Talk:Seth Goldstein
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Edit request: Add Bright Moments career subsection
[edit] | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. |
I am the subject of this article and am disclosing this conflict of interest. I am requesting the addition of a new career subsection covering 2021–2024, as the article currently ends at 2016 (LiveAds) and is missing nearly a decade of notable activity. All proposed content is supported by independent, reliable sources.
Proposed change:
1. Rename the existing subsection header from: :===2010–Present: Stickybits, Turntable.fm, Crossfader, DJZ, LiveAds===to: :===2010–2016: Stickybits, Turntable.fm, Crossfader, DJZ, LiveAds===
2. Add the following new subsection after the LiveAds paragraph:
===2021–2024: Bright Moments===
In 2021, Goldstein founded Bright Moments, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and crypto art gallery focused on generative art and live NFT minting experiences.[1] The gallery's concept centered on transforming the act of minting generative art on the blockchain into a live, in-person experience shared between artists and collectors.[2]
Bright Moments opened its first physical gallery at 62 Windward Avenue in Venice Beach, California, and quickly expanded to host events in ten cities over three years, including New York City, Berlin, London, Mexico City, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Venice, Italy.[3][4] In August 2021, Union Square Ventures invested 500 ETH in the Bright Moments DAO.[5]
In December 2021, Bright Moments hosted Tyler Hobbs' Incomplete Control in New York, a live minting event where collectors generated one-of-a-kind generative artworks in person, with individual pieces valued between $120,000 and $400,000.[6] In April 2022, Bright Moments staged Einstein on the Beach at [[Kraftwerk (building)|Kraftwerk]] in Berlin, a collaboration with Philip Glass and Robert Wilson to create an NFT based on their signature opera.[7][8]
Over the course of the project, more than 150 artists participated in Bright Moments events, producing 10,000 "CryptoCitizen" NFTs across the ten cities.[2][9] In 2023, Bright Moments partnered with Art Blocks to produce Metropolis, a generative art collection combining online and in-person minting tied to specific cities.[4] That same year, the gallery brought its live minting experience to Tokyo, where up to 1,000 attendees participated in events across multiple venues in Shibuya.[10]
Bright Moments concluded in April 2024 with "The Finale" at the Scuola Grande San Giovanni in Venice, Italy, a live minting event featuring over sixty artists who had participated since the gallery's founding.[3][9]
Sources used: * Decrypt (major crypto/tech publication) — 3 articles * CoinDesk (major crypto publication) — 1 article * The Information (major tech publication) — 1 article * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (major German newspaper) — 1 article * Outland (respected digital art publication) — 1 article * Le Random (established generative art editorial) — 1 article * Tetragrammaton (Rick Rubin's cultural publication) — 1 article * Union Square Ventures blog — 1 post (for investment fact)
All sources are independent and reliable. Thank you for considering this request. Sethgoldstein (talk) 05:07, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
References
- ↑ {{cite news|last1=Hayward|first1=Andrew|title=An NFT Gallery Pops Up in Venice Beach, California|url=https://decrypt.co/68536/bright-moments-nft-art- installation-is-bringing-the-venice-ca-counter-culture-into-web-3-0|work=Decrypt|date=April 17, 2021}}
- 1 2 "Bright Moments (Gen Art)". Tetragrammaton.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 20 (help) - 1 2 "Bright Moments". Outland. 2024.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 7 (help) - 1 2 [https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/02/16/art-blocks-and-nft-gallery-bri
ght-moments-team-up-to-bring-generative-art-irl "Art Blocks and NFT Gallery Bright Moments Team Up to Bring Generative Art IRL"]. CoinDesk. February 16, 2023.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help); line feed character in|title=at position 11 (help); line feed character in|url=at position 72 (help) - ↑ "Bright Moments DAO". Union Square Ventures. August 2021.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 15 (help) - ↑ {{cite news|title=Minting Takes Manhattan: An NFT Gallery Sells Millions Even Before the Art Is Made|url=https://www.theinformation.com/articles/minting-takes-manhattan-an-nft-gallery-sells-millions-even-before-the-art-is-made|work=[[The Information (website)|The Information]]|date=2021}}
- ↑ "Im Kraftwerk der neuen Kunst: Einstein und die NFT". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 2022.
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|work=at position 14 (help) - ↑ "Bright Moments DAO Brings Crypto to Life at NFT Art Berlin". Decrypt. April 2022.
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|title=at position 52 (help) - 1 2 Bauman, Peter (2024). "Bright Moments on Prioritizing the Personal". Le Random.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 31 (help) - ↑ {{cite news|last1=Hayward|first1=Andrew|title=Bright Moments Transports Live NFT Art Minting Experience to Tokyo|url=https://decrypt.co/138965/bright-moments-transports-live-nft-art-minting-experience-tokyo|work=Decrypt|date=2023}}
Edit request: Update Personal section
[edit]I am the subject of this article (disclosed on my User page). The current Personal section states I live in Marin County, California, citing a
2017 source. This is no longer accurate. I moved to Venice Beach in 2020. Requesting a minor factual update.
Current text:
The father of two sons, Goldstein lives in Marin County, California.
Proposed replacement:
Goldstein is the father of two sons. In 2020, he moved from San Francisco to Venice Beach, California with his partner, artist Kristi Goldstein.[1]
The source is a published interview where this move is discussed directly. Sethgoldstein (talk) 05:11, 21 February 2026 (UTC) Sethgoldstein (talk) 05:11, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
Edit request: Update infobox occupation and categories
[edit] | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. |
I am the subject of this article (disclosed on my User page). Two minor updates:
1. Infobox occupation field
Current:
: | occupation = Entrepreneur
Angel investor
Proposed:
: | occupation = Entrepreneur
Angel investor
Art curator
Rationale: Since 2021, a significant portion of my career has involved curating generative art exhibitions through Bright Moments across ten cities globally, as covered by Outland, CoinDesk, Decrypt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and others.
2. Categories
Propose adding: :[[Category:NFT artists]]:[[Category:Digital artists]]
These are consistent with the Bright Moments career section (if accepted from my other edit request). Sethgoldstein (talk) 05:12, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
Gentle bump: pending COI edit requests (5 weeks)
[edit]Hello = I posted three COI edit requests on this Talk page on February 21 (Bright Moments career section, Personal section update, and infobox/categories). It's been five weeks with no response. All proposed changes are fully sourced from independent reliable sources (Decrypt, CoinDesk, The Information, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Outland, etc.).
Would any editor be willing to take a look? Happy to provide any additional information. Thank you. Sethgoldstein (talk) 07:12, 26 March 2026 (UTC)
- Hello. I will be procedurally declining your requests because they are misformatted to such a degree that they are nearly unreadable, and cannot be properly reviewed. Please try using the Edit Request Wizard. Regards, MediaKyle (talk) 11:47, 4 May 2026 (UTC)