# Peter Bauman

> Peter Bauman is an arts writer and the editor in chief of Le Random, 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 and hosts the Le Random podcast. He also writes as Monk Antony.

- Official site: https://peterbauman.art/
- This page as Markdown: https://peterbauman.art/index.md
- Structured data (schema.org JSON-LD): https://peterbauman.art/peter-bauman.jsonld
- Everything he has written at Le Random: https://www.lerandom.art/subjects/peter-bauman
- Role: Editor in Chief, Le Random (https://www.lerandom.art)

## Work

- [The Generative Art Timeline](https://timeline.lerandom.art/): a chronology of systems and technology art, from 71,000 BCE to today, with playable reconstructions of early machines and programs. About 1,160 dated moments as of November 2026. Written by Peter Bauman, published by Le Random.
- [The Le Random podcast on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@LeRandomArt) and [on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/7lvzpOUPrMWQQlQhie8rGI): 46 episodes as of 13 November 2026, hosted by Peter Bauman.

## Selected writing

- [The People Are in the Computer, Part I](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/the-people-are-in-the-computer--part-i), Le Random, 2026
- [Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as 'builders', 'breakers' or both at once](https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/11/why-artificial-intelligence-artists-can-be-seen-as-builders-breakersor-both-at-once), The Art Newspaper, 2025
- [Hito Steyerl on How It Uses Us](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/hito-steyerl-on-how-it-uses-us), Le Random, 2025
- [Christiane Paul on Defining AI Art](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/christiane-paul-on-defining-ai-art), Le Random, 2025
- [Hans Ulrich Obrist on Exhibitions as Living Organisms](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/hans-ulrich-obrist-on-exhibitions-as-living-organisms), Le Random, 2025
- [Frieder Nake on "Machinic" Miracles](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/frieder-nake-on-machinic-miracles), Le Random, 2024
- [Demystifying Generative Art](https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/demystifying-generative-art), Le Random, 2023
- [Generative Art and the Decentralization of Creativity](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/generative-art-and-the-decentralization-of-creativity), Right Click Save, 2022

## Press

- [Fast Company on the Generative Art Timeline](https://www.fastcompany.com/91619904/this-cool-interactive-visual-says-generative-art-began-in-a-cave), Jesus Diaz, 13 October 2026
- [El Confidencial on the Generative Art Timeline (Spanish)](https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/novaceno/2026-10-13/l-arte-generativo-comenzo-en-una-cueva-hace-73-000-anos_4442057/), Jesús Díaz, 13 October 2026
- [Outland, "Setting the Terms"](https://outlandart.substack.com/p/setting-the-terms), Brian Droitcour, 25 August 2026
- [Right Click Save, "A-Z of Digital Art 2026"](https://www.rightclicksave.com/article/a-z-of-digital-art-2026-art-and-technology-a-to-z), 1 January 2026
- [Leonardo (MIT Press), 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, December 2025
- [The Art Newspaper, "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, 4 March 2025
- [Gorilla Sun, "In conversation with Peter Bauman"](https://www.gorillasun.de/blog/in-conversation-with-peter-bauman-demystifying-monk-antony/), Ahmad Moussa, 10 October 2023

## Contact and profiles

- Email: peter@lerandom.art
- X: https://x.com/monkantony_tez
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/monkantony
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/monkantony.bsky.social
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141331090