Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1984
Major Publications of 1984
Copper Giloth and Lynn Pocock-Williams miraculously tracked the major publications for the decade and they are listed here:
1. Stan Augarten, Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers 2. Herbert W. Franke, ComputergrafikGalerie; Bilder nach Programm: Kunst im elektronischen Zeitalter. 3. Hiroshi Inose and John Peirce, Information Technology and Civilization (Japan) 4. Judy E. Sachter, “The Basic Concepts of Three-Dimensional Computer Graphics for Artists.” 5. Lee Silverman, “Inside the Loop: Computer Graphics within the Technological Highway.” 7. Thomas Defanti, “The Mass Impact of Videogame Technology.”
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- Giloth, Copper and Lynn Pocock-Williams. "A Selected Chronology of Computer Art: Exhibitions, Publications, and Technology," 291. Art Journal 49, no. 3 (1990).
People
Copper Giloth, Herbert W. Franke, Hiroshi Inose, John R. Pierce, Judy E. Sachter, Lee Silverman, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Stan Augarten, Tom DeFanti
Movements
computer art, Video Game Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- Video Game Art
- Technologies
- 3D Graphics, computer art, computer graphics
- People
- Copper Giloth, Herbert W. Franke, Hiroshi Inose, John R. Pierce, Judy E. Sachter, Lee Silverman, Lynn Pocock-Williams, Stan Augarten, Tom DeFanti
- Works
- Bilder nach Programm: Kunst im elektronischen Zeitalter, Bit by Bit: An Illustrated History of Computers, Computergrafik-Galerie, Information Technology and Civilization, Inside, The Mass Impact of Videogame Technology
- Exhibitions
- Information
- Organisations
- bitforms
- Places
- Japan
Echoes across time
- 1964 · The First Man (Boeing Man) by William Fetter
- 1965 · Four-Dimensional Hyperobjects by A. Michael Noll
- 1951 · Edmund C. Berkeley Begins Publishing Computers and Automation
Le Random editorials
- 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