Generative artist Tyler Hobbs creates his canvases line-by-line in a text editor, then presses ‘run’ to watch the code produce a unique image. The results — futuristic yet strangely soulful — have won collectors and critics alike.

In this episode we explore how Tyler blends randomness with precision, why he ships each print with the very algorithm that made it, and what generative art might reveal about the future of creativity.

‘When I surrender control to the programme, it surprises me — and that surprise is where the art lives,’ Tyler says. Listen below (or on your favourite app) to hear how he turns code into colour.

Tyler is a leading voice in generative art, a discipline that uses algorithms to produce images. Collectors buy single-edition prints — each accompanied by the code that generated it — and his essays on process have become required reading for artists and programmers alike.

Explore and collect Tyler’s generative artworks — and read his essays — at TylerXHobbs.com.

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