In this second part of our talk with Richard Minsky, a bookbinder and book artist from the US, we cover a wide variety of topics: from his early works to living in a virtual world We also spend quite a few time discussing NFTs and how bookbindings can be associated with these non-fungible tokens.

In the other two parts, Richard talks and shows more of his bindings, digital world, politics, history, and takes us for a tour of his studio. Stay tuned, they will be published in the upcoming weeks!
You can find the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/c/iBookBinding/search?query=Richard%20Minsky

In the preview, you can see Richard's binding of It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. You can read more about it here: https://www.minsky.com/ItCantHappenHere.htm

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Find out more about Richard Minsky:
- https://minsky.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Minsky
- https://centerforbookarts.org/people/richard-minsky
- https://web.library.yale.edu/arts/special-collections/interviews-with-richard-minsky

00:00 – Beginning
00:21 – Richard’s mid-seventies art
01:33 – First book that Richard sold to an art dealer in 1971: bookbinding version of an abstract expressionism
02:09 – “Pettigrew’s history of Egyptian Mummies” bound by Richard Minsky with linen, 1973: first “Material meets metaphor” work
03:48 – The story about Richard’s book “The Birds of North America” with pheasant skin and Nigerian goatskin
15:28 – Second Life universe; working in an artificial virtual environment; interests towards computers, Internet, and related technologies
22:26 – “The ArtWorld Market” – Richard’s avatar in the Second Life universe
25:25 – Second Life nowadays; the presence of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) there
33:54 – How bookbindings can become NFTs: Richard’s tokens
41:13 – “Minsky in bed” PDF-book as NFT
46:55 – Is it difficult to enter the NFT market?
48:05 – Ways to connect with artists who make the NFTs