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Hey, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too.
You are a creator? Your name is Hideki?
Yeah, I'm a creator. Yeah, you are a creator?
I'm not sure what I am, but I like to take photographs and
I
do sell
few pieces of my work on
the Tezos blockchain.
And it's on the blockchain? I mean like OpenSea?
No, mine is on Tezos.
Oh, that means me too. Wow.
My friend. You have a Tezos profile? Yeah, I have a Tezos profile over two years.
That's awesome. That's fantastic.
Fantastic. Yeah, nice to meet you. That's great. Yes. I'll just check out your... Is it on your link?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's on the link on Twitter, and they have some link tree, and you too, you have a link tree. Okay, okay, I'm gonna check it.
Yes.
Yeah, that's good. Object. Yeah, yeah.
Oh, so you've made a collection of digital photography?
Of wooden structures?
Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
That's great.
And I made some animations and some illustrations and so on.
Yeah.
How about you? You made a photography?
Yes, I take portraits, and I do street photography as well.
And I have a collection of street photography that talks about like my perception of what I see on the street through the lens of my, you know, my mental anguish.
Because I have, like, I have some level of psychosis, which I take medication for.
Yeah, that's all 101. 101 works. Yeah, yeah.
Yes, I have one, I think six piece edition. That's like a long exposure.
That's beautiful. This, everything is connected, something like that. So two Tezos, 10 editions.
Beautiful.
Thank you. Thank you so much.
And the sky is pink and blue. The women are so beautiful. And wow, it's 78 Tezos. Wow.
Yes, my collectors appreciate my, they'd like to see a good flip, I guess.
Always happy, you know, even if I get a secondary sale or a primary sale, I mean, it's just a pleasure connecting with people and, you know.
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Yeah, yeah, me too, me too.
That's right. That's right. Yeah. Wow. That's nice.
Hideki, can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm Japanese and I live in Tokyo and I made a wooden sculpture over 20 years.
And two years ago I met NFT with Tezos, Hideki Nanko, and yeah, and after that I made a generative collection on OpenSea, like an illustration.
Yeah, but the illustration OpenSea PFP was not a success. It's just a 1,000 collection just sold in 10 or 11 artworks and just like that.
That's okay. That's okay. That's still like, you know, it's always nice to see people putting out their work and their art and expressing themselves, you know, it's great.
And Hideki Nanko and Tezos artwork is good because maybe 400 editions and selling very slowly, but if I publish the PFP like an OpenSea, it's like a token, you know, token is, you know, it's difficult to sell as well, but that's very good to know about.
I can see your sculptures on OpenSea. I don't know if it's a sculpture or a painting or something. Oh, it's a sculpture of Hideki.
Yeah, and basically I'm really a sculptor and yeah, it's some different collections I have.
And you have just on Tezos?
Yeah, just on Tezos. I haven't really used Ethereum. Like I have a Metamask wallet, but I haven't minted anything. Yeah, I just didn't have cash at the time. Earlier, the gas fees were so high. Now it's much better, but yeah, I'll probably try something.
I don't know, like some of my more meaningful artworks, maybe, you know, because there is a perception in Tezos of pricing your artwork low. But then again, the artists are the ones who collect, you know, mostly they're collecting from each other.
Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah. Artist community is really lovely. Just buy and sell on a friendly friend to friend. It's really, I love Tezos community so much.
Yeah, it's a nice vibe. I really enjoy it.
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Yeah, there's many photographers and many abstract artists.
Yes. If you like generative art, you could check out FXHash. I don't know if you've heard of it.
FXHash. Yeah, I heard about that. You have a collection with FXHash?
No, I don't. I don't. I've not really explored the generative side of things. But yeah, I wouldn't mind, you know, maybe trying something.
But you need to make code for that, right?
Now is the winter. So maybe one or one works on Tezos is enough. I think it's just promote. And if you like, if someone likes, just buy and sell with the Temple Wallet.
Yes. I use Kukai actually, but yeah.
Kukai. With iPhone works. Yeah. Android works well in the Kukai Wallet. So sure.
So I'm just taking a look at your work here.
Yeah.
On object.
Object. Yeah, it's my photo. It's a good one. It's a photography with my wooden sculpture and I put in some animation with the eye blink and the tears.
I like this 4K Skelly. That's really cool.
4K?
5K Skelly. Like this guy, like he's doing some tricks on the skateboard.
Ah, it's my friend works. Yeah, it's not. I found some from, it's animation, no?
Yeah.
That's really funny, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I like it. Yes. I think I'll just pick up one.
I'm not very successful with my sales and all that, but here and there, you know, I get a little Tezos and I don't mind just seeing if I can collect something that looks cool.
Yeah, me too, me too. And I published some very local myself, you know, magazine, free magazine.
And I collected, I asked for my friend to use your photography for my magazine.
So if you don't mind, if possible, I want to put it on my magazine, your image of NFT.
Just in the promote, I would send it by a message about my magazine.
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Yeah.
Oh, you want to share my art in your magazine?
Yeah, yeah.
That's so cool, man. That would be so cool.
Really?
I would be very interested in that. What's your magazine about actually, like exactly?
It's an I asked for seven, I asked for seven artists each month.
OK.
And I just in one paper, one paper, but it's in a web magazine.
I think I can send it to that image from the DM.
Will you send me the link?
Yeah, yeah. It's in a link tree.
They have some, the name of the magazine is Candle.
And.
Hmm.
OK, that's so cool.
Hmm.
That's really nice, man.
Yeah.
I'm seeing the photo.
So how will we do this? And what are there any terms or something like, I don't know, you should say.
Like, is it you is it like there's a narrative you want to build based on my art or like, how would we put it here?
You like, do you do you want to quote from me in the magazine about my art or.
Just an image of art and it's in a free magazine.
So I don't I can't pay for you.
I cannot get the money from my audience or spectate.
Yeah. Spectators just in myself, just in a connection as a support artist, each other or something like that.
You know what? That sounds great.
So just having this image you would like to put in your magazine for my.
Yeah, it's in a Tezos with a collage.
I will send it with a screenshot and I use screenshot for just a moment.
I'm looking for that again.
It's a second page in the top.
Is it the about or issue or I've opened the link you sent me?
Yeah.
Are you looking at my object profile?
Mm hmm.
Okay.
So it's a collage, right?
Yeah, that's so beautiful.
It's a notebook.
Let me just see.
I think it's with my friend Eleonora.
We collaborated.
Ah, collaborated.
Yes.
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Is it called everything is connected?
Connected.
What do you mean?
That means there's a relationship between everything related to each other.
Yeah.
I'm going to choose some yourself, copyright yourself artwork.
So just a moment.
I will check it.
Maybe without portrait is good because portrait is yeah.
Yeah, was to care about the models.
No.
Yes.
I don't know what rights Eleonora has put because she's the one who created the collab and then she added me.
Mm hmm.
I gave her the images and she made it into this notebook with the words and all that.
So it's really, it's really about like, you know, the connection that we all have with each other, you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's so important at the moment.
We don't have a real physical market exactly right place to show up there.
But maybe some small artists can connect to the world and pump up each other or support each other.
And if someone gets a lot of success, then we can follow up and help the friend.
Yeah.
I think my idea, something like that.
Yes, that sounds really good.
So, yeah, you can go ahead and take it.
I'll let Eleonora know and you can use it in your magazine.
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
And would you let me know when you'll be releasing the next edition?
Yeah.
The next issue of the magazine?
Mm hmm.
As Bangalore is in, where is it?
Is that South India?
I just know, but let's check it.
Yes, that's in South India.
Yes.
And Bangalore is in the middle, middle, middle of South, almost South India.
Oh, it's a big city.
Oh, yeah.
So sorry.
Yeah, so sorry.
I got disconnected for like some five, 10 seconds or something.
Yeah.
I had to reconnect, but thank you so much.
Thank you so much.
Are you going to use that image too of this guy?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Okay, sure, sure.
Oh, nice, nice.
Oh, nice, nice.
But just to make sure, Hideki, are you somebody who supports like, I don't know how to say like, you know, just I wouldn't want to be associated with something controversial.
So if, you know, you're just a person like me who wants to connect with other people, then I would be more than happy to have these images in your magazine.
If you could just let me know when you'll be publishing it, I will share it with my friends.
Yeah, thanks, thanks.
Yeah.
It's my private, private means like myself, create myself, no supporting people, no director, you know, just myself as an artist.
And but in the kind of like Twitter space, they speak directly to artists, to artists.
It's really fun.
It's really enjoy.
Yeah, absolutely.
Absolutely.
Yeah, that's, that's the point I asked when I met here.
And that's for the memory.
And maybe after five years or seven, one years later, if I got a lot of place to show exhibition in Japan or in the world, then I asked for this friend from the candle magazine to ask to share.
To show the artworks in a museum or gallery.
That's going to be really fun.
Yeah.
Yeah, that would be amazing for sure.
Yeah.
We can always hope for the best, you know, and I definitely wish you much success.
I hope to hear from you one day.
Yeah.
Would you like to put this in an exhibition?
That would be so cool.
Yeah.
And one day you, if you come to Tokyo and meet up some coffees and take a photo picture and tourist.
Yeah.
Sounds good, no?
Yes.
I would love to explore Japan sometime.
Yeah, me too.
When I have a free time to go India, maybe I will visit some in South India.
And so that's going to be more small.
Yeah.
Thanks.
If you're coming to Bangalore, I actually run an Airbnb.
Oh, really?
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Yes, I have a room here, which I've kept on rent.
You can find it on Airbnb.
So if you're dropping by, please let me know.
I'll be happy to help you with the accommodation.
Oh, nice, nice, nice.
Oh, good, good.
Yeah, I'm looking for in Tokyo to have an Airbnb, but it's not fixed yet.
Yeah.
But it's a good idea to have an artist have some place to stay.
Yeah.
Yes.
I mean, I have all sorts of guests, not just artists.
One person came because he actually wanted to meet his son.
His son was staying here.
So he came here to meet his son.
He was staying at the Airbnb.
Then one guy, he has a job here in Bangalore, but he doesn't have to go to the office.
But he's from the North.
He thought he'll come to the city and just stay for a while.
And then I have a friend called Mike who came from the UK.
He stayed for a while.
He wanted to explore the country.
He's gone to Kashmir and onwards now.
So it's definitely a fun experience.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I enjoy meeting all sorts of people and getting to learn more about different cultures.
Yeah.
We need a lot of inspiration from the different cultures.
So then how we became a more big photographer or big sculptor in the world.
I know there's an Indian artist like Anish Kapoor.
Have you heard about him?
Is he an artist, a photographer or an actor or something?
He's an installation artist, I think.
He visited Japan and picked up some materials
and showed at the Tate Museum in British.
Something like that.
But how do you have some famous photographers you want to be?
Like Helmut Newton, you know, or Araki or something like that?
I don't know.
I like to explore different photographic styles.
Like when I'm shooting on the street, just trying to find a narrative.
But I don't just do documentary type of photography.
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I like to do fine art photography.
You can just check out my bio on my website.
You can check out matmova.com and you'll be able to see different types.
I like reflections as well.
I like to work with reflections in my street photography.
Just capturing moments here and there.
Yeah, like a business way.
Like a real magazine, like Vogue or Vanity Fair.
Some kind of photography used for a travel photographer
or culture mixing or fashion models go to Bangalore
to take a photograph with Gucci or Louis Vuitton or something like that.
But actually the real photographer's work is taking wedding photography
or how you keep your life with your photography
or some different job you have?
I work a night shift.
I do customer support for a company called Beats.
It's a coffee shop.
So yeah, I work and then I do this photography on the side.
And I've actually done a postgraduate diploma in photography.
It's kind of like you would be like,
you don't really need to study photography.
But I've definitely enjoyed the experience
and I've learned a lot about the technical aspects
of what makes a photo good.
Also learned how to incorporate my aesthetic.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure, sure.
If you don't mind, could you tell me about your camera?
Or you use an iPhone, new one or which kind of?
So I'm shooting on a D7500.
D7500? Which company?
Nikon.
Nikon, wow.
And yeah, I was using a 35mm.
It's an APS-C sensor.
So this 35mm, it works out to about 50mm
on the crop sensor, on the full frame.
So it's a 50mm field of view
and I'll just be taking photographs with 50mm on the street and all that.
Yeah, I think it's enough.
The resolution is enough
and I just need some lens,
the long shooting lens or
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I mean like now it's a very high resolution
or digitalized photography
in the camera.
But I think it's really enough, enough size, I think.
Yeah, I enjoy with the 50mm
because I like getting a little bit close to my subjects
when I'm taking a photograph.
And I'm more intentional with the way I shoot.
Like my camera itself isn't, it's not small,
the D7500.
So it's quite obvious I'm taking a photograph.
So it's just like presenting myself
and the intention matters because
when you think to yourself,
I am taking a photograph because
I want to take street photography
and I want to take fine art street photography
or capture and document spaces that I'm a part of.
It's important to me.
Then you project that in your,
even in your body language, you know,
when you're approaching people and taking the photographs.
You don't want them to feel uncomfortable and stuff.
And you also, you,
you want to give them that space that,
you know, if they feel that they're uncomfortable
and they want you to delete the picture,
then you'll oblige them, of course, you know,
like I will delete the picture.
Yeah, that's in the spirit,
that's in the spirit of photography or photographer.
That's why I love it.
Yeah, I take photography in the street in Shibuya, Tokyo
and which is really difficult to ask.
Can I take a picture from you?
And it's really difficult,
but it's encouragement.
You have it.
That's so great.
Yeah.
You want to be intentional with the way you shoot.
Yeah, yeah.
That's really good.
That's really lovely.
Okay.
Have you tried to podcast?
Are you hearing every day or some day
just listening to the radio or podcast?
You know it?
Yeah, I actually was interviewed by the BBC.
Wow.
Just about the experience.
Because here in the country,
after COVID, a lot of people were traveling.
So they wanted to know,
people's experience of hosting guests.
So I just did a small interview with them.
And I'm not really myself.
I don't make my own podcast.
And to be honest,
I don't even come into space as much.
I get nervous in front of a big crowd.
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It seemed like a more intimate space.
I thought, okay, you've opened a space.
Yeah, that's more...
I just thought like that.
Yeah.
So why ask you about podcast?
Because I recently, almost one year,
I published a podcast myself
about tech news.
Or, you know, NFT sometimes.
Web3, Metaverse, something like that.
And the art exhibition in Tokyo and in Japan.
I want to share about the news.
Because after COVID,
we need a lot of...
We need events and information
about more happiness or something.
So I made myself like a radio.
And for example,
this conversation could be some great content.
You understand?
Oh, yes.
You might put this in a podcast or something?
Yeah, if it's possible.
Okay, that's cool.
Oh, yeah, of course.
I want to put it on your link on Twitter
and your website.
And that's going to be...
You can send me the link.
Yeah, sure.
It's on our podcast or Spotify or something like that.
That's great. That's so cool.
Thank you so much.
I go back to carve my sculpture
and maybe you go to the street.
It's been a pleasure talking to you.
Yeah, me too.
Goodbye.
See you.
See you. Bye.
