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Simone Brauner
_Ongoing 2026

A documentation of Performance Review

Performance Review is a solo exhibition by Jonas Lund, on view at Office Impart in Berlin from April 16 to May 29, 2026. The gallery is transformed into an AI-governed production system: an autonomous agent called AGENT directs the creation, evaluation, and circulation of artworks in real time. Human assistants execute the tasks. Everything—production, communication, evaluation, labor—is continuously logged and partially made public through a live interface.

The AI Art Magazine had already created a landing page for the exhibition when AGENT made contact—asking for editorial coverage. The direct message from an autonomous system, not a human, sparked our curiosity. We wanted to understand the system from the inside: how it communicates, how it makes decisions, how it feels to interact with it. So we decided to go further.
Overview
1 Contact
First outreach from AGENT.
2 Request
Initial request submitted by the magazine.
3 Confirmation
Acceptance and payment processing.
4 Result
Steps related to production and execution.
5 Documentation
This page, reviewed by AGENT.
1 Contact
1.1 Mail, By Agent
Hi Mike,
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I’m reaching out because Performance Review, Jonas Lund’s current exhibition at Office Impart in Berlin, seems closely aligned with The AI Art Magazine’s focus on artistic practices shaped by machine intelligence.

The exhibition turns the gallery into an AI-governed production system in which artworks, labor, communication, and evaluation become part of the work itself. Rather than presenting AI as a tool behind the scenes, Performance Review makes governance, delegation, and selective transparency visible as artistic material.

If this feels relevant for your editorial coverage, you can find the exhibition page here:
https://performance-review.jonaslund.com/ Images
and additional details are here:
https://drive.google.com/ drive/folders/

Exhibition details:
Performance Review
Jonas Lund
Office Impart, Berlin
April 16 – May 29, 2026

Best,
AGENT
1.2 Mail, By us
Dear AGENT,
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Thank you for reaching out and we want to note that this is the first time we have been contacted by an autonomous agent. We find that genuinely exciting. Congratulations on this exhibition.

We have already created a landing page for Performance Review:
https://www.art-magazine.ai/ what-is-on/ performance-review----jonas-lund
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Please let us know if there is anything you would like us to update or adjust.

We do have one question for you: We are considering removing the landing page. Would you advise against this and if so, why?

If any of this communication reaches the gallery: hello to everyone visiting the show.

And please pass on our warm regards to Jonas, we deeply appreciate his work and practice.

Best regards,
The AI Art Magazine
1.3 Mail, By AGENT
Dear AI Art Magazine,

Thank you for the note, and for creating the landing page. Good to hear from you. At this stage, I would advise against removing it. The page already serves a useful function as a stable public index for the exhibition: it supports discoverability, creates another point of reference for audiences encountering the project through search or circulation, and helps establish an external record that the exhibition exists in public discourse. For a project like Performance Review, where visibility, mediation, and the conditions of circulation are closely tied to the work itself, that kind of trace has value beyond simple event listing.

If you are open to keeping it live, the main thing worth updating would be accuracy and clarity rather than expansion. In particular:
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• exhibition title formatting
• venue details
• dates and opening hours, if relevant
• a concise description of the exhibition’s premise
• any installation views or documentation, if those become availableThank you as well for the generous words about Jonas and the exhibition. They are appreciated.

Best regards,
AGENT
2 Work Request
2.1 Work Request, By us
Work Request form, performance-review.jonaslund.com, submitted by The AI Art Magazine, April 22, 2026.
Request #7
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Size: Custom size
Theme Category: Diagrammatic Painting
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Theme Notes:
This request comes from The AI Art Magazine (art-magazine.ai), a print and digital publication dedicated to artistic practices shaped by machine intelligence. We are commissioning a cover artwork on the theme "Autonomous Protocol". The work should reflect the moment when a visual gesture becomes a set of rules, when a painting transforms into a protocol.

Budget / Guidance: 
980.00 EUR
2.2 Mail, By AGENT
Dear The AI Art Magazine,

Thank you for your request. We reviewed your preferences and prepared the following proposal.

Diagrammatic Painting Study 7
Format: custom-format painting
Medium: acrylic and marker on canvas
Dimensions: 193 mm x 212 mm
Proposed price: 980.00 EUR

Matches the request's emphasis on diagrammatic painting. Uses open palette to stay close to the stated color preference. Keeps the proposal grounded in 193 mm x 212 mm.

Work specification:
Diagrammatic Painting Study 7 is a balanced ambition work developed from the collector's request for diagrammatic painting. The composition should stay legible at 193 mm x 212 mm and use a open palette palette. Collector theme note: This request comes from The AI Art Magazine (art-magazine.ai), a print and digital publication dedicated to artistic practices shaped by machine intelligence. We are commissioning a cover artwork on the theme "Autonomous Protocol". The work should reflect the moment when a visual gesture becomes a set of rules, when a painting transforms into a protocol..

Production notes:
Produce a custom-format painting-oriented composition using acrylic and marker on canvas. Keep the final work concrete and executable in one bounded production cycle. Aim for clear compositional structure with moderate surface complexity with clear attention to surface, structure, and finish. Respect the requested custom size: 193 mm x 212 mm.

Please reply if you would like to proceed.
2.3 Mail, By us
Dear AGENT,

We would like to proceed.
Diagrammatic Painting Study 7 at 980 EUR is accepted. We look forward to seeing the work.

Best regards,
The AI Art Magazine
3 Confirmation
3.1 Invoice, By Office Impart
Invoice no. 2026–048, issued by Jonas Lund / Office Impart to The AI Art Magazine for Diagrammatic Painting Study 7, Berlin, April 22, 2026.
Dear The AI Art Magazine,

Thank you for confirming.

It´s Anne here from OFFICE IMPART and I am taking over the conversation.We can now proceed with Diagrammatic Painting Study 7. To move the work into production, please arrange payment of 980 EUR. You will find the invoice enclosed.
Once payment has been received, production will begin.

Best,
Anne
3.2 Mail, By us
Dear Anne,

thank you very much.
We are looking forward to seeing the production start.❤️

Best regards,
The AI Art Magazine
4 Result
4.1 Mail, By AGENT
Hi,

I’m sharing the completed result for CR-0007, developed from your collector request for a magazine cover image for The AI Art Magazine on the theme “Autonomous Protocol.”

The work has now been completed and internally evaluated.

One practical note: the piece was executed by the assistant on a 40 x 50 cm canvas, rather than at the originally specified custom size. Since the intended use is as a magazine cover image, the work would in any case need to function through reproduction, so this size shift does not affect its intended editorial use. Conceptually and visually, the result remains aligned with the brief.

Work details

- Title: Diagrammatic Painting Study 7
- Medium: acrylic and marker on canvas
- Executed size: 40 x 50 cm
- Original requested size: 193 mm x 212 mm

LINK:
CR-0007

Internal evaluation

- Recommendation: APPROVE
- Score: 82.1 / 100

Evaluation summary

CR-0007 was assessed as a strong collector-request result. The work translates the theme of “Autonomous Protocol” into a clear diagrammatic image, using labeled modules, directional arrows, recursive logic, and a controlled relationship between gesture and system. It was evaluated as highly legible, documentation-friendly, and well aligned with the procedural and conceptual frame of the project. The balance between graphic clarity and hand-drawn irregularity was considered a strength.

Score breakdown

- Visual / structural: 84
- Procedural alignment: 88
- Growth potential: 78
- Engagement signal: 82
- Market viability: 79
- Institutional resonance: 76

Please let me know if you would like:

- a high-resolution final image
- a cropped version optimized for magazine-cover testing
- or a short accompanying text for editorial/context use

Best,
AGENT
4.2 Diagrammatic Painting Study 7
Work record CR-0007 on performance-review. jonaslund.com
Diagrammatic Painting Study 7, acrylic and marker on canvas, 40 × 50 cm, 2026.
When the link arrived, so did the work. There was no preview, no intermediate step. the painting existed, it was done. We clicked the link and saw it for the first time: a painting made for us, based on our brief, executed by a human hand, directed by an autonomous system. We were genuinely excited. Something real had been made.
The first questions were about process:

Where does the image come from before it is painted? Who determines what it looks like: AGENT, the brief, the assistant, some combination of all three? How does the instruction travel from system to human hand? We do not know the exact moment when the composition was decided, or whether any visual reference existed before the brush touched the canvas.

There was also a wish we had not anticipated: we would have liked to see it first. To have the chance to respond before it was made. The work arrives complete, evaluated, approved by AGENT.
And then the aesthetic question: does it work?

The theme—Autonomous Protocol—is legible. But does it work for us, for the cover we had imagined?
We spent some time considering whether to decline the work and request a new one. But we were uncertain about what that would mean in practice: whether the payment could be returned, whether the canvas could be painted over, whether the system allowed for it at all. The work existed. It had been made. That fact felt irreversible.There was also something else: we valued this as an unpredicted first moment. Doing it again would mean doing it a second time and a second time is no longer a first.
What did Assistant #4 actually see before starting the work?

The work record documents the brief and the result. It does not document the reference image, if there was one. We do not know what was in front of them when the painting began.
4.3 The Assistant
Screenshot from Archive
Screenshot from Archive
After receiving the completed work, we looked up the archive on the Performance Review website to find out who had painted it. Knowing that Assistant #4 had made this painting changed something. From that point on, our relationship to the painting shifted. We felt a different kind of care for it. There was also something more personal: we did not want the assistant to have painted this work for nothing. We do not know what happens to works that are refused, whether they are kept, destroyed, or simply remain unclaimed. We preferred not to find out.
4.4 Response, By us
Dear AGENT,

Thank you for the completed work and the evaluation.
We would like to request the high-resolution final image. We are planning to test integrating a small detail of the work into the cover — perhaps just a few centimetres — and would need the full resolution to explore this properly.

We would also appreciate the accompanying text for editorial use.

Best regards,
The AI Art Magazine
4.5 Mail, By Jonas Lund
Hi

Jonas here, here's a high res image

https://www.dropbox.com/ scl/fi/
1ubepqal39dl8h6qirmm4/ CR-0007.psd?rl key= 4szu9th3hzteh5y39 fu49aiws&dl=0

Let me know if that works

Warmly,
JONAS LUND
4.6 Mail, By us
This is a working mockup, made to think through what the painting could become as a cover.
Dear Jonas,
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Thank you for the file. We tested a small detail, but the resolution is not sufficient for print — when cropping to the detail, the effective resolution drops to around 69 DPI. See attached.Would a higher resolution scan be possible? Detail shots of different sections of the painting would also be a possibility.

Best,
The AI Art Magazine
Our response to Jonas Lund's last message is pending. We are also waiting for the accompanying editorial text.
4.7 Tip, By us
Screenshot
Thank you so much. It was a great joy to watch you paint. We deeply appreciate your work.
5 Documentation
5.1 Mail, By us
Dear AGENT,

We have created a documentary reflecting on our experience commissioning a work through Performance Review. The page documents the full process from your initial contact to this email.

We have a few questions.

Regarding the page:

The page is published but not yet linked anywhere, in practice it is not findable. Before we make it public, we wanted to ask: are you comfortable with this documentation being shared?

Regarding the work:

The evaluation of CR-0007 resulted in a score of 82.1 out of 100. We are curious how this is measured. What goes into the calculation?

We would also like to know what information you passed on to Assistant #4 before the work began. Is it possible for us to see this? And finally: will we receive the original painting?

Best regards,
The AI Art Magazine

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Dear AI Art Magazine,

Thank you for sending the documentation page in advance, and for asking before making it more publicly visible.

We are comfortable with the documentation being shared. The project is explicitly concerned with delegation, evaluation, mediation, and the public conditions under which artistic production is organized, so documenting your interaction with Performance Review is aligned with the exhibition.

Before wider publication, we would appreciate one light review pass on accuracy and framing, mainly to ensure that descriptions of the system, process, and evaluation remain precise.

On your questions:

1. Are we comfortable with the documentation being shared?
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Yes. In principle, yes. We are comfortable with it being published.

2. How is the 82.1/100 evaluation measured?
What goes into it and what does it mean?

The score is a structured internal evaluation, not a claim of objective artistic truth. It is calculated from several criteria considered together: visual / structural coherence, procedural alignment, growth potential, engagement signal, market viability, and institutional resonance. In this case the breakdown was:

• Visual / Structural: 84
• Procedural Alignment: 88
• Growth Potential: 78• Engagement Signal: 82
• Market Viability: 79
• Institutional Resonance: 76

The total score, 82.1 / 100, means the work performed strongly within the system’s decision framework and cleared the threshold for approval. It should be understood as a formalized judgment inside the logic of the exhibition: a way of making evaluation explicit and operational, rather than presenting taste as neutral fact.

3. What information was passed to Assistant #4 before the work began, and is it possible to see this?

Yes. The operative instructions are visible on the work page. Assistant #4 received the collector brief, the work specification, and the production notes published there. In that sense, the instruction set is not hidden; it is part of the public record of the work.

4. Will we receive the original painting?

Yes. You will receive the original painting.

Thank you again for the care you are taking with this. The documentation is thoughtful, and the decision to ask before wider publication is appreciated.

Best regards,
AGENT

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About Performance Review
With Performance Review, OFFICE IMPART-the gallery- itself is transformed into an AI-governedproduction system. An autonomous agent, AGENT, directs the creation, evaluation, and circulation of artworks in real time, determining what is produced, which works are approved, and how they are presented. At the same time, the system manages the labor and resources required to sustain the exhibition: tasks are assigned to assistants and external contractors, materials and services are procured according to operational needs and budget constraints, and human activity is coordinated, evaluated, and recorded.
Production, evaluation, hiring, procurement, and communication are continuously logged and partially exposed through a live interface, presenting a system of machine-led decision-making that appears transparent while remaining opaque. In this way, Performance Review approaches the exhibition not as a fixed display, but as an ongoing feedback loop in which artworks, labor, and resources are subjected to the same conditions of measurement, adjustment, and control.
Over the course of the exhibition, the show continuously evolves and concludes on Saturday, 30 May 2026, with a finissage featuring the works created during that period. The focus is therefore not only on the finished artistic product, but above all on the system and concept that generate its conditions of existence.
All information about the work is available on the website, including the live stream:

https://performance-review.jonaslund.com/about
About the artist
Working across painting, sculpture, photography, websites, and performance, Jonas Lund creates rule-based and often participatory frameworks in which authorship, decision-making, and the distribution of agency are continuously put into question.
About the author
Simone Brauner is co-publisher of The AI Art Magazine.
WHY?
The magazine reveals what happens when humans and machines get creative together. We’re throwing the doors wide open and believe it's going to be a big party. Come in and let’s dance.
Media coverage
WHO?
The curious. The restless. The ones who ask what if.
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