āThe Cerebral Samba: Protocol Art, Worldbuilding & Our Two Brainsā by Peter Bauman @monkantony
Might we experience reality itself as a protocol and world in a divided brain? Bauman argues protocol art and worldbuilding externalize the brainās two halves: the protocolic urge to formalize reality into rules and the worlding urge to inhabit it as an open, living environment. Bauman investigates in the midst of a transatlantic dialogue on systems in art between Strange Rules alongside @labiennale and @rhizomedotorg ās 7x7 during New York @friezeofficial Week.
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Cover image: Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Boreal Dreams (Still and detail of live simulation), 2025
āShohei Fujimoto on Remembering Spaceā by Peter Bauman @monkantony with @shohei_fujimoto
Data artist Shohei Fujimoto produces site-specific, data-driven perceptual installations. The artist spoke with Peter Bauman about the primitive structures underlying human perception, how the body remembers space, and whether simulated realities can ever fully replicate physical experience. Fujimoto is exhibiting at Personal Structures in Palazzo Mora alongside the Venice Biennale (May 9āNovember 22, 2026).
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Mentions: @labiennale@signalspaceprague@artechouse@newcitygas@berlinatonal@mutekmontreal@illuminateadelaide@noorriyadhfestival
āJane Veeder on Loving Changeā by Copper Giloth @coppergilothstudio & Peter Bauman @monkantony
Veeder (@jane.veeder ) began her career in electronic media arts in 1976 and became a member of the pioneering Chicago computer graphics community and EVL. Her computer-animation Montana (1982) is part of MoMAās video collection. Veeder spoke with her longtime friend from the Chicago new media scene, Copper Giloth, as well as Peter Bauman. They cover Veederās path from ceramic sculpture to analog video with Phil Morton to real-time computer animation. Veederās interactive experiments on the Zgrass machineās repurposed video game hardware anticipated by decades the game-engine-driven world-building that now anchors major museum collections and biennials.
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āEd Fornieles on Art as Human Sacrificeā by Peter Bauman @monkantony with @eddfornieles
Artist Ed Fornieles spoke with Peter Bauman, exploring how ecosystems and emergent systems underpin his practice. They cover the post-internet generationās legacy, models of human-AI collaboration and art as human sacrifice, a person dedicating their life to what they make.
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Mentions: @hansulrichobrist@serpentineuk@carlos_ishikawa@guestprojects@deankissick
āAaron Hertzmann on Caring about Peopleā by Peter Bauman @monkantony with @aaronhertzmann
AI scientist, researcher and artist Hertzmann spoke with Bauman, arguing that AI can automate certain tasks but that true authorship remains a human social construct rooted in personal relationships and agency. They cover the enduring question of whether machines can make art, AIās historical analogies from photography to streaming, and what is genuinely new about this moment.
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Mentions: @genekogan@memo_akten@annaridler@quasimondo@scott__draves@karpathy@bottoproject@adobe@uofwa@pixar@teslamotors
āKyle McDonald on Computer Softnessā by Peter Bauman @monkantony with @kcimc
Kyle McDonald, an artist working with code, spoke with Peter Bauman about his wide-ranging engagements with technology and culture. They cover McDonaldās chatbot-to-AI-researcher-to-artist origin story, how 2015 made computers feel softer and more human, plus the idea that AI is building a dense mirror world out of every trace of our digital past.
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Mentions: @golanlevin@laurenleemack@daitomanabe@rhizomatiks
āSougwen Chung on Aggregated Abandonā by Peter Bauman @monkantony with @sougwen
Sougwen Chungās solo exhibition RECURSIONS éčæ“ (2026) at @artbasel Zero 10 combines robotics, AI, painting and performance in a protocolic stack. The artist and researcher exploring symbiosis between robotics and living systems spoke to Peter Bauman about the work. They discuss data as self-portrait and what it means to co-author with a machine.
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