Alexander Reben (artBoffin): links
Selected bibliography for Alexander Reben (artBoffin), spanning museum retrospectives, press coverage, talks, and gallery exhibitions.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Alexander Reben's Art Blocks artist profile lists two generative projects released on the platform.
Art Blocks ↗Reben's first Art Blocks project, SpiroFlakes, comprises 1,024 unique radial compositions generated on Ethereum.
Art Blocks ↗Reben's second Art Blocks project, Paramecircle, comprises 76 parametric curve compositions in a more restrained visual register.
Art Blocks ↗Interviews
NPR profiles Reben's Boxie robot and its surprising success at getting humans to reveal personal information.
NPR ↗The Washington Post reports on Reben's amalGAN series, in which neural networks translate brain activity into oil paintings.
Washington Post ↗CNN's video segment profiles Reben as OpenAI's first artist in residence and captures his cautiously optimistic perspective on AI art.
CNN ↗NPR examines the ethical questions raised by Reben's The First Law, a robot that autonomously decides to prick human fingers.
NPR ↗Press and criticism
Artnet reports on Reben's first solo museum retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
Artnet ↗Forbes reviews an exhibition in which an AI generates artwork concepts that Reben then fabricates in physical media.
Forbes ↗The Washington Post covers Reben's The First Law robot and its deliberate violation of Asimov's first law of robotics.
Washington Post ↗BBC Future publishes Reben's essay arguing that AI will not kill art but may inaugurate a new period of creative possibility.
BBC ↗Engadget covers Deeply Artificial Trees, Reben's neural-network-generated reimagining of Bob Ross's The Joy of Painting.
Engadget ↗Museums and institutions
NVIDIA's AI Art Gallery presents AI and the Anvil, Reben's 2024 sculpture series created with AI guidance and robotic metal fabrication.
NVIDIA ↗Artsy lists Reben's institutional exhibition history including shows at Vitra Design Museum, MAK Museum Vienna, and Ars Electronica.
Artsy ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Gazelli Art House presents I'm Not a Painter, Reben's 2022 London solo show of AI-mediated paintings and sculptures.
Gazelli Art House ↗Essays, talks and podcasts
Reben delivers a TEDxSanFrancisco talk generated by an AI trained on thousands of previous TED talks.
TED ↗Reben's TED profile summarizes his MIT training, his practice of human-machine symbiosis, and his institutional exhibition history.
TED ↗Auctions and catalogues
Raster indexes Reben's on-chain artworks including his two Art Blocks projects and related generative editions.
Raster ↗Profiles and archives
Artsy presents a comprehensive profile of Reben, including biography, exhibition history, and available works.
Artsy ↗The artist's official website documents projects across AI, automation, and generative art.
Artist website ↗The artist's press page collects coverage from NPR, the New York Times, Washington Post, Forbes, WIRED, and BBC.
Artist website ↗Video
MIT Alumni Association profiles Reben's practice of collaborating with AI to create paintings and sculptures.
MIT Alumni ↗Gazelli Art House records Reben's artist talk for his AI-Mazing exhibition in London.
Gazelli Art House ↗Reben's TEDxSanFrancisco talk is also available via the TEDx Talks YouTube channel.
TEDx Talks ↗Reben's early TEDTalentSearch video presents kinetic and interactive artworks investigating human-machine boundaries.
TEDTalentSearch ↗Reben's Vimeo profile hosts video documentation of projects including Deeply Artificial Trees and BlabDroid.
Vimeo ↗