The best Creative Technology newsletters

A weekly roundup of noteworthy projects, papers and tools in creative coding, generative art and AI. Each issue explains a few new works in some technical detail, such as speech synthesis models, particle simulations and constraint-based puzzle generation.

Critical Playground is an independent online publication about creative technology and culture, sending a weekly newsletter on forces shaping contemporary creative practice such as AI infrastructures and platform power. Recent issues offer essay-length criticism on media art history, the ethics and staging of an art project involving dark-web purchases, and computational media in India.

A curated newsletter featuring interviews with artists and creators working across physical and digital media, with each issue built around a theme such as lighting or domes. Issues open with a reflective letter from the curators followed by an in-depth conversation with the featured artist.

A studio's project write-ups covering immersive light, sound and interactive installations for festivals, museums and public events. Each issue describes the concept, design choices and technical setup of a specific installation.

Z-Space News is the newsletter of Z-Space, a Vancouver media arts society, covering member studio updates, community projects and local TouchDesigner meetups. Readers get event announcements and short notes on creative and technical work happening in the community.

A weekly curated roundup of AI experiments and tool links, mostly tweets the author bookmarked, with brief commentary on generative video, music, games and odd new applications. It mainly tells readers what interesting AI demos appeared recently rather than offering deep analysis.

A sound and interaction design studio's newsletter announcing releases and projects, such as the Transmission Control Protocol LP made over a networked lockdown-era improvisation. Issues are mostly promotional announcements and credits, with little original analysis or practical detail.

A personal blog from an audio-visual installation artist covering current projects, postdigital lutherie studies and reflections on creative technology. Readers get updates on immersive sound and visual work plus opinion on issues like artist-owned music platforms.