Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 8: Tooling Era (2000s)
2006
16 Études sur les origines de Blum by Vera Molnár

The grande dame herself, Vera Molnár, ventured into the literary domain with an unlikely commissioned tribute to James Joyce’s Ulysses. Commissioned in 2006 by Leo Kanders in Zurich, Molnár’s tribute involved sixteen studies that resonated with the intricate layering of language seen in Ulysses, reflecting Joyce’s knack for infusing words with dense, enigmatic qualities. The work demonstrates Molnár’s continued activity into the new millennium.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
James Joyce, Leo Kanders, Vera Molnár
Movements
Computer Text, generative art
Filed under
- Ideas
- Computer Text, generative art, language, literature
- People
- James Joyce, Leo Kanders, Vera Molnár
- Works
- 16 Études sur les origines de Blum, Ulysses
- Places
- Zurich
Echoes across time
- 1959 · Theo Lutz produces Stochastic Texts
- 1978 · The Third Mind by Beat Writer William Burroughs
- 1440 · Johannes Gutenberg’s Printing Press
Le Random editorials
- Molnár's Paris, Peter Bauman, February 26, 2024
- Let the Barbarians In, Peter Bauman, June 24, 2026
- Living Aesthetics: A Grammar of Protocol Art and Worldbuilding, Primavera De Filippi & Peter Bauman, August 24, 2026
- Hans Ulrich Obrist on Exhibitions as Living Organisms, Peter Bauman, September 1, 2025
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 1—Pre-Modern Era with Marius Watz — listen with transcript on Le Random (06 Jul 2023, 46 min). Transcript mentions Vera Molnár. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 2—Modern Era with Kate Vass — listen with transcript on Le Random (20 Jul 2023, 58 min). Transcript mentions Vera Molnár. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Transcript mentions Vera Molnár. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 8—Tooling Era (2000s) with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer & Golan Levin — listen with transcript on Le Random (15 May 2024, 64 min). Chapter 8’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify