Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)
2023
Noteworthy Code-Based Work

The value we place on certain works today might evolve, and undoubtedly, some important pieces will be absent. This moment is very much a work in progress and will be in flux. Sparkling Goodbye by Licia He at Bright Moments Tokyo Cable by Joan Heemskerk Receipt by 0xHaiku Big Buck Hunter by Robbie Barrat at Paris Photo Cosmic Rays by Melissa Wiederrecht ComplexCity by John F. Simon Jr. Metaverse Landscapes by Simon Denny
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
0xHaiku, Joan Heemskerk, John F. Simon Jr, Licia He, Melissa Wiederrecht, Robbie Barrat, Simon Denny
Movements
generative art, long-form generative art, NFT Art
Filed under
- People
- 0xHaiku, Joan Heemskerk, John F. Simon Jr, Licia He, Melissa Wiederrecht, Robbie Barrat, Simon Denny
- Works
- Big Buck Hunter, Cable, ComplexCity, Cosmic Rays, Metaverse Landscapes, Receipt, Sparkling Goodbye
- Organisations
- Bright Moments, Bright Moments Tokyo, Paris Photo
- Places
- Paris, Tokyo
Echoes across time
- 2002 · Golan Levin and Casey Reas, The Art of Code at Bitforms, New York
- 1968 · Notable computer artworks
- 1983 · Water Tower, Verviers, Belgium by Bernd and Hilla Becher
Le Random editorials
- Joan Heemskerk on Quantum Web4, Peter Bauman, September 10, 2024
- Simon Denny on Society, Technology and Art, Peter Bauman, September 17, 2024
Le Random podcast
- "Electric Op" in Conversation—Cory Arcangel, Joan Heemskerk, Tali Hinkis & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — listen with transcript on Le Random (22 Sep 2024, 53 min). Featuring Joan Heemskerk. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 10—On-Chain Era (2020s) with Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy, Itzel Yard & Rafael Lozano-Hemmer — listen with transcript on Le Random (02 Sep 2024, 63 min). Chapter 10’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify