Peckham Digital: Artist and Computer
Beatrice Taylor Searle
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About This Podcast
Peckham Digital: Artist and Computer is a podcast exploring the evolving relationship between artists and technology. Inspired by Ruth Leavitt’s ground-breaking 1976 anthology Artist and Computer, the series revisits the original ten questions posed to early computer artists — asking a new generation how and why they use computers in their creative practice, what role technology plays in their work, and how they imagine its impact on the future of art.
Each episode invites a contemporary artist or creative technologist to reflect on their practice and share how computers shape their ideas, methods, and creative outcomes. From coding and AI to performance, digital culture, and beyond, the series offers an intimate look at the ways technology continues to transform artmaking — and how artists, in turn, shape the digital futures we all inhabit.
Produced by Peckham Digital, a not-for-profit dedicated to widening access to creative technology, Peckham Digital: Artist and Computer is both a li...
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Recent Episodes
Episode 17: Helen Knowles and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Helen Knowles, a multimedia artist and curator whose work is collaborative and thematically wide-reaching, exploring subjects from…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Episode 11: V Buckenham and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with V Buckenham, an artist, game designer, creative technologist, and curator. Three years ago, she created Downpour, a tool…
Episode 10: Identity2.0 and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Arda Awais, one half of Identity2.0, a creative studio imaging better digital futures. Reminisce creating works of art on…
Episode 9: Compiler and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Tanya Boyarkina and Oscar Cass-Darweish, a collective for digital art, curation, and critical technical practice,…
Episode 8: Licia He and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Licia He, a generative artist and a human-computer interaction researcher dedicated to creating artistic expressions through…
Episode 7: Olia Lialina and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Olia Lialina, a visionary internet artist and theorist who has shaped how we think about art on the web. In this episode discover…
Episode 6: Jade Pughe and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, Bea Taylor Searle talks to Jade Pughe, a creative technologist whose practice sits at the intersection of design, technology, and social impact. Learn about…
Episode 5: Tigris Li and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks to Tigris Li, an artist and creative technologist whose work reimagines technology as a catalyst for meaningful human connection.…
Episode 4: Freddie Hong and Computer
In this episode, Bea Taylor Searle and Freddie Hong explore how computers fundamentally reshape the way artists and designers approach creative practice. Freddie reflects on how computational systems…
Episode 3: Nina Davies and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Nina Davies, a Canadian-British artist whose work explores the present moment through the lens of dance in popular culture.…
Episode 2: Ahnjili Zhuparris and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Ahnjili Zhuparris, an AI engineer, artist, and science communicator whose work explores the intersections of data, AI, and…
Episode 1: Maya Man and Computer
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with artist Maya Man, whose work explores how identity, femininity, and authenticity are performed and perceived online. Through…
Episode 0: Introduction to Artist and Computer with Catherine Mason
In this episode of Artist and Computer, host Bea Taylor Searle speaks with Catherine Mason — an art historian, curator, and writer specialising in the history of digital and computer art. Catherine…
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Peckham Digital: Artist and Computer has published 18 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Arts, Technology.
Peckham Digital: Artist and Computer is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 36m.
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