Editorial

Artist, hacker and writer, Rhea Myers, discusses her thoughtful contributions to the group exhibition GEN/GEN: Generative Generations and more with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Myers unravels her artistic practice, touching upon code-as-narrative, "Blockchain Aesthetics" and the dialogue between her work and Harold Cohen's AARON.

DEAFBEEF reflects on themes such as the tension between permanence and impermanence in his work HASHMARKS, released through Bright Moments. He also ruminates with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) on celebrating the singularity of the present plus finding agency in life and art.

Maya Man, an artist focused on contemporary identity culture on the Internet, sat down with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony). Using Man's exhibition and project I'm Feeling Lucky on Verse as a jumping off point, they discuss horoscope culture as a belief system, finding meaning in randomness, the role of humor in art and much more.

Chapter 1 of our story is the longest in breadth, covering the period before 1850, which we call the "Pre-Modern Era." Spanning tens of thousands of years, Chapter 1 surveys the advancements in art, mathematics, science and computing history that led to the modern era of generative art.

Le Random commissioned six unique works from Zach Lieberman in 2023 that highlight what we love about the artist: his use of light, geometry and rhythm. We asked Lieberman to give us his thoughts on each of the six pieces, which we are sharing here. 

‍Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) reflects on Philip Galanter's classic 2003 definition of generative art before briefly speaking with the artist, Texas A&M professor and theorist about the definition twenty years later.

Kate Vass, founder of Kate Vass Galerie in Zürich, visits with thefunnyguys in an effort to uncover her motivations and vision for this space.

Resonance can refer to qualities of sound and acoustics as well as the power to evoke deep emotions. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) speaks with Zach Lieberman, artist, MIT professor and co-founder of openFrameworks, about generative art's relationship to music as well as its ability to make us feel something.

Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) shares the findings from an internal Le Random research memo by Conrad House (Nemocake) on platform proliferation.

Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) develops a framework for appreciating and analyzing generative art through an investigation of the movement’s locus of artistic intent.

Elisabeth Sweet touches on the history of generative poetry and its impact to this day.

In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, the Le Random team speaks with Casey Reas, artist, UCLA professor and co-founder of Processing and Feral File. We touch on a variety of subjects, including historical generations, the most overlooked decades and the location of artistic intent in generative work.

Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) recently curated the fxhash exhibition, feels like home, in partnership with Non Fungible Conference, 2023.

In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, the Le Random team speaks with Casey Reas: artist, UCLA professor and co-founder of Processing and Feral File. We discuss the history of generative art: the overlooked importance of experimental video art, unexpected catalysts of the movement and more.

On March 8, we publicly announced the launch of Le Random, a digital generative art institution that aims to collect, contextualize, and elevate on-chain generative art.