Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1971
Art et ordinateur by Abraham Moles and Marie-Luce André
Abraham Moles and Marie-Luce André publish the book “Art et ordinateur,” an important work in the field of computational aesthetics that synthesizes the work of Claude Shannon’s theories into the work of cybernetics.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Abraham Moles, Claude Shannon, Marie-Luce André
Movements
computer art, information aesthetics
Filed under
- Ideas
- aesthetics
- Technologies
- Claude, cybernetics, information theory
- People
- Abraham Moles, Claude Shannon, Marie-Luce André
- Works
- Abraham
- Exhibitions
- Art et Ordinateur
Echoes across time
- 1948 · Claude Shannon Develops Information Theory with A Mathematical Theory of Communication
- 1958 · Theorie de l’information et perception esthetique (Information Theory and Esthetic Perception) by Abraham A. Moles
- 1954 · Max Bense Begins Publishing Aesthetica
Le Random editorials
- Mario Klingemann & A.I.C.C.A. on Alien Perspective, Peter Bauman, March 10, 2025
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll — listen with transcript on Le Random (07 Sep 2023, 60 min). Transcript mentions Abraham Moles. 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