26: "Infinite Images" in Conversation—Erick Calderon, Sofia Crespo & Tyler Hobbs

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In this Le Random podcast, special Exhibition Discussion edition, Peter Bauman (Monk Antony, Le Random's editor in chief) speaks to three exhibiting artists of Infinite Images at the Toledo Museum of Art (lerandom.art/subjects/toledo-museum-of-art).

Those artists are Erick Calderon (Snowfro) (lerandom.art/subjects/erick-calderon), founder of Art Blocks (lerandom.art/subjects/art-blocks), Sofia Crespo (lerandom.art/subjects/sofia-crespo) from Entangled Others (lerandom.art/subjects/entangled-others) and Tyler Hobbs (lerandom.art/subjects/tyler-hobbs).

Also in this episode: Anni Albers (lerandom.art/subjects/anni-albers), Chromie Squiggle (lerandom.art/subjects/chromie-squiggle), Feileacan McCormick (lerandom.art/subjects/feileacan-mccormick), Electric Dreams (lerandom.art/subjects/electric-dreams), LACMA (lerandom.art/subjects/lacma), Max Bill (lerandom.art/subjects/max-bill), QQL (lerandom.art/subjects/qql), Andrej Karpathy (lerandom.art/subjects/andrej-karpathy), Anna Ridler (lerandom.art/subjects/anna-ridler), Art Basel (lerandom.art/subjects/art-basel)

Read next: Snowfro and Ciphrd on a Symbiotic Relationship (lerandom.art/editorial/snowfro-and-ciphrd-on-a…), Tyler Hobbs on Algorithmic Aesthetics (lerandom.art/editorial/tyler-hobbs-on-algorith…)

Listen next: Ep. 14, Timeline Ch 10—On-Chain Era (2020s) with Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Itzel Yard & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-10-on-c…), Ep. 34, Anna Ridler & Sofia Crespo—The Natural History of Machine Learning with Peter Bauman (Deep Learning Series 03) (lerandom.art/episodes/anna-ridler-and-sofia-cr…)

On the Living Timeline: Chromie Squiggle by Snowfro (2020) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/chromie-squiggle-by-sn…), Tyler Hobbs Starts Writing About Generative Art (2014) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/tyler-hobbs-starts-wri…), Progress by Tyler Hobbs at Galerîa dos Topos Léon, Mexico (2018) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/progress-by-tyler-hobb…)

Chapters 📖:
00:00 Introduction
01:20 What stood out in the exhibition?
02:24 How broad is generativity?
07:43 Which histories influence them?
10:39 How do they reach new audiences?
14:11 How do they collaborate?
17:06 Figuration or abstraction?
19:36 Where do generative systems meet AI?
27:02 How are software and art evolving?
34:42 How real is institutional interest?
38:23 How to navigate US funding cuts?
40:26 How do we engage new audiences?