Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)

1969

Computerkunst - On the Eve of Tomorrow Exhibition in Hanover

Exhibition · Europe

Open exhibition catalogue with a red plate of concentric, irregular geometric outlines and a facing text by Walter Gropius.
Georg Nees computer graphic, programmed for the Siemens System 4004, reproduced in the original 1969 catalogue Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow. Artwork: Georg Nees. Catalogue edited by Käthe Schröder, Kubus Hannover, 1969. Photograph: The Bre Pettis Collection; individual photographer not identified. Image source.

Curated by Käthe Schröder at Galerie Kubus in Hannover, Germany, On the Eve of Tomorrow played an important role of popularizing computer art in Central Europe, as it was one of the largest such showcases in the region.

The show featured work from artists such as Computer Technique Group (CTG), Georg Nees, Herbert Franke, A. Michael Noll and Leslie Mezei.

Listen to Peter Bauman’s interview with A. Michael Noll (transcript).

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

Sources

People

A. Michael Noll, Georg Nees, Herbert W. Franke, Käthe Schröder, Leslie Mezei

Movements

computer art, generative art

Filed under

Ideas
generative art
Technologies
computer art
People
A. Michael Noll, Georg Nees, Herbert W. Franke, Käthe Schröder, Leslie Mezei
Exhibitions
Computerkunst — On the Eve of Tomorrow
Organisations
Computer Technique Group, Galerie Kubus
Places
Europe, Germany, Hannover
Other subjects
Mezei

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