The ZAO on Artizen
Conversations with the creators, funders, and builders around the ZAO Fund for Emerging Culture. New episodes land here first.
Hurric4n3Ike, ZAO Festivals - April 3, 2024
A full performance from ZAO-PALOOZA, the first ZAO Festivals event, in NYC. The kind of night the ZAO Fund exists to back: an independent artist on a real stage, in front of the community that turned out for it.
Featured on the hub (Venus review, round one): festival footage speaks to the crew, fund directors and sponsors at once.
Watch on YouTubeArun Philips, DreamStarter - August 8, 2026
The first video in the ZAO Artizen series. Zaal sits down with Arun from DreamStarter to talk about funding creative work, building an audience before a token, and what independent creators actually need from a platform.
Opens the ZAO Artizen video series, the media arm of the fund motion.
Watch on YouTubeEvery $10 Artifact collected on a ZAO Fund project can unlock matching from the fund, while its match lasts, paid straight to the creator. Supporting a project and supporting the fund are the same action.