Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)

1986

Art ware: Kunst und Elektronik at Messe AG and Siemens AG, Hannover, Germany

Exhibition · Europe

The 1986 art ware: Kunst und Elektronik catalogue photographed in its original plastic carrying case, printed with the exhibition's dates during the Hannover CeBIT fair.
The 1986 art ware: Kunst und Elektronik catalogue photographed in its original plastic carrying case, printed with the exhibition's dates during the Hannover CeBIT fair. Catalogue for art ware: Kunst und Elektronik, an exhibition of the Hannover-Messe and Siemens AG, 11-19 March 1986. Photograph: Stefan Schuelke Fine Books, Cologne.

Premiering in 1986, this exhibition of mostly German electronic artists would continue annually until 1990.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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Electronic Art

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exhibitions
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Electronic Art
Exhibitions
Art ware: Kunst und Elektronik
Organisations
Deutsche Messe AG, Siemens AG
Places
Germany, Hannover

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