Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1989
TCC Release Classic Megademo on Commodore Amiga
The subgroup of Red Sector Inc., TCC, released this classic of the demoscene, winning first in the Tristar Part 1989 and voted 1st in the Cracher Journal 16.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.
Movements
Demoscene
Filed under
- Ideas
- Demoscene
- Technologies
- Commodore Amiga, megademo
- Organisations
- Commodore, Cracker Journal, Red Sector Inc., TCC, Tristar
Echoes across time
- 1964 · US Army’s BRL Wins Computer Art Content Top Prize for Second Straight Year
- 2010 · Three.js Released
- 1968 · Notable computer artworks
Le Random editorials
- Suzanne Treister on Critical Futurism, Peter Bauman, November 26, 2024
- Casey Reas on the History of Generative Art - Part 2, Peter Bauman, July 5, 2023
Le Random podcast
- Recapping 2024 and Projecting 2025 in Digital Art — listen with transcript on Le Random (13 Jan 2025, 89 min). Transcript mentions Commodore Amiga. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Digital Curators Series 03—Val Ravaglia on Displaying the Digital — listen with transcript on Le Random (04 Feb 2025, 54 min). Transcript mentions Commodore Amiga. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 6—Personal Computer Era (1980s) with Mark Wilson, Copper Giloth, Dan Sandin, David Em, William Latham, Stephen Todd, Darcy Gerbarg & Geoff Davis — listen with transcript on Le Random (08 Feb 2024, 85 min). Chapter 6’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify