Hiroshi Kawano Publishes His First Algorithmic Images

Kawano, an information aesthetics scholar and one of the earliest pioneers in using computer algorithms to create artistic compositions, placed the computer at the center of artistic generation.

He engaged with computer art on a philosophical level, believing artists created the “art computer” which had its own “artificial creativity.” He published his first computer-generated images in September 1964, going on to computer-generated literature and music.

Image is copyrighted by Hiroshi Kawano and courtesy of The Anne and Michael Spalter Digital Art Collection.