UNLOCKED
Episodes
Augmented Reality and Digital Permanence with Rob McCarty
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we speak with Rob McCarty about augmented reality as a new layer of artistic expression. We explore how digital works anc...
Building new protocols for digital art with Elena Carbajal
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we speak with Elena Carbajal from Onkaos (Solo Contemporary) in Madrid, a platform working at the intersection of digital...
Public Digital Art, Asia, and Collecting with Noriaki Nakata
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we speak with Noriaki Nakata about the development of digital art across Japan and Asia, and the ways context, public spa...
Photography at a turning point with Alejandro Cartagena
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we speak with Mexican photographer and artist Alejandro Cartagena about the evolution of photography, from analog to digi...
When Art Meets Liquidity — The Gondi Story
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we sit down with the two founders of Gondi, a platform helping collectors access liquidity against digital art — and he...
Sculpting the digital and the physical with Auriea Harvey
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, we talk with digital art pioneer and sculptor Auriea Harvey to explore her extraordinary journey from early net art and v...
Where Art Becomes Experience with Ulrich Schrauth
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ulrich Schrauth joins Unlocked to explore how digital art becomes a lived experience. From his theatre background to curating the UBS Digital Art Muse...
A new model for supporting digital artists with Sofia Garcia
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into the evolution of generative art with curator and entrepreneur Sofia Garcia, founder of ArtXCode. From her unexpected path into creati...
Building Worlds with Sébastien Borget
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of The Sandbox, Sébastien Borget shares his journey from gaming to collecting, and how digital worlds are reshaping art. From the origins ...
Digital Realities with Marlene Wenger
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curator Marlene Wenger shares her journey from traditional art spaces to leading the House of Electronic Arts (HEK) in Basel. In this conversation, sh...
Playing with Power with Cezar Mocan
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unlocked, artist Cezar Mocan explores how digital art can dissect systems of control. Speaking with Delfina Sena, he unpacks the po...
On-Chain Storytelling with Josie Bellini
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From financial analyst to crypto artist and worldbuilder, Josie Bellini has helped shape the NFT space from its earliest days. In this episode, she sh...
Reinventing the gallery model with OFFICE IMPART
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At OFFICE IMPART, Anne Schwanz and Johanna Neuschäffer propose a new vision for what a gallery can be today: a flexible, hybrid model that prioritize...
Curating, Mediating and Caring with Marlene Corbun
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curator and advisor Marlene Corbun shares what it means to act as a true mediator in today’s art world - guiding artists in the creative process, ed...
Crafting Futures with Erin Saluti
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Collector, entrepreneur, and maker Erin Saluti shares her unique journey across the worlds of historical preservation, crypto art, and contemporary de...
Feeling Machines with Rudolfo Quintas
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Rudolfo Quintas, technology and emotions are inseparable. Working in his Lisbon-based studio with neuroscientists, psychologists, perfumers, chore...
Curating with Purpose with Gonzalo Herrero Delicado
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curator of Art Dubai Digital 2025, Gonzalo Herrero Delicado joins us to discuss the fourth edition of the fair's sector, which explores how artist...
Slowing Down with Digital Art, with Diane Drubay
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist, curator, and strategist Diane Drubay shares her journey through digital art, sustainability, and emotional scenography. From low-tech exhibiti...
Exhibiting Digital Art with Nina Roehrs
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Roehrs, curator of the digital art sector at Paris Photo 2024, explores how digital art thrives in the attention economy—a world where constant...
Simon Hudson on the machine artist Botto
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans wanting to play God: The machine artist Botto produces 7,000 works a week, challenging traditional notions of authorship, creativity, and agenc...
For Ry David Bradley, the future looks bright
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"You have got to keep a plastic mind," says artist Ry David Bradley in this thought-provoking episode about the future of art. Exploring AI’s mind-b...
The power of (small) texts with Sasha Stiles
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on a lifelong fascination with science and creativity, Sasha Stiles sees both poetry and technology as powerful tools for exploring feelings t...
Generative Art: Capturing the Pulse of Our Times with Daniel Canogar
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For Daniel Canogar, generative art is the medium most in sync with the times we live in—it captures the endless rhythm of information we consume dai...
Exploring AI Bias with Kenza Zouari
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Curator, art collector, and co-founder of MONO—a Tunis-based micro-gallery championing digital art—Kenza Zouari discusses AI's transformative powe...
The connective tissue of love for art with Eli Scheinman
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For Eli Scheinman, building communities is not just about fostering conversations around art—it’s about creating meaningful connections that reson...
Solimán López on using Data and Art to rethink our impact on Earth
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The friction humans create on Earth: that’s one of the obsessions explored by Spanish artist Solimán López, whose groundbreaking projects connect ...
S2E10 - Liaising with hundreds of digital artists with Alice Fry
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Artists Liaison at Unit London, Alice Fry builds bridges between artists and collectors and helps to transform great ideas of the digital realm into p...
S2 E9 - Focusing on the fringes with futurist Jorge Welsh
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Seeking innovation in all its forms, artist and founder Jorge Welsh uses his findings to invest, collect and create in the art and technology worlds. ...
S2 E8 - Salwa Radwi, a 20-something year old woman who has revolutionised Saudi Arabia's culture landscape
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of Nuqtah, the first NFT marketplace in Saudi Arabia, Salwa Radwi is driving the transformation of the country’s new creators’ economy by ...
S2 E7 - Daniel H. Rey, a storyteller between the Arab and Latin American worlds
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He spent his childhood in Paraguay and Europe and his teenage years in Norway and the Emirates. It's not surprising that the themes of "in-be...
S2E6 - Inside the rabbit hole of digital art collecting with Bharat Krymo
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A person-to-person connection is what appealed to Bharat Krymo’s decision to become involved in crypto in 2013. More than ten years later, the immed...
S2E5 - Together, they multiply by 100: the curatorial duo Auronda Scalera and Alfredo Cramerotti
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
She is among the Top 20 inspiring women who manages extensive exhibitions, cultural projects, and art fairs between the UK and the Middle East. He dir...
S2E4 - Aleksandra Art, a sharp observer of digital culture
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
With her, you are always at the right address! Aleksandra Artamonovskaja has a keen eye for identifying, curating, and discussing the role of art in t...
S2E3 - Exploring Dubai's digital art scene with Clemence Cazeau
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Think about an oasis for showcasing digital art: Clemence Cazeau and her team transformed such a dream into reality! The gallery 37xDubai just showcas...
S2E2 - Selo, a collector passionate about AI
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What makes one artist an artist? Can AI create autonomous art? Such questions drive the Botto Project, an engine that creates over 4000 unique images ...
S2E1 - News voices for poetry with Ana María Caballero
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Poem is in the air! Literary artist Ana Maria Caballero brings classical literature to new audiences by incorporating technology to create digital int...
#10 John Karp knows how to do great events
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Around him, no one gets bored. From Paris to Lisbon, John Karp has created some of the most innovative events in the digital art world. Entrepreneur a...
#9 The easiest way to collect digital art with Daniel Lenikus
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Does collecting digital art sound like a distant universe to you? Daniel Lenikus has bought over 500 NFTs in the last four years and will persuade you...
#8 Avatars as a practice of freedom with Martina Menegon
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Avatars don't have body limits or the physical constraints we face daily. If they could be anything, why do these virtual creatures still look a l...
#7 Eleonora Brizi has the best of both art worlds
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eleonora Brizi showed up in Ai Weiwei's studio in Beijing and stayed for over four years as his assistant. In New York, she heard about Crypto Art...
Foreseeing the future with Alice Scope
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Posthumanism? Postgenderism? What do all these 'post' concepts actually mean? In her exhibitions, Alice Scope discusses the future of humans a...
#5 Fanny Lakoubay says everything they don't about the Crypto Space
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We need people like Fanny Lakoubay to demystify the digital space. The Crypto and NFT world has been turned into an almost inaccessible subject, and t...
#4 Ben Elliot, the artist who is a successful brand
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
His first art piece was a huge party - and his following creations were no less surprising! French artist Ben Elliot believes building an artistic car...
#3 Tam Gryn, the curator who very soon understood the digital art world
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tam Gryn is all about developing mind-blowing projects at the intersection between art and other industries. Over the past years, the Venezuelan curat...
#2 Creating new patterns of behaviour in the digital space with Diego Iglesias
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spanish digital creator, designer, and curator Diego Iglesias Gomez runs one-of-a-kind projects linking architecture to digital technologies. In the s...
#1 The madness of generative art with MGXS
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural chapter of Unlocked, our host Pauline Foessel interviews the brilliant Fernando Magalhães aka MGXS, the Lisbon-based visual artist w...