Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 10: On-Chain Era (2020s)
2024
Standout Procedural Work
Standout Generative Procedural (Code-Based) Work for 2024:
Bright Moments Finale Project, (mpkoz in particular) Trevor Paglen, Adversarially Evolved Hallucinations Travess Smalley, Crawl Golan Levin, Cytographia Linda Dounia, Memory Machines Matt DesLauriers, Bitframes Alexander Mordvintsev and ciphrd, Genomes Marcel Schwittlick, Vertical Line Test Leander Herzog and Milian Mori, DOM2 Bjørn Staal, Entangled (My interview with the artist for fxhash) 0xfff, World Computer Sculpture Garden 0xDEAFBEEF, Payphone Yoko Ono, SOUND PIECE V Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, CANCEL YOURSELF American Artist and Tommy Martinez, Integrity Protocol/Lower Limb Lecture Rhea Myers, 10K
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
0xfff, Alexander Mordvintsev, American Artist, Baptiste Crespy (ciphrd), Bjørn Staal, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, DEAFBEEF, Golan Levin, Leander Herzog, Linda Dounia, Marcel Schwittlick, Matt DesLauriers, Michael Kozlowski, Milian Mori, Rhea Myers, Tommy Martinez, Travess Smalley, Trevor Paglen, Yoko Ono
Movements
generative art, long-form generative art, NFT Art
Filed under
- People
- 0xfff, Alexander Mordvintsev, American Artist, Baptiste Crespy (ciphrd), Bjørn Staal, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, DEAFBEEF, Golan Levin, Leander Herzog, Linda Dounia, Marcel Schwittlick, Matt DesLauriers, Michael Kozlowski, Milian Mori, Rhea Myers, Tommy Martinez, Travess Smalley, Trevor Paglen, Yoko Ono
- Works
- 10K, Adversarially Evolved Hallucinations, Bitframes, CANCEL YOURSELF, Crawl, Cytographia, DOM2, Entangled, Finale (Bright Moments), Genomes, Integrity Protocol/Lower Limb Lecture, Memory Machines, PAYPHONE, SOUND PIECE V, Vertical Line Test, World Computer Sculpture Garden
- Organisations
- Bright Moments
Echoes across time
- 2002 · Golan Levin and Casey Reas, The Art of Code at Bitforms, New York
- 1968 · Notable computer artworks
- 1979 · Cybernetic Symbiosis, Berkeley: Lawrence Hall of Science
Le Random editorials
- Linda Dounia on Memory Machines, Peter Bauman, February 19, 2024
- Michael Kozlowski on Exploration as Practice, Peter Bauman, April 17, 2024
- Karl Sims & Alexander Mordvintsev on Merging Technology and Biology, Peter Bauman, November 17, 2025
- DEAFBEEF on Vernacular in a Standardized Age, Peter Bauman, July 14, 2025
Le Random podcast
- Strange Rules and Protocol Art at the Venice Biennale—Trevor Paglen & Primavera De Filippi with Peter Bauman — listen with transcript on Le Random (08 May 2026, 47 min). Featuring Trevor Paglen. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 9—AI Era (2010s) with Tyler Hobbs, Helena Sarin, Rhea Myers & Gene Kogan — listen with transcript on Le Random (30 Jul 2024, 51 min). Featuring Rhea Myers. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- 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 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