Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 6: Personal Computer Era (1980s)
1983
The Computer/The Artist exhibitions at the Long Beach Museum of Art
This exhibition in Long Beach, California, sought to present “computer-generated video, installation and static artworks. It featured the work of artists such as Tom DeFanti, David Em, Darcy Gerbarg and Steina and Woody Vasulka.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Darcy Gerbarg, David Em, Steina Vasulka, Tom DeFanti, Woody Vasulka
Movements
computer art
Filed under
- Ideas
- installation, video art
- Technologies
- computer art, video installation
- People
- Darcy Gerbarg, David Em, Steina Vasulka, Tom DeFanti, Woody Vasulka
- Works
- David
- Exhibitions
- The Computer/The Artist
- Organisations
- Long Beach Museum of Art
- Places
- California, Long Beach
- Other subjects
- Vasulka
Echoes across time
- 1969 · Kunst Und Computer Exhibition at Vienna Sparkasse
- 2016 · Factory of the Sun by Hito Steyerl at MOCA
- 1968 · Computer Graphic Exhibition at Brno House of Arts
Le Random editorials
Le Random podcast
- 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). Featuring Darcy Gerbarg, David Em. Chapter 6’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify