Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)

1967

Research Center Art Technology and Society Founded in Amsterdam by Robert Hartzema, Tjebbe van Tijen

Publication · Europe

Cover of Robert Hartzema's 1968 report 'Voorlopige formulering ... voor het kontakt tussen kultuur, technologie en wetenschappen', the first research report issued by the Research Center Art Technology and Society.
Cover of Robert Hartzema's 1968 report 'Voorlopige formulering ... voor het kontakt tussen kultuur, technologie en wetenschappen', the first research report issued by the Research Center Art Technology and Society. Imaginary Museum Projects / Tjebbe van Tijen archive, 'Art Action Academia'.

This early digital art group that would last until 1969 published research reports on issues such as enhanced collaboration between artists and scientists.

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

Sources

People

Robert Hartzema, Tjebbe van Tijen

Movements

Technology and Art

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Ideas
art and science, collaboration, digital art, Technology and Art
People
Robert Hartzema, Tjebbe van Tijen
Organisations
Research Center Art Technology and Society
Places
Amsterdam

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