Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 7: Net Era (1990s)
1997
NTT InterCommunication Center Opens in Tokyo
This cultural facility in Tokyo, dedicated to exploring the intersections of art, science, and technology, has been instrumental in creating a platform for generative art in Japan. Since opening, it has held exhibitions and a variety of programs while publishing a journal to expose the public to new media art. Karl Sims exhibited work here from 1997-2000 and Golan Levin and Zach Lieberman exhibited their interactive work here in 2007.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Sources
People
Golan Levin, Karl Sims, Zach Lieberman
Movements
generative art, New Media Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- generative art, institutions, Interactive Art, New Media Art, science, Technology and Art
- Technologies
- artificial intelligence
- People
- Golan Levin, Karl Sims, Zach Lieberman
- Organisations
- NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC)
- Places
- Japan, Tokyo
Related moments
Echoes across time
- 1972 · Grenzgebiete der bildenden Kunst (Frontiers of Fine Arts) Exhibit at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
- 1973 · France Hosts International Computer Art Events
- 2013 · Taeyoon Choi, Zach Lieberman, Jen Lowe and Amit Pitaru Co-Found the School for Poetic Computation (SFPC)
Le Random editorials
- The Zach Lieberman Commission, Peter Bauman, August 30, 2023
- Zach Lieberman on the Resonance of Generative Art, Peter Bauman, August 2, 2023
- Karl Sims & Alexander Mordvintsev on Merging Technology and Biology, Peter Bauman, November 17, 2025
- Golan Levin on the Potentiality of Blobs, Peter Bauman, January 10, 2024
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 8—Tooling Era (2000s) with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer & Golan Levin — listen with transcript on Le Random (15 May 2024, 64 min). Featuring Golan Levin. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 7—Net Era (1990s) with Auriea Harvey, Joshua Davis, LIA, Scott Draves & Vuk Ćosić — listen with transcript on Le Random (11 Apr 2024, 77 min). Chapter 7’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify