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

1969

The Philosophy of Computer Art by Haruki Tsuchiya

Publication · Japan

The original article column headed The Philosophy of Computer Art, followed by Haruki Tsuchiya’s name and essay.
Haruki Tsuchiya, The Philosophy of Computer Art, Computers and Automation, September 1969, p. 18. Haruki Tsuchiya; Computers and Automation, Berkeley Enterprises, September 1969. Archival scan: Bitsavers. Image source.

Published in Computers and Automation, the brief article by Tsuchiya stresses the importance of process, randomness and system in computer art. It asks finally, “Can the computer art that is a hobby of engineers and automatically-made art become a new world of aesthetics?” Tsuchiya suggests that the “secrets of wonderful works” can be found in the “balance of system and randomness that computer art provides.”

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

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Haruki Tsuchiya

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computer art, generative art

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aesthetics, generative art, process, randomness, systems
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computer art
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Haruki Tsuchiya
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The Philosophy of Computer Art
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Computers and Automation

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