Season 1 - EP 2

What happens when an artist collected by SFMOMA, the Getty Museum, and the US Embassy (to name a few) expands from the traditional art world into NFTs? From her first drop with Quantum to the possibilities NFTs have created for her practice, visual artist and filmmaker Klea McKenna guides us through her experiences within the NFT realm.

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Klea McKenna

SHOW NOTES

Klea McKenna soundbite [00:00:01]

Episode overview [00:00:34]

Klea’s background [00:01:29]


  • Polaroid transfers

  • Photograms

  • Veil image 

  • Almost Visible - Documentary 

  • In The Make 


The struggles women artists & moms face [00:15:04] 


  • Postpartum depression

  • Post traumatic growth


The road to NFTs [00:21:02]


  • Euqinom Gallery

  • Quantum


The First Drop: No Feeling Is Final [00:26:39]


  • Klea’s NFT projects

  • Installation at SFMOMA “Close To Home: Creativity In Crisis

  • August Sander 10K


Creating an NFT & working with Quantum [00:31:19]


  • No Feeling Is Final Video Journal   


A new income model for artists [00:35:38]


  • Resale royalties in art 

  • The Artist Contract

  • NFT royalties 


The first drop resales [00:44:44]

The Second Drop: How Forests Think [00:46:32]


  • How Forests Think video

  • How Forests Think on Foundation


Deciding why a project works as an NFT [00:51:04]

The possibilities of NFTs as a medium [00:53:04]

NFT apprehensions [00:58:44]

NFTs influence of Klea’s practice [01:04:38]


  • Alan Watts 

  • Marliyn Minter


NFT collectors, culture, and community [01:07:35]

Navigating the pushback [01:11:42]


  • Environmental concerns 

  • NFT scams

The future of NFTs [01:14:46]

Sign off [01:17:46]

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