Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)

1978

Computer Graphics World begins publication

Event, Publication

The February 1984 Computer Graphics World cover, with bold blue typography and violet-and-cyan satellite imagery of Cerro Galán, framed by red bands.
Computer Graphics World, February 1984, volume 7, number 2: a later issue of the magazine launched in 1978, featuring processed Landsat imagery of Argentina’s Cerro Galán caldera. © 1984 Computer Graphics World by PennWell Publishing Company. Cover image: Landsat data processed with a Gould DeAnza IP8500 system; individual cover designer not identified. Digitization: Internet Archive. Image source.

Still in print today, Computer Graphics World (CGW) was started by Joel Orr after originally existing as a Newsletter.

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

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Joel Orr

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computer art

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Joel Orr
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Computer Graphics World

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