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

1988

MPEG Established

Event

A photographic portrait of Leonardo Chiariglione, who founded MPEG with Hiroshi Yasuda in 1988 and convened it for three decades, seated at his desk in 2011.
A photographic portrait of Leonardo Chiariglione, who founded MPEG with Hiroshi Yasuda in 1988 and convened it for three decades, seated at his desk in 2011. Leonardo Chiariglione, 2011. Photograph: Isabella Chiariglione, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda and Dr. Leonardo Chiariglione founded MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group), which would go on to develop the MPEG standard, which is still largely in use to this day.

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

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People

Hiroshi Yasuda, Leonardo Chiariglione

Movements

digital art

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Ideas
digital art
Technologies
Digital Video, video compression
People
Hiroshi Yasuda, Leonardo Chiariglione
Organisations
Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

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