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

1973

Cybernetic ARTRIP in Tokyo

Exhibition · Japan

Passers-by outside the Sony Building in Ginza in October 1973, looking up at Shiro Takahashi's giant black inflatable hand beside the exhibition sign reading 'Cybernetic ARTRIP — International Computer Art Exhibition'.
Passers-by outside the Sony Building in Ginza in October 1973, looking up at Shiro Takahashi's giant black inflatable hand beside the exhibition sign reading 'Cybernetic ARTRIP — International Computer Art Exhibition'. Shiro Takahashi's inflatable hand at Cybernetic ARTRIP, Ginza Sony Salon, Tokyo, October 1973. Reproduced from cyberneticzoo.com.

Held at the Sony Building in Tokyo, this notable Japanese computer art exhibit famously featured Shiro Takahashi’s inflatable faces and hands that were computer controlled. It also featured international artists such as Ruth Leavitt and Miljenko Horvat. The exhibition also featured the work of pioneer Hiroshi Kawano.

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

People

Hiroshi Kawano, Miljenko Horvat, Ruth Leavitt, Shiro Takahashi

Movements

computer art

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Technologies
computer art, cybernetics, inflatable sculpture, kinetic art
People
Hiroshi Kawano, Miljenko Horvat, Ruth Leavitt, Shiro Takahashi
Exhibitions
Cybernetic ARTRIP
Organisations
Sony Building
Places
Japan, Tokyo

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