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Le Random — A Digital Generative Art InstitutionLe Random is building a digital generative art institution with its Collection and Editorials.Le Random — A Digital Generative Art Institution CollectionArtistsEditorialTimelineAbout usOur MissionOur TeamFAQStay in touchContact UsTwitterNewsletterMarcelo Soria-Rodríguez x OS, Aleatorio, 2023The language of deconstructed geometric forms demonstrates that infinite worlds can emerge from basic formats and rules. Playfully painted segments invigorate a traditionally austere aesthetic.WelcomeWe are building a digital generative art institution that contextualizes and elevates the most significant work from iconic generative artists.RedrawOur MissionLarva Labs, Autoglyphs #101, 2019CollectionDiscover our historically encompassing, chain-agnostic generative art collection, including noteworthy work from the pioneers of each generation.Enter CollectionRhea MyersVera MolnárLinda DouniaShunsuke TakawoJared TarbellMaya ManMarcelo Soria-RodriguezHelena SarinCasey ReasAnna CarrerasArtistsWe put artists first at Le Random. Explore insights into our collected artists with resource-rich pages and bespoke biographies highlighting their contributions to the story of generative art.View AllBrian Droitcour•February 2, 20260122Seams and Synthesis: Schizocollage and AI AestheticsDroitcour argues contemporary art with NFTs operates in the productive tension between two opposing aesthetics: schizocollage (which foregrounds visible seams and difference) and generative AI (which synthesizes difference into coherent wholes). The most compelling work—Mons and Little Swag World by Supermetal Bosch, as well as Ugly Bitches and Little Darlings by Ann Hirsch and Maya Man—uses this tension to surface and critique how desire, identity and collectibility function in culture.ArticleEssayEvergreenPeter Bauman•January 28, 20260121Lu Yang on Art as the Perfect CloakLu Yang’s DOKU! DOKU! DOKU!: samsara.exe at Amant in New York, on view through February 15, lands alongside MoMI’s presentation of Lu Yang: The Great Adventure of Material World (2019–20), on view through March 22, 2026. The artist speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about solitude as an absolute truth, art as the perfect interdisciplinary cloak, and the illusory boundary between body, avatar, dream and “reality.”InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•January 23, 20260120NODE's 10,000: Fast Art, Slow LookingAs art shifts from objects to living (continuously executing) systems, institutional infrastructure and capacity must respond. We need living institutions that can preserve conditions of emergence rather than conserving artifacts. Peter Bauman explores how NODE offers one such model, as it showcases these precise capabilities with its opening show, 10,000, by artists Matt Hall and John Watkinson, curated by Amanda Schmitt and produced by Natalie Stone.ArticleEventPeter Bauman•January 19, 20260119Micky Malka & Becky Kleiner on the Birth of NODEFamed investors and art collectors Micky Malka and Becky Kleiner speak with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), sharing the story of their love for art. They also discuss how an attempt to showcase their own digital collection led to the founding of NODE, a Palo Alto hub designed for living, code-based art through dynamic exhibitions, artist-led presentation and hands-on education that brings new audiences into digital culture. NODE opens January 23, with 10,000, an exhibition by Matt Hall and John Watkinson curated by Amanda Schmitt and produced by Natalie Stone.InterviewEventEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•January 12, 20260118Ian Cheng on Composing with SystemsSimulation and world-building artist Ian Cheng speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about change as a lived texture, worlding through systems and protocols, and how AI companions and “memory” are reshaping attention and daily life.InterviewEvergreenLuba Elliott•January 6, 20260117Embodying AI at NeurIPS 2025: Creative AI TrackLuba Elliott co-chaired the Creative AI Track at NeurIPS 2025, one of the most important annual academic conferences on AI. The track presented 93 academic papers and artworks, exploring cutting-edge applications of AI across art and broader creative practices.‍‍ Here, Elliott interviews the artists behind two standout projects from the conference. She speaks with Ethan Chang and Quincy Kuang, who presented The Stochastic Parrot, a physical AI cohabitant. Then she exchanges with Jenn Leung and Chloe Loewith, authors of Assembloid Agency, an open-source Unreal Engine plugin that connects living neurons grown on a “brain-on-a-chip” to a 3D game world.InterviewEventEventKevin Buist•December 22, 20250116Zero 10 Part 2: Fair TransparencyKevin Buist attended Art Basel Miami Beach’s Zero 10 to observe digital art's shape and vibe post-NFT boom. In part two in a two-part series, Buist looks beyond the headline spectacle to the works that treated the fair itself as a medium—interactivity, systems and the shifting terms of ownership on view. Part One centered on Beeple’s Regular Animals and its crowd-drawing theater.ArticleEssayEventKevin Buist•December 18, 20250115Zero 10 Part 1: Beeple Casts a SpellKevin Buist attended Art Basel Miami Beach’s Zero 10 to observe digital art's shape and vibe post-NFT boom. Along the way, he found himself unexpectedly captivated by Beeple’s Regular Animals. This is part one from Buist in a two-part series about Zero 10, the new initiative at Art Basel Miami Beach focused on digital art.ArticleEssayEventPeter Bauman, Christiane Paul, Sasha Stiles, Raoul Pal, Melanie Lenz, Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Cozomo de’ Medici, Maya Man, Dmitri Cherniak, Luba Elliott, Redbeard, Tyler Hobbs & Conrad House•December 15, 20250114Standout Artwork of 2025Le Random asked twelve trusted artists, curators and collectors to choose the single artwork that mattered most to them this year. We present a brief text by our editor in chief Peter Bauman below before revealing the choices by Christiane Paul, Sasha Stiles, Raoul Pal, Melanie Lenz, Erick Calderon (Snowfro), Cozomo de’ Medici, Maya Man, Dmitri Cherniak, Luba Elliott, Redbeard, Tyler Hobbs and Conrad House.ArticleEssayEditor's PicksLowbie•December 12, 20250113Mika Ben Amar & Brennan Wojtyla on Life OnlineMultidisciplinary artist-couple Mika Ben Amar and Brennan Wojtyla have been quietly creating works that span much of the current discourse surrounding the internet‍ and technology as we know it. Their work is presented across a multitude of mediums, with Mika working primarily in digital and sculpture. Brennan stages interventions in games as well as installations. In conversation through email, a medium that felt fitting given the artists' use of email domains as art, the duo tell artist and writer Lowbie what they’ve been up to online and IRL recently.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•December 8, 20250112Beeple on Robot Dogs as CanvasMike Winkelmann (Beeple) speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about his robot-dog “living sculpture,” Regular Animals, at Art Basel Miami Beach’s Zero 10. They also cover digital art’s institutionalization, Beeple’s Charleston studio as a public lab, and why AI feels like an alien poised to transform society.InterviewEventPeter Bauman•December 3, 20250111Eli Scheinman on Amplifying the DigitalEli Scheinman, inaugural curator of Art Basel’s Zero 10—a 1,000-square-meter space dedicated to digital art at Art Basel Miami Beach—speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They discuss how Zero 10 marks a long-term commitment to making digital art legible to all collectors, while amplifying the ecosystem’s own norms, histories and eccentricities.InterviewEventPeter Bauman•November 24, 20250110Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst on Artificial PsychedeliaArtist duo Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about their major new work Starmirror at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, on view until January 18, 2026. They discuss the work within the larger context of protocols as worlds, AI’s impact on public space, and the blurring line between artists and scientists.InterviewEventEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•November 17, 20250109Karl Sims & Alexander Mordvintsev on Merging Technology and BiologyArtists and engineers Karl Sims and Alexander Mordvintsev speak about the potential of artificial life (A-Life) and creativity with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They discuss A-Life as a bridge between technology and biology, from Sims’s early work with the legendary Connection Machine and Evolved Virtual Creatures to Mordvintsev’s seminal DeepDream.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•November 11, 20250108Jess Tucker on Longing for a FaceMultidisciplinary artist Jess Tucker examines how contemporary surveillance technology tracks our bodies as well as manipulates our minds. The artist spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the machinic gaze, entanglement and misusing face and body tracking to expose control systems.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•November 4, 20250107Ian Goodfellow on Inventing GANsIn this written form of the conversation, deep learning engineer and generative adversarial network (GAN) inventor Ian Goodfellow speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) in depth about the legendary origins of GANs, their unexpected success and indelible impact on both twenty-first-century image making and AI research. The full audio form of the conversation is now available below.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•October 31, 20250106Parker Ito and Evil Biscuit on Possessed SpiritsMultidisciplinary artists Parker Ito and Evil Biscuit come together for their first collaborative NFT project, Heavy Liquid Graphic, a Halloween-themed collection merging horror aesthetics, digital collage and playful fear. In conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), they discuss how their distinct styles, vintage photos and GAN-warped overlays coalesce into a darkly humorous take on nostalgia and the supernatural.InterviewEventPeter Bauman•October 27, 20250105Claudia Hart on Land of the DeadIn the midst of a rich, decades-long career, media artist Claudia Hart’s work and contributions are receiving more light with three 2025 shows, including a museum retrospective and solo gallery show. The artist speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the uncanny “land of the dead, halfway between alive and dead” at the heart of her practice, where technology, trauma and art history converge.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•October 20, 20250104AA Cavia on Summoning WorldsPhilosopher AA Cavia discusses how computation has moved from rule-based programs to cognitive models with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They explore what this means for artists working with latent space and why creativity is tied to both technology and alienation.InterviewEvergreenCorinna Gardner, Melanie Lenz, Hannah Redler-Hawes, Alex Estorick, Clara Che Wei Peh, Robert Alice, Abigail Miller, Peter Bauman•October 13, 20250103London Digital Art GuideLe Random presents a curated guide to London's digital art and culture, featuring an Art Walk map and highlighting must-see galleries, neighborhoods and artists that shape the city’s versatile scene.ArticleEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•October 9, 20250102Drifella III: Room for ComplexityPeter Bauman (Monk Antony) considers how Drifella III by Evil Biscuit subverts the derided PFP to build a room-scale triptych of painterly compositions, internet meme-language and dark jester license colliding into a complex record of life in the 2020s.ArticleEssayEvergreenPeter Bauman•October 6, 20250101Larva Labs on Computation’s StrangenessCreative technologists Matt Hall and John Watkinson, known as Larva Labs, speak with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) ahead of the release of Quine, the final Art Blocks Curated project. They discuss elevating code to artwork itself, the deep strangeness of computation from Gödel to Hofstadter, and how Quine stands as an ode to classical programming in the age of AI.InterviewEventPeter Bauman•September 22, 20250100Copper Giloth on Video Games to Video ArtCopper Giloth is an artist and professor whose earliest work was among the pioneering efforts in the then-nascent field of computer-video art. She speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about her late 1970s interventions with early video game systems to make video art and how these experiments shaped her decades-long practice.InterviewHistoryEvergreenJasia Reichardt•September 15, 2025099The Ultraintelligent Machine and Gaberbocchus Common RoomJasia Reichardt considers the little-known impact of Gaberbocchus Common Room, London’s first club for artists and scientists, on the development of artificial intelligence (AI). Opening in 1957, the club served as a meeting point for some of the earliest discussions on art, AI and philosophy. The legendary Cybernetic Serendipity (1968) curator muses on its implications for today.ArticleEssayHistoryPeter Bauman•September 10, 2025098Sasha Stiles and Martha Joseph on Language as TechnologyLanguage artist Sasha Stiles’s A LIVING POEM is on view in MoMA’s Gund Lobby from September 10, 2025. The artist speaks with the museum’s Martha Joseph, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance and Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They discuss the work in the context of poetry as technology, generative performance and language’s voice in the time of AI.InterviewEventEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•September 1, 2025097Hans Ulrich Obrist on Exhibitions as Living OrganismsHans Ulrich Obrist spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the link between generative art, cybernetics and his do it exhibitions. They discuss how these ideas shaped the famed curator’s more open, evolving approach to his craft. InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksSofia Garcia & Conrad House•August 25, 2025096Juan Rodríguez García on Inhabiting the MomentArtist Juan Rodríguez García speaks with Sofia Garcia about Habitar un Momento, a generative system commissioned by Le Random that explores impermanence and contemplation through real-time animation. The discussion covers the artist’s architectural roots, shift toward creative coding and view of the piece as a “living entity.” Originally conducted in Spanish, the interview is presented here in English translation.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•August 18, 2025095Minne Atairu on Shaping Our Own ImageMinne Atairu, artist and doctoral candidate in the Arts and Art Education program at Columbia University, speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about shaping AI systems to better reflect Black people and other underrepresented communities. Atairu discusses her use of generative AI in art as a tool for activism, highlighting its biases as well as its potential for empowerment.InterviewEvergreenBrian Droitcour•August 11, 2025094Cognitive TechnologiesBrian Droitcour reviews K. Allado-McDowell’s The Known Lost at the Swiss Institute, on view through September 7, and Pierre Huyghe’s In Imaginal at Marian Goodman Gallery, which closed in June.ArticleEssayEventPeter Bauman•August 4, 2025093Post(human)-AI ArtPeter Bauman (Monk Antony) explores the concept of "Post-AI Art," positioning it as a significant departure from earlier "AI Art." Bauman posits that Post-AI Art rejects human-centric views, embracing a posthumanist perspective that emphasizes interdependence, entanglement and co-inhabitation between humans and non-humans, including AI.ArticleEvergreenEssayKevin Buist•July 28, 2025092Infinite Images, Finite ControlKevin Buist considers Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms, on view at the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, through 30 November 2025.ArticleEssayEventPeter Bauman•July 21, 2025091Hito Steyerl on How It Uses UsArtist and theorist Hito Steyerl discusses the material and geopolitical stakes of AI-generated imagery with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They explore the structural power of machine learning industries, the automation of creative labor and how art is both implicated in and resistant to these transformations.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•July 14, 2025090DEAFBEEF on Vernacular in a Standardized AgeDEAFBEEF is participating in the group show Infinite Images at the Toledo Museum of Art. In a conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), the artist reflects on translating his code-based practice into the forged-iron, tactile sculpture Glitchbox. He explores how physical labor, material constraints and embodied interaction reveal facets of generative systems that purely digital works can’t capture.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•July 14, 2025089Sarah Meyohas on Irreducibly HumanSarah Meyohas is participating in the group show Infinite Images at the Toledo Museum of Art. In conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), the artist reflects on her early GAN-driven petal projects and her recent interest in lasting, screen-free works that insist on what remains truly human.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•June 23, 2025088Julia Kaganskiy on Generativity’s Deeper ConsiderationJulia Kaganskiy curated Infinite Images: The Art of Algorithms at the Toledo Museum of Art and spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about its focus on generativity—spanning systems art, AI and randomness. Kaganskiy reflects on curatorial decisions shaped by the museum’s collection, its embrace of NFTs and the challenges of showing digital work in dialogue with tradition.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•June 17, 2025087Beeple on Infinite Creation MachinesMike Winkelmann (Beeple) speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about what motivates the artist—known for his manual Everydays—to engage with generativity and modern AI’s deep learning tools.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksLuba Elliott•June 9, 2025086Reprogramming Sensory HabitsLuba Elliott explores what the latest research into AI and creativity reveals about the changing nature of how we see and its impacts on contemporary image making. The curator of the AI Art Gallery at the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference speaks to three of the shortlisted artists: Tom White, Justin Urbach and Karyn Nakamura.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•June 2, 2025085Marina Abramović on New PossibilitiesMarina Abramović’s prolific career spans over six decades of experimentation with performance and audience participation. The storied artist brings these concepts to the blockchain, which offers a medium to comprehensively survey her journey and practice, using a digital avatar to explore ideas previously limited by physical reality.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•May 26, 2025084Dmitri Cherniak on Strictly for ArtDmitri Cherniak is participating in the group show Infinite Images at the Toledo Museum of Art. He discusses the show in a conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), reflecting on the growing presence of digital and code-based art in museums. They also cover the changing nature of automation and the role of engineering in contemporary digital art practice.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•May 19, 2025083A Mean DefensePeter Bauman (Monk Antony) questions the common perception that generative AI art is inherently "average" or derivative. He considers how artists use images to make meaning in 2025 when new methods and tools flood the visual landscape and individual images lose their weight. Has critical discourse kept pace? Or is the backlash repeating average metaphors?ArticleEvergreenEssayLuba Elliott•May 12, 2025082Object MisrecognitionLuba Elliott observes how a growing number of artists are subverting facial and object recognition, using the foundational AI technologies’ flaws and rigid categorizations to explore the aesthetic collisions between machine vision and human perception.ArticleEssayEvergreenLoVid, Emily Edelman, Josh Yakov, Peter Bauman•May 5, 2025081New York City Digital Art GuideLe Random presents a curated guide to New York for digital art lovers, featuring an Art Walk map and highlighting must-see galleries, neighborhoods and artists that define the city’s vibrant digital art scene.ArticleEvergreenEditor's PicksKevin Buist•April 29, 2025080Meandering with AIConsumer-grade text-to-image tools make it easy to skip the arduous work of artistic practice and jump straight to a polished result. Chuck Anderson’s Imagined Wreckage shows how these tools instead can be layered into a bespoke and meandering artistic practice.ArticleEssayPeter Bauman•April 23, 2025079Christiane Paul on Defining AI ArtChristiane Paul curated the Whitney Museum of American Art's Marina Zurkow: Parting Worlds / Hyundai Terrace Commission: Marina Zurkow. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) spoke with her about the exhibition and how Zurkow’s ecologically attuned practice engages with site specificity. Paul also gives a definition of AI art before covering broader questions of art’s pace, technological criticality and the cyclical relationship between institutions and the art market.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksA. Michael Noll•March 25, 2025078A. Michael Noll on When It All StartedAmong the earliest to engage with digital technology in art, Dr. A. Michael Noll spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about his now-legendary years at Bell Labs in the early 1960s—when it all started. First, we present a text written by Dr. Noll himself, followed by an edited version of their conversation that can be heard in full on your favorite podcast platform.InterviewEvergreenHistoryPeter Bauman•March 19, 2025077THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE COMPUTER—PART IThis is the story of Alec Radford, the inventor of ChatGPT, and his foundational contributions to generative AI—a new internet and paradigm for media.ArticleEditor's PicksEssayPeter Bauman•March 10, 2025076Mario Klingemann & A.I.C.C.A. on Alien PerspectiveMario Klingemann, subversive systems artist, and A.I.C.C.A. (Artificially Intelligent Critical Canine), his AI-driven art critic, converse with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They cover AI's role in art criticism, how algorithmic perception can reshape discourse and cultural authority but also perpetuate historical biases. The conversation explores A.I.C.C.A.’s cybernetic lineage, its performative critique and its playful yet serious challenge to traditional notions of artistic interpretation and reception.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•February 19, 2025075Neural UnconsciousPeter Bauman (Monk Antony) explores how technology has always changed the way artists see, create and think—first by revealing hidden details (optical unconscious), then by structuring information (computational unconscious) and now by co-generating new possibilities (neural unconscious). While these forces open vast creative spaces, they do not necessarily equate to quality and come riddled with ethical, political and moral challenges that demand critical engagement rather than passive adoption.ArticleEditor's PicksEssayPeter Bauman•February 11, 2025074Barbara London on New TerritoryBarbara London founded the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) video-media exhibition and collection programs in the mid-70s and has played a pivotal role in new media art's shape since then. The curator and author of Video Art/The First Fifty Years (Phaidon: 2020) spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They discuss the early days of video, the challenges of institutionalizing the medium, and why video found institutional acceptance faster than early computer art.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•January 28, 2025073Kim Asendorf on Elegant SymbiosisAbstract visual artist Kim Asendorf spoke to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) after the artist's latest release, PXL DEX. The pair discuss the conceptual and technical intricacies of the project, which tokenizes pixels to explore the elegant symbiosis between code, blockchains and culture.InterviewEvergreenEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•January 21, 2025072Rafaël Rozendaal on a Liquid CanvasVisual and web-based artist Rafaël Rozendaal's work, Light: Rafaël Rozendaal, is on display at the Museum of Modern Art's Agnes Gund Garden Lobby through Spring 2025. Rozendaal spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the significance of the exhibition and how it reflects his emphasis on lightness and accessibility in art.InterviewEvergreenEvergreenPeter Bauman•December 18, 2024071Inside Qubibi’s Shinjuku StudioArtist Kazumasa Teshigawara—known by the label “qubibi"—invited Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) and thefunnyguys to the Shinjuku Kaibutsu studio, offering a rare glimpse into the quiet center of his practice. Bauman reflects on how the experience highlights key themes in the artist’s approach—contradiction, cyclicality, repetition and discovery through stillness.InterviewProfilePeter Bauman•December 12, 2024070Demystifying Generative AutonomyThis is Part IV in a series on building a framework for appreciating generative art. In Part I, “Demystifying Generative Art,” Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) builds the case for such a framework. In Part II, “Demystifying Generative Aesthetics,” Bauman examines generative outputs—the results of generative systems. In Part III, "Demystifying Generative Systems," he examines generative systems themselves. Now in Part IV, Bauman investigates another framework component, autonomy—control within generative systems. The essay includes Bauman’s discussions with Christiane Paul, Matt DesLauriers, Sougwen Chung and Zach Lieberman.ArticleEditor's PicksFrameworkPeter Bauman•December 5, 2024069Lawrence Lek on AI Reinventing PlaceLawrence Lek, artist, filmmaker, musician and winner of the Frieze London Artist Award 2024, spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) to discuss AI as a philosophical and artistic subject, focusing on its implications for identity, place and humanity's relationship with technology. They also cover the geopolitical and corporate dynamics shaping AI development and the challenges of preservation in digital art.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•November 26, 2024068Suzanne Treister on Critical FuturismSuzanne Treister, a pioneering media artist, is featured in Tate Modern’s ambitious historical digital art exhibition, Electric Dreams. The legendary early Amiga intervener discusses her practice as a holistic critique of technology, exploring the tensions between technological potential and societal risks, in conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony).InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•November 19, 2024067Matt DesLauriers on a Generative WorldMatt DesLauriers created the generative art project, Bitframes, which serves as a crowdfund for the production of a feature-length documentary film, Generative, providing historical context to generative art. DesLauriers spoke to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about both projects. They also cover the co-creative possibilities of generativity that the projects reveal, as well as how to bridge public understanding and institutional recognition of the art form.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•November 10, 2024066Sputniko! on Activism MultitaskingArtist, designer and entrepreneur Hiromi Ozaki—better known as Sputniko!—recently spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). The artist and multitasker reflects on digital activism, capitalism’s impact on art and building inclusive systems amidst backlash.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•October 28, 2024065Samia Halaby on Different BrushesAbstraction icon Samia Halaby, whose work has recently been featured at Tate Modern’s Electric Dreams, The 2024 Venice Biennale, MUDAM’s Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960-1991, and Frieze London, spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Halaby reflects on her transition from traditional painting to digital art, emphasizing what programming allowed for her practice.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•October 24, 2024064Mat Dryhurst on Becoming InfiniteAfter visiting Mat Dryhurst and Holly Herndon’s The Call at Serpentine Gallery in London, Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) discussed with Dryhurst the theoretical underpinnings of the duo’s practice, how The Call aligns with this framework and invigorating the AI-data discourse.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•October 17, 2024063Val Ravaglia on Electric DreamsTate curator Val Ravaglia spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about their major exhibition, Electric Dreams. They explore how artists historically used technology to test its creative potential and challenge its entanglement with unsavory powers while drawing subtle parallels to contemporary culture.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•October 7, 2024062Trevor Paglen on Technological Points of ViewMultidisciplinary artist, Trevor Paglen, discusses the critical role of artists in exposing technology's inherent biases with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Paglen emphasizes the need to challenge corporate optimism and reimagine technology beyond capitalist frameworks.‍InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•September 25, 2024061Matt Hall and John Watkinson on Beginning MovementsContemporary artists and creative technologists Matt Hall and John Watkinson describe their theory and practice to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). The pair explains how projects like CryptoPunks and Autoglyphs continue decades-old traditions of web-based creative interventions while revealing the potential of blockchains in art.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•September 17, 2024060Simon Denny on Society, Technology and ArtContemporary artist Simon Denny explores the complex relationship between society and technology in a conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Denny highlights both the optimistic potential of technology and the critical questions it raises, particularly in how it shapes the creation and experience of cultural narratives.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•September 10, 2024059Joan Heemskerk on Quantum Web4Joan Heemskerk of the renowned net.art duo JODI undertook a two-month residency between CERN—the birthplace of the World Wide Web—and Copenhagen Contemporary. The resulting work will be part of a show at Copenhagen Contemporary in 2025. Heemskerk spoke to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the residency and its impact on her practice. They also discuss her interest in quantum computing, Web4 and the continued evolution of the web.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•August 20, 2024058Casey Reas, Lauren Lee McCarthy & Chandler McWilliams on Expanding SoftwareChandler McWilliams of UCLA Arts Conditional Studio is presenting Art and the Internet in LA, a Getty Pacific Standard Time [PST] exhibition in October. The exhibition is informed by the Mirror archive, a collaboration between Casey Reas, Lauren Lee McCarthy and McWilliams. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) spoke with the trio about how digital technologies intersect with art and society along with the importance of preserving the history of Internet-based art.InterviewEventVienna Kim•August 15, 2024057Gendering SystemsIn Part 2 of a series on artists using digital systems to subvert gender and sexuality norms, Vienna Kim argues that women and the queer community have played an outsized role in shaping generative art games. Artists employ these mediums to challenge gender and sexuality norms, while creating inclusive spaces within the tech and gaming industries.‍ArticleEssayOperator•August 13, 2024056Operator Profiles Rebecca AllenRebecca Allen reflects on her pioneering work in digital art with Operator, the experiential artist duo of Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti. They discuss Allen's journey from inventing a new art form in the 1970s and 1980s to refining and integrating human emotion and sensuality into evolving technology from the 1990s onward.InterviewProfilePeter Bauman•August 5, 2024055Can Art Replace Religion?Can art assume the roles traditionally fulfilled by religion in an increasingly secular and digital world? Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) argues that the religiously non-affiliated worship two new gods: technology and randomness. Digital generative art—art fundamentally addressing technology and randomness—may provide the most straightforward means to engage these deities.ArticleEssayPeter Bauman•July 22, 2024054John Maeda on Computational EvolutionJohn Maeda discusses his multifaceted identity as a technologist, artist and designer with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Maeda emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to innovation and creativity, while reflecting on the transforming needs of artists in the age of AI.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•July 17, 2024053Analívia Cordeiro on Perpetual MotionComputer dance icon Analívia Cordeiro spoke in person with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) at the Digital Art Mile during Art Basel 2024. The text below is based on—yet extends—their conversation.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•July 10, 2024052Frieder Nake on “Machinic” MiraclesPrior to the Herbert W. Franke Foundation’s Generative Art Summit Berlin, Frieder Nake, one of digital art’s first-ever practitioners, spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). They cover the very origins of algorithmic art, Nake’s role and its evolution to today.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•July 1, 2024051Larry Cuba on Choreographing FormLarry Cuba, the computer film and animation legend featured in textbooks and known for his work on the original Star Wars, has long inspired coded animators, from the demoscene to today. One such artist, Andreas Gysin, joined Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) to celebrate Cuba's illustrious career, its challenges and the progression of his techniques in the context of abstract film.InterviewProfileJasia Reichardt•June 25, 2024050THEN AND NOWCherished icon Jasia Reichardt met with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) before the Foundation Herbert W. Franke's Generative Art Summit Berlin. The Cybernetic Serendipity curator wrote this text as one of the few people who anticipated our digital future along with Franke in the 1960s. This piece extends the earliest thought on art and AI to the present, as only a singular voice like Reichardt's could.ArticleEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•June 20, 2024049Demystifying Generative SystemsThis is the third part in a series on building a framework for appreciating generative art. In Part I, “Demystifying Generative Art,” Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) builds the case for such a framework. In Part II, “Demystifying Generative Aesthetics,” Bauman examines outputs—the results of generative systems. In Part III, he investigates another layer of the Framework, systems themselves. He spoke to Frieder Nake, Casey Reas, Emily Xie, DEAFBEEF, Matt DesLauriers, Jen Lowe and Patricio González Vivo for the piece.ArticleEditor's PicksFrameworkPeter Bauman•June 12, 2024048Artificial and Human Intelligence‍The AI Index 2024 Annual Report by Stanford University—an invaluable publication aiming to enhance understanding of AI through dedicated research—addresses several issues pertinent to the digital art space without dedicating a chapter or even section to it. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) reviewed the five-hundred-page report to distill the relevant takeaways for the contemporary art world’s collectors, artists and institutions.ArticleEssayDanielle King•June 5, 2024047The Algorithmic Gaze: Representations of Women in AI ArtEmploying John Berger's Ways of Seeing (1974) as a critical lens, Danielle King observes the rise of the algorithmic gaze—the perpetuation of the male gaze into the realm of AI-generated art—underscoring entrenched patriarchal values and the protracted commodification of female bodies.ArticleEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•May 29, 2024046Jason Bailey, Georg Bak & Kate Vass on the Art Form of Our GenerationThe exhibition Automat und Mensch: A History of AI and Generative Art in May 2019 anticipated the arrival of AI and generative art. Five years later, Peter Bauman reached out to the show’s gallerist, Kate Vass, and curators, Jason Bailey and Georg Bak, to reflect on the audacious show’s impact and the future it pointed towards.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•May 21, 2024045Jen Lowe and Patricio González Vivo on Democratizing KnowledgeThe co-authors of The Book of Shaders join Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) to discuss the book’s impetus and impact. They also explore how algorithms serve as a dialogue between artists across time.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•May 7, 2024044Colette Bangert on Growing VisuallyWith work in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum and more, the acclaimed nonagenarian artist Colette Bangert spoke to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about a life spent observing, exploring and collaborating.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•May 2, 2024043Kevin McCoy on Bridging net.art and BlockchainFor the occasion of Quantum's ten-year anniversary—Jennifer and Kevin McCoy's work that played a pivotal role in early NFT history—Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) spoke to Kevin McCoy about the development of media art since the impactful project and its links to net.art.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•April 17, 2024042Michael Kozlowski on Exploration as PracticeIntrigued by Michael Kozlowski's recent visual pivot, Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) had an impromptu chat with the artist, also known as mpkoz. They discuss the unique project that sparked this visual shift, its technical specifics and the implications for Kozlowski's continued trajectory.‍InterviewEventPeter Bauman•April 16, 2024041Bright Moments on Prioritizing the PersonalAs Bright Moments concludes its three-year global tour at the 2024 Venice Biennale, they release the ambitious Finale Collection, showcasing the works of over sixty artists on a single contract. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) engaged with the Bright Moments team and participating artists, delving into the project's key themes and the organization's future. The discussion included Seth Goldstein, Phil Mohun and Samer Dabra (Spongenuity) from Bright Moments, together with artist and Art Blocks Founder Erick Calderon (Snowfro), as well as artists Maya Man, Anna Carreras and Piter Pasma.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•April 10, 2024040Matt DesLauriers on Challenging the Image‍Acclaimed software artist Matt DesLauriers spoke to Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the implications of AI's prevalence. They examine how DesLauriers has begun incorporating AI into his process and how AI challenges our relationship with the image.InterviewEvergreenVuk Ćosić•April 4, 2024039The memoir of a net.art memoir!In 2014, Vuk Ćosić wrote a memoir-like introduction for the catalog of his exhibition, net.art painters and poets. Ten years later, the text resurfaced during a dialogue between Ćosić and Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). The two decided to revisit the text with Bauman posing casual questions that serve as a vehicle for Ćosić's updated thoughts. It's the memoir of a memoir.ArticleHistoryPeter Bauman•March 27, 2024038Emily Xie on Textile as Personal CanvasVisual artist Emily Xie spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about her close relationship with textiles, their intersection with computation and coded generativity's aesthetic pursuits.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•March 21, 2024037Demystifying Generative Aesthetics‍This is the second part in a series on building a framework for appreciating generative art. In the first part, “Demystifying Generative Art,” Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) builds the case for such a framework. In this essay, he takes a closer look at one of the five framework components, Results—the outputs of a generative system. Peter spoke to Tyler Hobbs, Kim Asendorf, Andreas Gysin, Leander Herzog, Erick Calderon, William Mapan, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Sougwen Chung, Christiane Paul, Patricio González Vivo, Linda Dounia and Golan Levin for the piece.ArticleEditor's PicksFrameworkMark Wilson•March 14, 2024036Commentary by Mark WilsonIn part two of Le Random Editorials' profile on Mark Wilson, we hear from the artist himself. In this brief commentary, Wilson narrates art history as he describes his journey from traditional mediums to digital art, exploring technology for creativity's sake. In this generous insight, Wilson reveals the path that led to his visionary computer-generated aesthetic, both bold and sensitive.ArticleEssayTravess Smalley•March 12, 2024035Travess Smalley Profiles Mark WilsonDigital generative art titan Mark Wilson sat down with artist, educator and pixel rug creator Travess Smalley, long-inspired by Wilson. Smalley stewards a lively discussion covering Wilson's artistic journey while reflecting on the impact of technology on art.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•March 6, 2024034Mona Lisa to monogridHow did we transition from art that looks like Leonardo’s Mona Lisa to art like Kim Asendorf’s monogrid? Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) investigates the history of art's mechanization to contemplate the future of digital generativity.ArticleHistoryPeter Bauman•February 26, 2024033Molnár's ParisVera Molnár moved to Paris at the end of 1947 and would call the city home for the rest of her storied life. Use our interactive map to follow in her footsteps across the French capital and discover the entwined narrative of artistic evolution and urban existence that defined her practice.ArticleHistoryElisabeth Sweet•February 20, 2024032machine rêverieHuman-machine interaction artist aurèce vettier discusses the latent space of dreams and the intersection of human consciousness and AI art with Elisabeth Sweet, using his project le travail des rêves as a starting point.InterviewEventPeter Bauman•February 19, 2024031Linda Dounia on Memory MachinesArtist Linda Dounia spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the potential of AI to combat cultural as well as biological loss, using her project Flore Perdue as a springboard.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•February 13, 2024030Lauren Lee McCarthy on Software ValuesLauren Lee McCarthy, celebrated artist, UCLA professor and creator of p5.js, spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about Seeing Voices, her first long-form generative art project. They also discuss collaborating with AI and inclusive community building, while questioning the inherent values embedded in software.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•January 29, 2024029Christiane Paul on Curating Cohen’s AARONChristiane Paul's curation of the Whitney's Harold Cohen: AARON informs a conversation with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), where they discuss Cohen's persistent impact to this day while reflecting on the nature of digital expression.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•January 25, 2024028Sasha Stiles on Writing PoetsMetapoet and language artist Sasha Stiles sat down with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) and Conrad House (Nemo Cake) to discuss the integration of words, AI and technology into her own practice, while exploring the historical context of generative poetry.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•January 16, 2024027Maya Lin on Systematic NaturalismMaya Lin, celebrated artist, architect and environmental advocate, discusses the concerns of generative art with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony), including her recent foray into the practice, an unexpectedly natural step in her highly awarded and celebrated career.InterviewEvergreenPeter Bauman•January 10, 2024026Golan Levin on the Potentiality of BlobsArtist and educator Golan Levin dips between anecdote and insight with Monk Antony (Peter Bauman), covering Levin's Art Blocks Curated release Cytographia, his drive to unleash the latent capabilities of computers and his role inspiring and promoting open-source art toolkits.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•December 12, 2023025Tyler Hobbs on Algorithmic AestheticsUsing the essays of Tyler Hobbs as a reference point, Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) spoke to Hobbs about coded generative art's aesthetics.‍InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•December 5, 2023024AGH on Glorifying the ComputerAGH, the trio of Kim Asendorf, Andreas Gysin and ‍Leander Herzog, spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) before their debut show in Berlin, covering the group's formation, the digital aesthetic and glorifying the computer.InterviewEditor's PicksPeter Bauman•November 30, 2023023Snowfro and Ciphrd on a Symbiotic RelationshipIn conversation with the founder of Art Blocks, Erick Calderon (Snowfro), and founder of fx(hash), Baptiste Crespy (ciphrd), Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) reflects on the trenchant moment that is November 2023 for on-chain generative art.InterviewEditorialsWe publish content that enables the generative art community to understand its past, curate its present and celebrate its future.Browse AllGenerative Art TimelineTimelineExplore the 70,000-year history of generative art through hundreds of milestones and ten chapters.EnterOur MissionOur TeamContact UsFAQSubscribe for updatesBy subscribing you agree with our Privacy Policy Thank you! 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