Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1985
Important publications of 1985

Again, we reference Copper Giloth and Lynn Pocock-Williams’s invaluable work: 1. Roy Ascott, “Concerning Nets and Spurs” 2. Katherine Dieckmann, “Electra Myths: Video, Modernism, Postmodernism” 3. Frank Dietrich, “Visual Intelligence: The First Decade of Computer Art (1965-1975)” 4. Lucinda Furlong, “Tracking Video Art: 'Image Processing' as a Genre” 5. Copper Giloth and Jane Veeder, “The Paint Problem“ 6. Joan L. Kirsch, “When Will Computer Art Be Taken Seriously?“ 7. Barbara London, “Video: A Selected Chronology, 1963-1983“ 8. Joachim Schmid, “The Electronic Photographer is Coming" 9. Visual Computer begins publication
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Barbara London, Copper Giloth, Frank Dietrich, Jane Veeder, Joachim Schmid, Joan L. Kirsch, Katherine Dieckmann, Lucinda Furlong, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Roy Ascott
Movements
computer art, digital art
Filed under
- Ideas
- digital art, video art
- Technologies
- computer art, image processing, Processing
- People
- Barbara London, Copper Giloth, Frank Dietrich, Jane Veeder, Joachim Schmid, Joan L. Kirsch, Katherine Dieckmann, Lucinda Furlong, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Roy Ascott
- Works
- Concerning Nets and Spurs, Electra Myths: Video, Modernism, Postmodernism, The Electronic Photographer is Coming, The Paint Problem, Tracking Video Art: 'Image Processing' as a Genre, Video: A Selected Chronology, 1963–1983, When Will Computer Art Be Taken Seriously?
- Exhibitions
- Electra
- Organisations
- The Visual Computer
Echoes across time
- 2004 · Margot Lovejoy Publishes Digital Currents: Art in the Electronic Age
- 2024 · Electric Op at Buffalo AKG
- 2000 · Enter Y2K
Le Random editorials
- Barbara London on New Territory, Peter Bauman, February 11, 2025
- Jane Veeder on Loving Change, Copper Giloth & Peter Bauman, April 27, 2026
- Copper Giloth on Video Games to Video Art, Peter Bauman, September 22, 2025
Le Random podcast
- 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). Featuring Copper Giloth. Chapter 6’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify