Editorials

Curator and researcher Marlene Wenger, Head of Programme at HEK Basel, co-curated New Rituals for the End of the World with Anan Fries. Wenger speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about ritual as transformational technology, bringing back Magic in Federico Campagna's sense, and art's role in finding loopholes as the world ends. New Rituals is on view at Haus der Elektronischen Künste (HEK) until August 9, 2026.

Artist and writer Kevin Esherick reflects on his experience at the AI Psychosis Summit. And what was that? It was a community gathering celebrating AI-made projects and arising out of a social circle that straddles downtown New York and the internet.

Eva and Franco Mattes speak with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the evolution of digital culture through their exhibition Rage Bait, which examined how internet platforms prioritize engagement through outrage. Upon the show’s closing, the artists reflect on their shift from imagining what the internet could be to confronting what it has become, a “mega Eliza", algorithmically optimized to provoke our darkest impulses. Below is the video interview created by Silvia Dal Dosso with music by Pietro, as well as the full interview text.

Memo Akten is a multidisciplinary artist and computer scientist, critically examining emerging technologies. He spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about conducting rather than curating AI, why it's the design he loves and not the code, and how we are not living beings on Earth but extensions of it.

Artist Justin Aversano speaks with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about a creative practice built on discipline, systems, lenses, people and technology. They discuss how Aversano’s strict self-imposed rules transform the act of creation into a spiritual ritual. They speak on the occasion of the artist’s solo exhibition, Moments of the Unknown, on view at Nguyen Wahed in New York from June 10 to July 11, 2026, curated by Marlene Corbun.

Ruby Justice Thelot describes the emergence of machinic taste, a phenomenon where digital content is increasingly shaped by non-human preferences rather than human desire.