# SHILLR Weekly Recap #46 *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) · 2024-01-14 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/914d8507371243a2676139b00475172d.jpg) **January 8, 2024 - January 14, 2024** SHILLR Art Burn #6 with Alex Mack is Now Live 🔥 ================================================ * * * [SHILLR S2 Art Burn, “Sekoia” by Alex Mack is now live! ✨](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1745129688006037645?s=46&t=5xbE9Q87QZCaOyZqKT1UhA) ![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/241ea733-5a8c-41ab-96b4-417954be9d0b_1250x1722.gif) Burn your S2 Media Pass for Alex Mack’s “Sekoia” on the Manifold link below: [🔗 https://app.manifold.xyz/br/sekoia 🔗](https://app.manifold.xyz/br/sekoia) SHILLR Podcasts 🎧 ================== * * * ### SHILLR CURAT3D & VAULT3D Podcasts 🔐 We released 2 episodes this week from [Sofia Garcia](https://twitter.com/sofiagarcia_io) & [Joshua Donner](https://twitter.com/mynt_josh)! ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fad10031-9e08-4bf5-a3f1-868e9f33e416_2000x2000.jpeg "Image") Introducing Episode 11 of the S2 CURAT3D Podcast, [Sofia Garcia](https://twitter.com/sofiagarcia_io) ✨ ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b30f57af-a0fc-4bf6-849f-a30d6dc3cf4f_1500x500.jpeg "Image") Sofia is the founder of [artxcode](https://twitter.com/artxcode_io), and is on the board for [codeartorg](https://twitter.com/codeartorg) & [Art Blocks](https://twitter.com/artblocks_io)! We dive into her love for creative coding, to price discovery, the impact of art funds, and more! Details ⬇️ [“The computer hasn't even been around for 100 years, everything that we're making with it right now is important. There is an importance to it. And so before actually getting into all of like creative coding, I just became obsessed with how have people been working with the computer to express themselves.”](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1744750829934928045) - Sofia Garcia, SHILLR’s CURAT3D Podcast, Episode 11, 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 35th VAULT3D Podcast guest [Joshua Donner](https://twitter.com/mynt_josh) 🫡 ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6e09c42d-8818-4592-b8cd-eefe126a7e9f_1500x500.jpeg "Image") We are excited to share that the 35th episode of the VAULT3D Podcast w/ Joshua Donner is now LIVE! ✨ ⬇️ Josh is an OG punk owner, and Web3 investor. We discuss the impact of crypto on the economy, the intersection of NFTs & gaming + more! [_“If you have the ownership right as an NFT and that's trading freely, the more people that are illegally downloading your font or using your font and it's being used on the internet, the more distributed it is, it's actually adding more value to the underlying asset.”_](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1745480550444421436) _- Joshua Donner, SHILLR VAULT3D Podcast, Episode 35._ The episode can be listened to publicly on [Buzzsprout](https://shillr.buzzsprout.com/). SHILLR Twitter Spaces 🎙️ ========================= * * * ### **Why Art? 🤔 🎨 w/ SHILLR feat.** [Alex Mackenzie](https://twitter.com/alexmack__) 🌄 ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d2b12622-670e-49fa-8b9a-142e734c072c_1500x500.jpeg "Image") Monday, on “Why Art?”, we had an incredible chat with Alex Mackenzie, where we dove into her journey about the intersection of photography, science, and music, as well as her her upcoming burn piece, "Sekoia" 🔥 Here's how Alex has overcome imposter syndrome in Web3 👇 [“The imposter syndrome will always continue. It just comes up in different ways, but I'm very excited to feel much more like the artist that I want to become.”](https://twitter.com/shillrxyz/status/1744782328348484082) - Alex Mackenzie, “_Why Art?” w/ SHILLR_ To hear the rest of the discussion with Alex, [tap the link for the full recording!](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVqoppPWxB?s=20) ### **BUILDING 🧱 w/ SHILLR feat.** [Sofia Garcia](https://twitter.com/sofiagarcia_io) - Founder of [artxcode](https://twitter.com/artxcode_io) * * * ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/aad4a50a-ac9b-422e-85e0-72128b4e570d_1500x500.jpeg "Image") Tuesday on “Building”, we spoke with Sofia Garcia. Sofia is the founder of [artxcode](https://twitter.com/artxcode_io), and is on the board for [codeartorg](https://twitter.com/codeartorg) & [Art Blocks](https://twitter.com/artblocks_io)! Here’s a quote from her chat with Funghibull and Ben Roy ⬇️ “Computer programming isn't a replacement of human creativity. It's an extension of it. And I think we're finally seeing people appreciate that and, and accept that.” - sofia garcia, _BUILDING w/ SHILLR_ To hear the rest of the discussion with Sofia Garcia from artxcode, [tap the link for the full recording!](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlKQDqjjMdxE?s=20) ### **GENERAT3D 💻 w/ SHILLR feat.** Bryan Brinkman | Presented by [mmERCH](https://twitter.com/mmERCH) 🧃 * * * ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5faff6f9-9d63-416e-87b9-2ed13ed3c09a_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 spoke with generative artist Bryan Brinkman 🖥️ We explored Bryan's journey into digital art & learned about their experience using generative processes in their work ✨ To hear the full discussion with Bryan, [tap the link for the full recording!](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1BdGYrbXVzDJX) Upcoming Spaces 🗓️ ✨ 🎄 ======================== * * * **Tap links to set a reminder on X! 👇** January 15: [Why Art? 🖼️ 🤔 w/ SHILLR - Monday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1jMJgmDVBAAKL) January 16: [BUILDING 🧱 w/ SHILLR - Tuesday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YqJDgOvkXEGV) January 17: [Office Hours 💼 w/ SHILLR - Wednesday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1zqKVqDwYMYxB) January 18: [GENERAT3D 💻 w/ SHILLR | Presented by mmERCH - Thursday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmxPMBWoXbKN) January 19: [Vibe ✨ w/ SHILLR - Friday at 12pm PST](https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1YpKkwDRlNMKj) Artist Spotlight 🖼️ ==================== * * * ### Artist: [Austin // lordofthecats](https://twitter.com/cloudformedia) [“forgiven, not forgotten”](https://twitter.com/cloudformedia/status/1744489954128883823/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f656e651-aadc-4283-91bf-2e5caebadd4a_1668x2048.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [jubbishjay](https://twitter.com/jubbishjay) ["Frobisher"](https://twitter.com/jubbishjay/status/1744417271764963474/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/974ed368-13a1-4881-b750-73bf9e2cbc1e_2048x1366.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [violetobjects](https://twitter.com/violetobjects) [“ride or die”](https://twitter.com/violetobjects/status/1744426113299075217) ![](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1774e568-532f-4a35-8e66-496e589434b1_1024x1024.gif) ### Artist: [Esra Eslen](https://twitter.com/esraeslen) [“𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖞 𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖈𝖐”](https://twitter.com/esraeslen/status/1744051486110126270/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a3fa8a42-71b8-4143-8e09-c3f8141b9f54_1125x1250.jpeg "Image") ### Artist: [Luca Ponsato](https://twitter.com/LucaPonsatoArt) [“Return Flight On The Same Day”](https://twitter.com/LucaPonsatoArt/status/1744408615182635043/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3e3bf75d-afb8-4e03-84d9-1a1ea081b105_800x800.png "Image") ### Artist: [Kitasavi](https://twitter.com/kitasavi) [“you are loved deeply”](https://twitter.com/kitasavi/status/1744364102883877075/photo/1) ![Image](https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a101046a-6c2e-47be-89da-1a5f83c9c368_3276x4096.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 🧵 =========================== * * * * [The SEC approves several BTC spot ETFs that went live on Thursday, the 11th January](https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/gensler-statement-spot-bitcoin-011023) * * * * [Gondi announces an additional funding round, supported by PunkDAO, gmoney and many others](https://twitter.com/gondixyz/status/1744759485632221375) * * * * [Rabbit announces their new AI companion product, r1, to compete with Humane, Tab and Meta](https://twitter.com/rabbit_hmi/status/1744781083831574824) * * * * [SHILLR’s Content & Vibes Strategist DeeZe shares a compelling post on his journey through crypto from 2017](https://twitter.com/DeeZe/status/1745292018220253645) * * * [Subscribe now](https://shillr.substack.com/subscribe?) 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