Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 3: Analog Era (1950s)
1951
Edmund C. Berkeley Begins Publishing Computers and Automation
Beginning in September 1951, Edmund C. Berkeley published Computers and Automation, the first magazine dedicated to the computing revolution. Next decade, Computers and Automation would play a vital role in the development of computer art with its “Computer Art Contest” beginning in 1963.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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Echoes across time
- 1979 · Cybernetic Symbiosis, Berkeley: Lawrence Hall of Science
- 1970 · Generación Automática de Formas Plásticas Exhibition at the Centro de Cálculo of the University of Madrid
- 1988 · Other Major 1988 Publications
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- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Chapter 3’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify