background and new artist advice.
• [32:10] Upcoming project: REWORLD
• [45:17] Rapid-fire questions.