This page archives the events, panels, and conversations that took place during Trash Art Week 2021—a community-led celebration of disruptive digital art.
Held in February 2021, Trash Art Week brought together artists, curators, and technologists to explore multi-chain platforms, on-chain curation, and the cultural impact of the Trash Art movement. Events included livestream interviews, panel discussions, newsletters, giveaways, and community threads across platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch.
📂 Project Snapshot
Type: Community Event & Curatorial Series
Focus: Multi-chain NFTs, Anti-Aesthetic Movements, Cultural Disruption
For those new to the movement or looking to revisit its evolution, here are three cornerstone sources that explore the origin, controversy, and cultural resonance of Trash Art:
Featured Panel: Art Curation on the Blockchain with Jay Delay and Sascha Bailey — We talk about the opportunities and challenges related to art curation broadly throughout the history of art and more specifically about curation as it impacts artists, collectors, and platforms in a decentralized ecosystem.
🗓️ February 10, 2021
Featured Panel: Alt-NFT Platforms for Artists with Julia K. Ponsford from NFT Showroom, Nate Geier from Mintbase, Vincent from GhostMarket, and Lee from WAX. Founders and representatives from HIVE, NEAR Protocol, Phantasma Chain, and WAX Blockchain talk about the challenges and benefits of creating new market places for digital collectibles in a multi-chain landscape.
🗓️ February 11, 2021
Featured Panel: Trash Art – One Year Later with Robness, Max Osiris, and j1mmy.eth reflecting on the movement’s origins and impact.
🗓️ February 12, 2021
Featured Panel: Trash Artists – A Year Later with Trash Artists involved with the movement since its inception talk about their roots, what inspires them, and what they're looking forward to. This crypto artists panel includes Second Realm, and Cryptoyun, Synoptic, WGMeets, Bruce the Goose, Bitjamin, and Kamisama.
Featured 1:1 Interview: Allen Hena and The Hashmasks, We talked with the community manager of The Hashmasks, Allen Hena, about the project, big questions, and the mystery surrounding it. A conversation on narrative-building, tokenized identity, and community storytelling.
📬 Contact
If you participated in Trash Art Week 2021 and have material to add, reach out via X, LinkedIn, or hi [at] epr [dot] net