Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1974
Frieder Nake Publishes Ästhetik als Informationsverarbeitung (Aesthetics as Information Processing)
According to Herbert W. Franke, this was “probably the most important book [on early computer art].” The book aimed to relate the Information Aesthetics of Max Bense and Abraham Moles to Computer graphics.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Abraham Moles, Frieder Nake, Herbert W. Franke, Max Bense
Movements
computer art, information aesthetics
Filed under
- Ideas
- aesthetics, early computer art
- Technologies
- computer art, computer graphics, Processing
- People
- Abraham Moles, Frieder Nake, Herbert W. Franke, Max Bense
- Works
- Abraham, Ästhetik als Informationsverarbeitung
- Exhibitions
- Information
Related moments
- 1966 · Information Theory and Esthetic Perception by Abraham Moles
- 1954 · Max Bense Begins Publishing Aesthetica
Echoes across time
- 1954 · Max Bense Begins Publishing Aesthetica
- 1958 · Theorie de l’information et perception esthetique (Information Theory and Esthetic Perception) by Abraham A. Moles
- 1994 · Information Landscapes by Muriel Cooper
Le Random editorials
- Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles, Peter Bauman, July 10, 2024
- Gottfried Jäger on a New Kind of Being, Anika Meier, March 2, 2026
- Hans Ulrich Obrist on Exhibitions as Living Organisms, Peter Bauman, September 1, 2025
- A. Michael Noll on When It All Started, A. Michael Noll, March 25, 2025
Le Random podcast
- Interview with Frieder Nake — listen with transcript on Le Random (16 Jul 2024, 41 min). Featuring Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Transcript mentions Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter — listen with transcript on Le Random (21 Sep 2023, 77 min). Transcript mentions Frieder Nake. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- 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). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify