Episode 12: Alida Sun and Computer

Episode 16: Vuk Cosic and Computer

In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Vuk Cosic a retired net.artist and ASCII artist. He is best known as an internet art pioneer and author of numerous net.art projects. Outside of net.art he is active in the fields of literature, politics and media archaeology.   Episode cover made by Lonni Omarii. Music by Ana-Maria Margarit.

Episode 15: Erin Robinson and Computer

In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Erin Robinson, an award-winning, internationally recognised computational artist and researcher. Erin’s work explores authenticity, existence, and digital subjectivity by blurring the lines between organic and synthetic, reality and simulation, self and other. Listen to this episode to learn more about web scrapers, deepfakes and self-built dataset in artistic practice. Episode cover made by Lonni Omarii. Music by On Daydreaming Leave.

Episode 14: Fromm Studio and Computer

In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Fromm, a British 3D studio by Vince Ibay and Jess Miller with a unique aesthetic inspired by Staffordshire figures. Since founding the studio in 2022 they have worked on a broad range of commissions, from music videos and advertisements to illustrations for billboards, magazines and social media. Listen to this episode to learn more about 3D scanning and Blender. Episode cover made by Lonni Omarii. Music by On Daydreaming Leave.

Episode 13: Dane Sutherland and Computer

In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Dane Sutherland, the creator and curator behind Most Dismal Swamp, a multimedia project rooted in “acid pessimism” and hyperreal collaboration. Based in London, Dane’s work unfolds as a modular, hallucinatory biome: a dense, collaborative ecosystem of installations and online worlds that he describes as Multi-User Shared Hallucinations.   Episode cover made by Lonni Omarii. Music by Nadezhda Khalid.

Episode 12: Alida Sun and Computer

In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Alida Sun, a generative artist and intersectional futurist based in Berlin and New York. We discuss some differences between the mainstream artworld and the coding communities, what it means to be an activist and how to dismantle both tech’s barriers and the oppressive nature of the companies that dominate them through actively working with Free and Open Source Software and advocating for more people to get involved in these practices.   Episode cover made by Lonni Omarii. Music by Anaya Maheshwari.