About this episode

Defiant Squid discusses his journey from animation to crypto art, exploring themes of nostalgia and the intersection of digital and physical mediums.

Defiant Squid is a crypto-artist and animator whose practice fuses memory, abstraction, and the pixelated spirit of early video games. With a focus on nostalgia and geometry, his works transform digital landscapes into textured forms that feel both experimental and familiar. We talk about his journey from animation to crypto art, his explorations of light and fragmentation, and the ways he navigates between digital and physical mediums. Recorded on September 29, 2025 Follow the guest: h...

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Host: TrueMinds

Guest: Defiant Squid

Topics covered

• crypto art
• animation
• nostalgia
• digital mediums
• geometry
• video games

Keywords

• crypto-artist
• animation
• nostalgia
• digital landscapes
• fragmentation
• experimental art

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