In this episode, host Peter Bauman (Le Random's editor in chief) and Conrad House (Le Random's Collection Lead) sit down with artist/curator Jared Madere (Yeche Lange, VVV) to trace his early Whitney break and the rise of the Solana avant scene. They unpack on-chain transparency, Drifella’s meme-native collage, and how new online collectors are shifting power and reimagining culture in real time.

Chapters 📖

[00:00:03 ]: Introduction

[00:01:46 ]: On failure, transparency, and NFTs vs trad

[00:03:47 ]: Early career, DIY spaces, Bed Stuy Love Affair

[00:10:13 ]: Smithson’s influence and Glue Pour revelation

[00:14:10 ]: Building immersive digital galleries beyond white cubes

[00:17:24 ]: Post-COVID decentralization and culture sophistication

[00:19:04 ]: Collage, hyper-politicized media, and online literacy

[00:22:50 ]: Censorship, messaging, and bridging two worlds

[00:29:35 ]: Daria controversy, hate speech, and context

[00:34:52 ]: Gallery sterility vs messy online culture

[00:35:58 ]: Why Yeche shows Biscuit and Drifella

[00:37:36 ]: Nonfigurative shifts and VVV’s influence

[00:40:43 ]: NFTs as portraiture and PFP structures

[00:42:15 ]: Solana’s degenerate perversion vs ETH minimalism

[00:44:15 ]: Communicating significance of Drifella

[00:46:34 ]: Wretched Worm videos and hyper-online lives

[00:49:11 ]: Fragmented politics and culture controllers

[00:52:22 ]: Galleries closing, collectors shrinking, reshuffling

[00:56:16 ]: Explaining avant appeal beyond irony

[00:59:45 ]: Hashlips misuse and Drifella’s structural genius[01:05:30 ]: Galleries’ structural challenges and Yeche’s model

[01:11:25 ]: Ambassadors, press, and new audiences

[01:12:50 ]: Future collectors

[01:13:38 ]: Building cool enough to attract attention

[01:15:26 ]: Procedural art parallels in Drifella

[01:16:08 ]: Yeche origins with 1/1s[01:22:29 ]: Miles Peyton collaboration and bespoke builds

[01:24:15 ]: VVV’s purpose

[01:26:30 ]: Yeche’s curation vs VVV’s permissionless culture (how they support one another)

[01:28:46 ]: Crypto spending inversions and cultural demand

[01:31:41 ]: Conflict, digital natives, and online-born culture

[01:32:43 ]: Silicon Valley palates and palatable crypto art

[01:42:32 ]: New political lenses and classed perspectives

[01:44:20 ]: Art reflecting seismic cultural-technological shifts

[01:45:06 ]: Thanks and closing remarks