Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 3: Analog Era (1950s)
1953
Oscillons 34, 26, 14, 47 by Ben Laposky
These pivotal works of proto-computer art serve as a link between analog and the upcoming digital art-making devices.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
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computer art, generative art, Oscillographic Art
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Echoes across time
- 2013 · Jerobeam Fenderson and Hansi3D Begin Oscilloscope Music
- 1970 · Generación Automática de Formas Plásticas Exhibition at the Centro de Cálculo of the University of Madrid
- 1982 · L’Art et l’ordinateur in Paris
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- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Chapter 3’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify