Editorials

Curator, gallerist and co-founder of Basel Social Club, Robbie Fitzpatrick spoke with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the anti-fair’s founding and its newly announced offshoot, Tokyo Jazz Club.

Jared Madere and fairybaby, co-founders of VVV, speak with Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) about the artist-led platform's origin and philosophy, as well as "Rare Weitsmans," its first official release.

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) through 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.