Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1988
Computers and Art at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York

Organized by Cynthia Goodman, this exhibition was also shown in Ohio, Syracuse and Miami. It was written of the show that it was the “first major museum group show on computer art in the U.S. Its seven-week run was said to have attracted 100,000 visitors.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Technologies
- computer art
- People
- Cynthia Goodman
- Works
- Computers and Art
- Organisations
- IBM, IBM Gallery of Art and Science, National Endowment for the Arts
- Places
- Miami, New York, Ohio, Syracuse, United States
Echoes across time
- 1968 · "On the Path to Computer Art” by the Parallel Group
- 1968 · Computer Graphic Exhibition at Brno House of Arts
- 1969 · Kunst Und Computer Exhibition at Vienna Sparkasse
Le Random editorials
- New York City Digital Art Guide, LoVid, Emily Edelman, Josh Yakov, Peter Bauman, May 5, 2025
- Commentary by Mark Wilson, Mark Wilson, March 14, 2024
Le Random podcast
- 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). Transcript mentions Computers and Art. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 6—Personal Computer Era (1980s) with Mark Wilson, Copper Giloth, Dan Sandin, David Em, William Latham, Stephen Todd, Darcy Gerbarg & Geoff Davis — listen with transcript on Le Random (08 Feb 2024, 85 min). Chapter 6’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify