Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1976
Grace Hertlein Begins Editing *Computer Graphics and Art*

Hertlein’s Computer Graphics and Art played a crucial role in the development of generative art history. The journal provided a platform for artists, researchers and technologists to showcase and exchange ideas about computer-generated art. It documented the evolving landscape of generative art, featuring articles, interviews and examples of innovative artworks. The journal served as a catalyst for the growth of generative art by fostering a community and facilitating the dissemination of knowledge and techniques. It thereby helped establish generative art as a recognized field, influencing subsequent generations of artists and contributing to the expansion and exploration of generative practices in the art world.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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People
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Ideas
- community, generative art, generative art history, legitimacy, publishing
- Technologies
- computer art, computer graphics
- People
- Grace C. Hertlein
- Organisations
- Computer Graphics and Art
Echoes across time
- 2024 · Generative Art Summit Berlin
- 2018 · Why Love Generative Art? by Jason Bailey on Artnome
- 2022 · Phillips Holds Ex-Machina: A History of Generative Art
Le Random editorials
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). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify