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

1973

France Hosts International Computer Art Events

Event · Europe

Orange three-panel printed programme titled Contact II, with explanatory text and a timetable of events.
Programme for Contact II: Art et ordinateur, Bordeaux, November 1973, one of the French computer-art events discussed here. Source: ArtInfo–MusInfo, Groupe Art et Informatique de Vincennes archive. Rights remain with the respective authors; archive labels this scan CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

The first such event, Art et Ordinateur, held in Bordeaux was a seminar and exhibition that showcased the work of artists such as Manfred Mohr. The second was organized by SESA (Software et Engineering des Systemes d' Informatique et d' Automatique) which arranged the computer art show, Ordinateur et Creation Artistique.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

Sources

People

Manfred Mohr

Movements

computer art

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Technologies
computer art
People
Manfred Mohr
Exhibitions
Art et Ordinateur, Ordinateur et Création Artistique
Organisations
SESA
Places
Bordeaux, France

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