Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 9: AI Era (2010s)
2013
BANK by Kevin Abosch
BANK by Kevin Abosch is one of the earliest works by the mixed-media and AI artist. BANK is also one of the earliest artistic explorations of the blockchain. The project was a 60-page book in 50 editions that consisted of 500 paired Bitcoin public and private keys. Published in January, these books are relics of blockchain art history.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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People
Movements
Bitcoin Art, Blockchain Art, NFT Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- artist's book, Bitcoin Art, Blockchain Art, NFT Art
- Technologies
- Bitcoin, blockchain, private keys, public keys
- People
- Kevin Abosch
- Works
- BANK
Echoes across time
- 1968 · "On the Path to Computer Art” by the Parallel Group
- 1951 · Edmund C. Berkeley Begins Publishing Computers and Automation
- 1968 · Computer Graphic Exhibition at Brno House of Arts
Le Random editorials
- Kate Vass on Rethinking Art Collecting, thefunnyguys, August 9, 2023
Le Random podcast
- "Infinite Images" in Conversation—Erick Calderon, Sofia Crespo & Tyler Hobbs — listen with transcript on Le Random (06 Jul 2025, 42 min). Transcript mentions Kevin Abosch. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 9—AI Era (2010s) with Tyler Hobbs, Helena Sarin, Rhea Myers & Gene Kogan — listen with transcript on Le Random (30 Jul 2024, 51 min). Chapter 9’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify