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Mathias Isaksen: links

Selected sources trace Isaksen's Art Blocks release, earlier systems, critical reception, collaborative work, and recorded interviews.

12 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks records Gumbo as 400 unique artworks released through its Curated program.

Gumbo on Art Blocks collection · 2023

Interviews

Jordan Kantor speaks with Isaksen about his path into generative art and the technical and visual construction of Gumbo.

In Conversation with Mathias Isaksen interview · 2023

The Please Respond project page includes Isaksen's answers about inheriting, transforming, and passing on a shared algorithm.

Please Respond: Mathias Isaksen interview · 2026

Press and criticism

Right Click Save considers Please Respond as an evolving exchange of visual language and code among ten artists.

Generative Art's Exquisite Corpse criticism · 2026

Museums and institutions

Le Random's collection entry situates Gumbo within its collection and explains the series' shader and ray-marching methods.

Gumbo in the Le Random collection collection · 2023

Galleries and exhibitions

The Please Respond presale page outlines the ten-artist sequential format in which Isaksen participated.

Please Respond overview project · 2026

Essays, talks and podcasts

The gm.studio presentation of Factura contains Isaksen's account of recursive cutting and the project's development.

A brief history of cuts artist essay · 2022

Auctions and catalogues

OpenSea's collection record independently documents Gumbo's 400-work edition and July 2023 launch.

Gumbo marketplace record catalogue · 2023

Profiles and archives

Raster aggregates Mathias Isaksen's tokenized works across platforms.

Raster profile · ongoing

Art Blocks summarizes Isaksen's education, Oslo base, artistic approach, and projects.

Mathias Isaksen profile · 2023

Zancan's series archive records Isaksen's contribution within the ten-part Please Respond project.

Please Respond 01.03 archive · 2026

Video

A filmed interview follows Isaksen's transformation of inherited code from a flat grid into a three-dimensional scene.

Please Respond 3: Mathias Isaksen video · 2026

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