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45: AI Psychosis Summit—Macy Gettles, Quasimatt and Kevin Esherick with Peter Bauman
In this episode, host Peter Bauman (Le Random's editor in chief) speaks with Macy Gettles, Quasimatt and Kevin Esherick about the community around the AI Psychosis Summit that took place in Downtown NYC, April 30, 2026.
They cover the origins of the community, from a memey, joke tweet to a packed Chinatown DIY community gathering. It's a scene where devs make art and artists ship products, where the point is the community rather than any individual art object. They also discuss managing AI euphoria with backlash, slop discourse and whether New York is over as Josh Kline's October article suggested.
Read Kevin's Monday Editorial with us, What Was the AI Psychosis Summit?? (lerandom.art/editorial/what-was-the-ai-psychosis-summit)
Chapters 📖:
00:00 What was the AI Psychosis Summit?
05:04 How AI showed up in the work
11:30 Facing the anti-AI backlash
16:58 Cottagecore, aesthetics and slop
25:08 The image in 2026. Process vs. concept
28:03 AI psychosis, defined
36:36 Founding myth: a joke tweet
38:23 The Kline essay: is New York art over?
46:50 Scene tech and the Shake app
53:07 'What's next' and where to find everyone
29 May 2026
44: Figure31—Discussing and Demonstrating DEL with Peter Bauman
In this special video episode, host Peter Bauman (Le Random's editor in chief) speaks with artist Loucas Braconnier (Figure31 (https://x.com/figure31)). They discuss DEL (https://del.figure31.com/), a two-year project that began life as a terminal-based C application with a "Grim Reaper" persona before becoming a browser-native work. It consists of globular "bodies for the Ethereum network" rendered in real time as ASCII art.
They go over Braconnier's path into blockchain art and his attraction to work that evolves over time, the discipline of building for longevity, and a wider conversation about how AI and new tools shift the artist's focus from technical skill toward conceptual intent. In the second half, Braconnier gives a live demo of the work and a visual walk-through, showing how its entities express network data through behaviors like twirling, meditating, or trying to escape the viewport.
Monday's Editorial: Jakob Kudsk Steensen on Non-Human Pathways (https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/jakob-kudsk-steensen-on-non-human-pathways)
Chapters 📖
00:00 — Introduction: meet Loucas Braconnier (Figure31) and the work01:02 — Finding blockchain: the spark that drew him to Ethereum03:02 — Why blockchain: what it brings to art that evolves over time05:30 — Sculpture Garden & "Traveler": protocol art and the contract's inner space09:38 — How DEL relates: dialogue with and departure from his earlier work15:19 — On-chain & longevity: immutability, repairability, committing to the future18:22 — Two years of work: from a terminal "Grim Reaper" agent to the browser22:07 — Bodies for Ethereum: liveliness, behaviors, giving voice to the network25:53 — Live demo: walking through the main collection28:58 — Reading behavior: behavior modes and the 3D object behind the ASCII30:41 — Browser as space: native viewing, reproduction, and the original34:35 — The data readouts: exposing configuration, logs, and block hashes40:10 — Owner tuning: editing parameters and giving away control44:57 — Custom sites: bespoke builds over marketplace platforms51:00 — AI and making: technical skill versus conceptual intent56:02 — Closing: final reflections and what comes next
12 May 2026
43: New York Frieze Week—Michael Connor, Regina Harsanyi & Karyn Nakamura with Peter Bauman
In this episode, host Peter Bauman (Le Random's editor in chief) speaks with Regina Harsanyi (Associate Curator of Media Arts at the Museum of the Moving Image), Michael Connor, Executive Director of Rhizome, and artist Karyn Nakamura about Frieze Week in New York.
In particular the discussion focuses on the week's programs on May 16th, with Rhizome's 7 on 7 at New Museum, as well as MoMI's Open Worlds (https://movingimage.org/series/open-worlds-2026/): An Afternoon of Digital Art Encounters.
They cover an anatomy of Frieze Week itself, (art fair, satellite fairs, Whitney Biennial, and all) before zeroing in on what each guest is bringing to the table. Connor traces the sixteen-year arc of 7x7, this year organized around the theme of "Containment." Nakamura discusses her own 7x7 project with Lucas Gelfond, which probes the geometry of meaning inside language models and the possibilities of interpretability research as artistic material. Harsanyi walks through the museum programming in depth.
See our "New York Digital Art Guide" (https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/new-york-city-digital-art-guide)
Monday's Editorial this week is an essay by Bauman on the relationship between protocol art and worldbuilding: The Cerebral Samba (https://www.lerandom.art/editorial/the-cerebral-samba-protocol-art-worldbuilding-our-two-brains)
Chapters 📖:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:18 Frieze Week: What It Is and Why It Matters
00:07:20 The Saturday Battle Royale: 7x7 vs. MoMI
00:08:52 7x7: The Commons Residency and the "Containment" Theme
00:13:11 Karyn Nakamura: Interpretability as Artistic Material
00:16:19 MoMI x Tezos: Digital Materiality and the Fellowship
00:18:38 Edgar Fabian Frias and the Nureyka Performance
00:20:17 Travess Smalley's Pixel Rug Book and OONA
00:23:52 The Artist/Technologist Binary
00:35:20 Corporate Sponsorship and Artistic Subversion
00:38:27 The Josh Kline Essay: Real Estate and Art Quality
00:42:10 Rhea Meyers & Linda Dounia collaboration
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