--- title: Peter Bauman: Arts Writer and Editor in Chief of Le Random description: Peter Bauman is an arts writer and editor in chief of Le Random, author of its Generative Art Timeline and host of its podcast on generative and AI art. canonical: https://peterbauman.art/ updated: 2026-11-14 --- ![Peter Bauman](https://peterbauman.art/peter-bauman-portrait.jpg) # Peter Bauman Peter Bauman is an arts writer and the editor in chief of [Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art), the art and technology publication. He has written or co‑written 129 of its long-form editorials, is the author of its [Generative Art Timeline](https://timeline.lerandom.art/) and hosts the [Le Random podcast](https://www.lerandom.art/podcast). - [All 129 pieces at Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/peter-bauman) - [The Generative Art Timeline](https://timeline.lerandom.art/) ## About Peter Bauman I write about systems and technology art, including art with AI, and their long histories. At [Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art) I edit and write long-form interviews with artists, curators and engineers. This includes early practitioners like [A. Michael Noll](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/a-michael-noll) and [Frieder Nake](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/frieder-nake) as well as today’s leading voices like [Casey Reas](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/casey-reas), [Hito Steyerl](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/hito-steyerl) and [Christiane Paul](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/christiane-paul), along with essays such as the [“Demystifying Generative…” series](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/demystifying-generative-art). I’m most proud of writing the [Generative Art Timeline](https://timeline.lerandom.art/), a chronology of that systems art and technology art I mentioned earlier. I started writing the Timeline in mid-2022 as a Google Doc list. Today it features over 1,160 dated moments, 40 of which are playable games. I also host the [Le Random podcast](https://www.lerandom.art/podcast), which is a fun opportunity to publish even longer form and less-edited conversations. Thank you for checking out my site; I hope you like art and tech! ## Selected writing 129 — long-form editorials at Le Random, written or co-written. - [2026 — The People Are in the Computer, Part I — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/the-people-are-in-the-computer--part-i) - [2025 — Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once — The Art Newspaper](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/why-artificial-intelligence-artists-can-be-seen-as-builders-breakersor-both-at-once) - [2025 — Hito Steyerl on How It Uses Us — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/hito-steyerl-on-how-it-uses-us) - [2025 — Christiane Paul on Defining AI Art — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/christiane-paul-on-defining-ai-art) - [2025 — Hans Ulrich Obrist on Exhibitions as Living Organisms — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/hans-ulrich-obrist-on-exhibitions-as-living-organisms) - [2024 — Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/frieder-nake-on-machinic-miracles) - [2023 — Demystifying Generative Art — Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/demystifying-generative-art) - [2022 — Generative Art and the Decentralization of Creativity — Right Click Save](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/generative-art-and-the-decentralization-of-creativity) [All my writing, interviews and podcast at Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/peter-bauman) ## The Generative Art Timeline A chronology of systems and technology art, from 71,000 BCE to today, with playable reconstructions of early machines and programs. [Open the Timeline](https://timeline.lerandom.art/) [*Fast Company* on the Living Timeline](https://www.fastcompany.com/91619904/this-cool-interactive-visual-says-generative-art-began-in-a-cave), 13 October 2026. Also printed as [a Timeline poster with Bright Moments for Tokyo (PDF)](https://gallery-lr.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/GenArt_Timeline_poster.pdf). ≈1,160 dated moments as of November 2026. Written by Peter Bauman, published by Le Random. ## Curating ### 2027 - 15 Jan — Jasia Reichardt: AI Then & Now — Co-curator, with Alex Estorick, of the exhibition conceived by Jasia Reichardt. Gazelli Art House, London. ## Talks and panels ### 2026 - 5 Jun — [Dmitri Cherniak: Ringers then and Ringers now](https://luma.com/qgzomv9r) — In conversation with Dmitri Cherniak. NFC Summit 2026, Unicorn Factory Lisboa (event page). - May — [New York Frieze Week](https://www.lerandom.art/episodes/new-york-frieze-week-michael-connor-regina-harsanyi-and-karyn-nakamura) — Host, with Michael Connor, Regina Harsanyi and Karyn Nakamura. Le Random podcast (episode and transcript). - May — [Strange Rules and Protocol Art at the Venice Biennale](https://www.lerandom.art/episodes/strange-rules-and-protocol-art-at-the-venice-biennale) — Host, with Trevor Paglen and Primavera De Filippi. Le Random podcast (episode and transcript). ### 2025 - 20 Jun — [Responding to Deep Learning](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usJQP3OSy0U) — Host. A Le Random live panel (video). - NFC 2025 — [The History of Neural Networks in Creative Expression](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcyYENa0dV4) — Talk. Non Fungible Conference, Lisbon (video). - Panel — [William Mapan in conversation with Peter Bauman, Julia Greenway and Leyla Fakhr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjg1eoLnohA) — Video. ### 2024 - 25–27 Oct — [YCAM InterLab Camp vol. 5](https://www.ycam.jp/archive/profile/peter-bauman/) — Speaker. Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan. - 12 Oct — [FEMGEN: Expanding the Art World with New Digital Practices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SyYBFvtU3M) — Moderator. V&A, London ([V&A event page](https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/aKJWbELqpo/femg3n-expanding-the-art-world-12-october-2024)). - Jul — [Generative Art Summit, Berlin](https://art-meets-science.io/en/generative-art-summit-berlin-peter-bauman/) — Guest of honor, Akademie der Künste. [Statement (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=778q1zzSnLU) and [summit talk with Dr. Susanne Paech and thefunnyguys (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JutUqM1u-C0). - NFC 2024 — [The 70,000 Year History of Generative Art](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_AL-menAp4) — Talk. Non Fungible Conference, Lisbon (video). ## Juries and boards - Current — [Verse curatorial board](https://verse.works/board) — Member of Verse’s curatorial board. - 2-year term — [ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award Committee](https://www.siggraph.org/committees/awards-committee/#art-award-committee) — Committee member for SIGGRAPH’s lifetime achievement award for artists. - 2025 — [SOLO AI ’25 Award](https://onkaos.com/cezar-mocan-solo-ai/) — International jury, with Pita Arreola, Rachel Falconer, Alex Estorick and Elena Carbajal. - Jury — Lumen Prize — Jury. ## Podcast and video 46 episodes as of 13 November 2026. - [All episodes at Le Random](https://www.lerandom.art/podcast) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@LeRandomArt) - [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/7lvzpOUPrMWQQlQhie8rGI) - [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/le-random/id1726153340) - Series — [Deep Learning Series 01: Tom White and Gene Kogan on the Birth of GAN Art](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB9U3R-X-mk) - Series — [Digital Curators Series 03: Val Ravaglia on Displaying the Digital](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXU1TnTS1gA) - Panel — [Art & Code in the 2000s, with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer and Golan Levin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQwaxro5-Us) ## Press about Peter Bauman - 13 Oct 2026 — [This cool interactive visual argues that generative art began in a cave](https://www.fastcompany.com/91619904/this-cool-interactive-visual-says-generative-art-began-in-a-cave) — Jesus Diaz, *Fast Company*. A feature on the Generative Art Timeline. - 13 Oct 2026 — [Esta cronología histórica afirma que el arte generativo comenzó en una cueva hace 73.000 años](https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/novaceno/2026-10-13/l-arte-generativo-comenzo-en-una-cueva-hace-73-000-anos_4442057/) — Jesús Díaz, *El Confidencial*. The Generative Art Timeline, in Spanish. - 25 Aug 2026 — [Setting the Terms](https://outlandart.substack.com/p/setting-the-terms) — Brian Droitcour, *Outland*. - 1 Jan 2026 — [A–Z of Digital Art 2026](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/a-z-of-digital-art-2026-art-and-technology-a-to-z) — *Right Click Save*. - Dec 2025 — [Review of the Generative Art Summit](https://leonardo.info/review/2025/01/review-of-the-generative-art-summit-from-camera-to-artificial-intelligence-1954-2024) — Catherine Mason, *Leonardo* (MIT Press), vol. 58 no. 6. - 4 Mar 2025 — [Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/04/semi-autonomous-artificial-intelligence-artists-exhibitions-auctions) — Louis Jebb, *The Art Newspaper*. Quotes Peter Bauman. - 27 Nov 2023 — [收藏就是創造：生成數位生成藝術史的Le Random](https://artouch.com/artouch-column/yszhang-column/content-125466.html) — 張寶成 (Chang Pao-cheng), *ARTouch*, Taiwan. On his “Demystifying Generative Art” framework, in Chinese. ### Interviews - 10 Oct 2023 — [In conversation with Peter Bauman](https://www.gorillasun.de/blog/in-conversation-with-peter-bauman-demystifying-monk-antony/) — Ahmad Moussa, Gorilla Sun. - 1 Jun 2023 — [Telling the Story of Generative Art](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/waitingtobesigned/episodes/Telling-the-Story-of-Generative-Art-Interview-with-MonkAntony-e254gc0) — *Waiting To Be Signed* podcast. ## Contact and links - [Email — peter@lerandom.art](mailto:peter@lerandom.art) - [X — @monkantony_tez](https://x.com/monkantony_tez) - [Instagram — @monkantony](https://instagram.com/monkantony) - [Le Random — all 129 pieces](https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/peter-bauman) Play this site: [Flight](https://peterbauman.art/play/flight/index.html), [Adventure](https://peterbauman.art/play/adventure/index.html)