Parker Ito: exploring The Pilgrim’s Living Room Crucifixion; Mona Lisa Hyper-Gamble

00:38 - Welcome Parker Ito 05:25 - Tumblr, Post-Internet scene and finding community 12:20 - The effect of early success 20:30 - Disillusionment with the art world 24:25 - What caused the market to boom 26:28 - Deep lore, Basel 2015 and Leonardo DiCaprio 30:01 - The compromises needed to work as an artist 33:03 - Through-lines and stylistic tropes 35:10 - A non-hierarchical approach 38:17 - Discovering NFTs 39:50 - Balancing the traditional art world and the NFT space  42:27 - Cultural friction and the benefit to the stigma around NFTs 46:00 - Finding the Solana scene 48:17 - Horses, Drifella 2, Drilady and Parkerito.net52:55 - The Pilgrim’s Living Room Crucifixion; Mona Lisa Hyper-Gamble 58:10 - Traitmaxxing, repetition and composition 01:01:55 - The working process of the Living Room Crucifixion 01:10:50 - Ambiguity within the art work 01:13:17 - The work as a metaphor for a psychological space 01:16:15 - Objects, layers and series traits 01:19:01 - Beyond Living Room Crucifixion 01:21:20 - The artist residency at the Bellagio Parker Ito: https://x.com/creamydreamy https://verse.works/series/the-pilgrims-living-room-crucifixion-mona-lisa-hyper-gamble-by-parker-ito