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

1982

Montana by Jane Veeder

Artwork · Women Artists

Montana by Jane Veeder
Gallery 400. Flickr. “Chicago New Media 1973–1992.” 2018. flickr.com

This two-dimensional video by pioneering video artist Jane Veeder was developed with ZGRASS with a custom-made language she derived from arcade and video games. This work was an important example of proto-demoscene and early video-game art, on top of being groundbreaking in its own regard. Veeder dearly regarded ZGRASS, the early graphics system, saying that it provided "real-time animation and real-time sound synthesis accessed by a custom language optimized for interactive artmaking, all wrapped up together like a hot little sports car.”

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

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Jane Veeder

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Video Game Art

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arcade games, Demoscene, video art, Video Game Art, video games
Technologies
real-time animation, real-time sound synthesis, Zgrass
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Jane Veeder
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Montana

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