Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1966
Maughan S. Mason’s Traveling Show of Analog Computer Generated Works
Arranged by the Western Association of Art Museums, the show featured Mason’s analog computer work, much of it would later be included in Cybernetic Serendipity.
The American Mason had a background in the military as well as computer science, working at IBM in Silicon Valley for decades.
His contributions to computer art are less often noted today but a deeper dive into the mercurial artist’s work remains rewarding.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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computer art, generative art
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- Ideas
- Analog Computer Art, generative art
- Technologies
- analog computing, computer art, cybernetics
- People
- Maughan S. Mason
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- Exhibitions
- Cybernetic Serendipity
- Organisations
- IBM, Western Association of Art Museums
- Places
- Silicon Valley, United States
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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
- 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