# SHILLR Weekly Recap #45 *The SHILLR Weekly Recap is a short weekly newsletter that covers SHILLR Media, emerging artists, important threads, and more.* By [The SHILLR Weekly Recap](https://paragraph.com/@shillr) · 2024-01-07 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/ddee1cb8ac0eb577ade826213f0fb3c3.jpg) **January 1, 2024 - January 7, 2024** SHILLR Art Burn #6 with Alex Mack: Coming Soon 🔥 ================================================= * * * [Introducing S2 Burn Artist #6… Alex Mack](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1743332944381419557) 📸 Burn opens January 10, 2024 🔥 ![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/640783f0-fc3d-4172-8938-8b4e46e4157c_480x480.gif) SHILLR Podcasts 🎧 ================== * * * ### SHILLR CURAT3D & VAULT3D Podcasts 🔐 We released 2 episodes this week from [Ben Roy](https://twitter.com/benroy__) & [Jeremy Cowart](https://twitter.com/jeremycowart)! ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fad10031-9e08-4bf5-a3f1-868e9f33e416_2000x2000.jpeg "Image") Introducing Episode 10 of the S2 CURAT3D Podcast [Ben Roy](https://twitter.com/benroy__) 💙 ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ec336368-5e85-44b1-82d0-eada6c7654ef_1500x500.jpeg "Image") Ben is the co-founder of [Accelerate Art](https://twitter.com/accelerateart), Angel Investor, and a Crypto Culture Documenter. We discuss the future of DAO's, pro's and cons of self sovereignty, intersection of gaming & crypto, and more! Details ⬇️ [“To write compelling stuff for the internet. You need to just really keep it tight. It needs to be short, like every word matters. You're curating an entertainment experience for people who are just like attention junkies, basically.”](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1742231213824213017/video/1) - Ben Roy, SHILLR’s CURAT3D Podcast, Episode 10, Season 2. The episode can be listened to publicly on [Buzzsprout](https://shillr.buzzsprout.com/). * * * ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/baf783b7-dc6d-4db8-b2e8-f82ad659ef2a_2000x2000.jpeg "Image") Introducing our 34th VAULT3D Podcast guest [Jeremy Cowart](https://twitter.com/jeremycowart) 📸 ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/df9b9b4a-3186-465e-be1e-688ca4efa52a_1500x500.jpeg "Image") We are excited to share that the 34th episode of the VAULT3D Podcast w/ [Jeremy Cowart](https://twitter.com/jeremycowart) is now LIVE! Recording: 05/09/22 🎙️ In this episode, we dive into Jeremy's early days as a photographer, took an an in-depth look into his art project Block Queens, and more! Episode ⬇️ [_“I never really felt like I belonged in the fine art space because I was too digital and too commercial. But I never really belonged to like commercial or digital space because I'm too abstract. Once I started wrapping my mind around generative art, I was just like, ‘Oh, now all of my work has a home.’”_](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1742945953529692213/video/1) _- Jeremy Cowart, SHILLR VAULT3D Podcast, Episode 34._ The episode can be listened to publicly on [Buzzsprout](https://shillr.buzzsprout.com/). SHILLR Twitter Spaces 🎙️ ========================= * * * ### **BUILDING 🧱 w/ SHILLR feat.** [Mack Dav](https://twitter.com/mackxdav) - Founder of [Ensemble](https://twitter.com/ensembledotart) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cec1b9c4-a31a-4978-92d1-5ebd094884e9_1500x500.jpeg "Image") Tuesday on “Building”, we were joined by [mackxdav](https://twitter.com/mackxdav) where we dove into the backstory, motives, and creative vision for [Ensemble 🎨](https://twitter.com/ensembledotart) Here's what Mackenzie had to say about Ensemble's approach to collaborating with artists... ⬇️ [“If an artist wants to do something, just do that. Like, of course, they know what they're doing. They know how to structure things. They know their community. They know their work, right?”](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1742609169415352440) - Mackenzie Davenport (Founder of Ensemble Art), _BUILDING w/ SHILLR_ To hear the rest of the discussion with Mack from Ensemble Art, [tap the link for the full recording!](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvQPpEMeJB?s=20) ### **GENERAT3D 💻 w/ SHILLR feat.** [niceaunties](https://twitter.com/niceaunties) | Presented by [mmERCH](https://twitter.com/mmERCH) 🧃 * * * ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b71c2967-26a9-454b-9859-942fd9573b50_1500x500.jpeg "Image") ![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/809cd1c9-7bbe-47f1-9931-b13a695da47f_2736x534.jpeg) This week on “GENERAT3D” | Presented by [mmERCH](https://twitter.com/mmERCH), we had the pleasure of chatting with [niceaunties](https://twitter.com/niceaunties) on all things AI-collaborative works, Auntie Culture, and much more! Here's niceaunties' take on her experience with the surprise that can come with AI 🔽 [_“These data sets that are trained by other people, there would definitely be components that you did not plan for that will appear in your image for your video. So there's always saying 10 to 20 % of surprise element that you did not plan for, but it's great. As long as your vision and your ideas are clear, it will always click to your concept.”_](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1743356528663388253) - niceaunties, _GENERAT3D w/ SHILLR | Presented by mmERCH_ To hear the rest of the discussion with niceaunties, [tap the link for the full recording!](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyKAWqllywJb?s=20) Upcoming Spaces 🗓️ ✨ 🎄 ======================== * * * **Tap links to set a reminder on X! 👇** January 8: [Why Art? 🖼️ 🤔 w/ SHILLR - Monday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVqoppPWxB) January 9: [BUILDING 🧱 w/ SHILLR - Tuesday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlKQDqjjMdxE) January 10: [Office Hours 💼 w/ SHILLR - Wednesday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1gqxvQWMBewJB) January 11: [GENERAT3D 💻 w/ SHILLR | Presented by mmERCH - Thursday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BdGYrbXVzDJX) January 12: [Vibe ✨ w/ SHILLR - Friday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1lDGLPweQOmGm) Artist Spotlight 🖼️ ==================== * * * ### Artist: [silky sammy](https://twitter.com/silky_sammy) [“Living too Fast, Experiencing too Much”](https://twitter.com/silky_sammy/status/1742606885860061327/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b36a7b11-a17f-44fa-bdf9-bfd02b073db5_4096x2554.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [yosnier](https://twitter.com/Yosnier_) ["is this the cost for true romance?"](https://twitter.com/Yosnier_/status/1741602651878424699/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6f763da4-d277-4e9b-82ae-faa402e71388_2700x3375.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [Tjo](https://twitter.com/0xTjo) [“bad habits”](https://twitter.com/0xTjo/status/1742218901272797266/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d9b8031-8fb6-47cf-a038-f380d5804260_3072x4096.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [Space Case](https://twitter.com/adhd143) [“s h a d o w w o r k”](https://twitter.com/adhd143/status/1741972899676721218/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/622bb208-9ca0-4725-8f53-c173144e11f3_2582x3276.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [oliviapedi](https://twitter.com/oliviapedi) [“still life and fleeting moments”](https://twitter.com/oliviapedi/status/1743692679467131239/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d0d3a131-2364-40fd-a67c-4d2cef88cc40_2300x3000.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [Lana Denina](https://twitter.com/lanadenina) [“I Listen to music when I dont want to hear your lies”](https://twitter.com/lanadenina/status/1743321651700256954/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d5b607d4-7e4a-41a3-9460-47d29b2d2c62_3186x4096.jpeg "Image") Artist Opportunities by Rebecca Rose 📌 ======================================= * * * A new section of the newsletter this week, guest curated by artist and curator [Rebecca Rose](https://twitter.com/rebeccarosenft), bringing to light opportunities for grants and art submissions. ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d1f6ba91-0508-4f21-8104-ac9e434bde34_1500x500.jpeg "Image") [Click this link to view several opportunities in the creative arts to submit to!](https://twitter.com/rebeccarosenft/status/1736155827696783422) Important News & Threads 🧵 =========================== * * * * [OSF, founder of Rektguy, announces that their holders will hold equity in the Rekt Drinks brand](https://twitter.com/osf_rekt/status/1741792462723494240?s=46&t=EHzBnDCa5TWAbA18qeaf-g) * * * * [Nodemonkes, an NFT collection on BTC, takes centre stage this past week with analysis from DaVinciThreads](https://twitter.com/davincithreads/status/1743341363834323405) * * * * [Former SHILLR partners Prohibition Art drop a fire end of year recap of all the mints on the platform](https://twitter.com/ProhibitionArt/status/1740820145151590575?s=20) * * * * [Cat Russell of BurritoDAO, shares their 50 pieces from 2023 to look at, check them out!](https://twitter.com/Cat_Russell_/status/1740473264814907584?s=20) * * * [Subscribe now](https://shillr.substack.com/subscribe?) 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