Phil Mohun: building Node Foundation and the future of digital art

About this episode

Phil Mohun discusses the vision and impact of the Node Foundation on the digital art community.

00:26 - Welcome Phil Mohun 01:44 - The vision behind Node Foundation 03:23 - Why Palo Alto? 04:05 - The importance of Silicon Valley 06:14 - The role of Node in the art community 15:09 - Node's programming and seasonal approach 19:02 - Focus on presentation, education, and preservation 25:18 - CryptoPunks and ERC standards 26:36 - Yuga's contribution and collection bids 28:06 - Creating cultural impact and a distinct brand 31:20 - Node's vision and nonprofit model 34:39 - Sustaining Node and ...

People in this episode

Guest: Phil Mohun

Topics covered

• digital art
• Node Foundation
• Silicon Valley
• art community
• cultural impact
• nonprofit model

Keywords

• Node Foundation
• Phil Mohun
• digital art
• Silicon Valley
• CryptoPunks
• cultural impact
• nonprofit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Node Foundation, Yuga

Products: CryptoPunks

Places: Palo Alto, Silicon Valley

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