Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1968
Lee Harrison III Builds Scanimate
The Scanimate was an analog computer animation system that succeeded Harrison’s earlier ANIMAC. From about 1969 until digital computer animation replaced it in the mid-1980s, the Scanimate would “produce a significant portion of the video-based animation seen on television in commercials, show titles, and other graphics.”
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
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People
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computer animation, computer art, generative art, Motion Graphics, Video Synthesis
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- Ideas
- Analog Computer Art, generative art
- Technologies
- analog computing, ANIMAC, computer animation, computer art, network television, Scanimate
- People
- Lee Harrison III
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- 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
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