Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1966
Interference by Jean-Pierre Yvaral
The work by Victor Vasarely’s son, part of a series, was made of cord, steel and wood to create the illusion of pulsation and dynamism. The GRAV member Yvaral “created a link from his early optical research and his interest in science as a model for artistic creation with a subtle use of the computer for the programming of a pictorial surface,” according to Art Historian Frank Popper. The work is an important example of the link between New Tendencies, in particular GRAV.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- [Popper AEA 20]
People
Frank Popper, Victor Vasarely, Yvaral
Movements
New Tendencies, Op Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- art and science, Op Art, perception
- Technologies
- computer art, kinetic art, programming
- People
- Frank Popper, Victor Vasarely, Yvaral
- Works
- Interference
- Organisations
- GRAV, Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel (GRAV), New Tendencies
Echoes across time
- 1920 · Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray create Rotary Glass Plates [Precision Optics]
- 2012 · Ghosts in the Machine at the New Museum, New York
- 1980 · David Topper and John H. Holloway, Interrelationships between the Visual Arts, Science and Technology: A Bibliography
Le Random editorials
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll — listen with transcript on Le Random (07 Sep 2023, 60 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter — listen with transcript on Le Random (21 Sep 2023, 77 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify