Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1983
Harold Cohen’s Arnolfini Series
This series of plotter drawings created by Cohen’s AARON were exhibited at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, England. Ink on paper, the series were each 57 x 76 cm. It ran from August 1 to September 9, 1983. The series has since been loaned to Tate Modern and is owned by the Spalter Digital Collection.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Technologies
- artificial intelligence, computer art, computer-generated drawings, plotter, Plotter Art
- People
- Harold Cohen
- Works
- AARON
- Organisations
- Arnolfini Gallery, Spalter Digital, Tate, Tate Modern
- Places
- Bristol, England
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Le Random editorials
- Christiane Paul on Curating Cohen’s AARON, Peter Bauman, January 29, 2024
- London Digital Art Guide, Le Random & guests, October 13, 2025
- Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 1, Peter Bauman, June 22, 2023
- Memo Akten on Rituals as Algorithms, Peter Bauman, July 13, 2026
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 7—Net Era (1990s) with Auriea Harvey, Joshua Davis, LIA, Scott Draves & Vuk Ćosić — listen with transcript on Le Random (11 Apr 2024, 77 min). Transcript mentions Harold Cohen. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 8—Tooling Era (2000s) with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer & Golan Levin — listen with transcript on Le Random (15 May 2024, 64 min). Transcript mentions Harold Cohen. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Digital Curators Series 03—Val Ravaglia on Displaying the Digital — listen with transcript on Le Random (04 Feb 2025, 54 min). Transcript mentions Harold Cohen. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 6—Personal Computer Era (1980s) with Mark Wilson, Copper Giloth, Dan Sandin, David Em, William Latham, Stephen Todd, Darcy Gerbarg & Geoff Davis — listen with transcript on Le Random (08 Feb 2024, 85 min). Chapter 6’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify