Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)

1985

Important publications of 1985

Publication · North America · Women Artists

The cover of Springer's journal The Visual Computer, the last item on this list of 1985 publications and the only one with a cover of its own; the design shown is the journal's present one, not the 1985 first issue.
The cover of Springer's journal The Visual Computer, the last item on this list of 1985 publications and the only one with a cover of its own; the design shown is the journal's present one, not the 1985 first issue. Cover of The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics. Springer Nature.

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, fact-checked September 2026.

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

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