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, fact-checked September 2026.
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