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James Lee, co-creator of Zero Unbound Art, shares his journey of blending art, music, advocacy, and technology on Tezos blockchain. Through his surreal hand-drawn animations and passion for fully on-chain formats, he's creating artwork that will outlive us all while championing accessibility and permanence in digital creation.

• Converting ADHD into a creative superpower by hyperfixating on learning new skills
• Building Zero Unbound Art platform to make fully on-chain NFTs accessible to everyone without coding knowledge
• Creating the largest fully on-chain animation on Tezos at 261 kilobytes through hand-drawn pixel art
• Living with Tourette's syndrome and discovering that creative activities help manage symptoms
• Experiencing synesthesia where sounds create visual patterns that influence his artwork
• Developing a 118-element periodic table animation project that combines science and art
• Supporting fellow artists by collecting, amplifying, and mentoring throughout the Tezos ecosystem
• Finding new creative inspiration through fatherhood and teaching his children artistic skills
• Leveraging his experience as a former college professor to make blockchain technology approachable

Join us in exploring how blockchain can preserve our creative legacy forever while removing gatekeepers and giving everyone a chance to participate.

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Erica, known online as Normality Is Toxic, shares their journey as a photographer and mixed media artist creating powerful work that examines feminism, mental health struggles, and personal identity through both analog and digital techniques.

• Creating the powerful self-portrait "Show No Mercy" to visually represent conquering personal mental health struggles
• Evolution from first Tezos mint "Not Your Meal" exploring female objectification to increasingly layered, complex work
• Finding artistic freedom and community support in Tezos versus feeling competitive pressure on Ethereum
• Solo traveling to Iceland and discovering how separation from consumerism transformed artistic perspective
• Organizing Reconquest projects bringing together women and femme artists to challenge toxic patriarchy
• Combining analog collage with digital elements to create multi-layered visual expressions
• Supporting other artists as a collector with over 800 pieces in personal collection
• Appreciating how the Tezos community stands up for each other and values authentic relationships over sales

Visit EricaLamotheArt.com or find Erica's work on Objkt, and follow @normalityistoxic on X.

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On this episode of TezTalks Radio, Brandon catches up with Jev Bjorsell from ECAD Labs to talk about Tezos' ongoing evolution at the protocol level. From new encryption standards to decentralized governance, Jev shares how Tezos is maturing into the kind of infrastructure that quietly powers the future—reliable, secure, and invisible by design.

Our guest is Jev Bjorsell, helping shape the tools and protocols that keep Tezos running strong.

🔍 In this episode, we’ll explore:

Sol and Security: How the new protocol introduces BLS encryption and what it means for performance, protection, and progress.

Cloud-Ready Tools: ECAD Labs’ work on Signatory now supports cloud HSMs and Amazon integrations while adding double-baking protection.

Testing from the Inside Out: A culture of dogfooding ensures the tools built for Tezos are tested on Tezos first.

Infrastructure You Don’t Notice: Why success looks like invisibility and how Tezos is quietly reaching that stage.

Governance Grown Up: Moving past top-down decisions and embracing the messy, empowering work of real decentralized governance.

Ecosystem Energy: A look back at TezDev Cannes and why the Tezos community feels more aligned—and more ambitious—than ever.