Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1974
Art et Informatique by Maison de la Culture d’Angers
The festival featured work by some of the leading computer graphics and photography artists of the time including: Vera Molnar, Hein Gravenhorst, Herbert W. Franke, Manfred Mohr, Gottfried Jager, Frieder Nake and Georg Nees.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- Franke, Herbert W. Computer Graphics, Computer Art. 2nd rev. ed. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1985.
People
Frieder Nake, Georg Nees, Gottfried Jäger, Hein Gravenhorst, Herbert W. Franke, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnár
Movements
computer art, generative art, generative photography
Filed under
- Ideas
- generative art, photography
- Technologies
- computer art, computer graphics, generative photography
- People
- Frieder Nake, Georg Nees, Gottfried Jäger, Hein Gravenhorst, Herbert W. Franke, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnár
- Exhibitions
- Art et Informatique
- Organisations
- Maison de la Culture d'Angers
- Places
- Angers, France
Echoes across time
Le Random editorials
- Gottfried Jäger on a New Kind of Being, Anika Meier, March 2, 2026
- Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles, Peter Bauman, July 10, 2024
Le Random podcast
- Interview with Frieder Nake — listen with transcript on Le Random (16 Jul 2024, 41 min). Featuring Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Jan 2024, 65 min). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify