Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)
1970
The Senster by Edward Ihnatowicz
This cybernetic sculpture was an important example of the intersection of kinetic art and cybernetic systems.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
People
Movements
kinetic art
Filed under
- Technologies
- cybernetics, kinetic art, kinetic sculpture
- People
- Edward Ihnatowicz
- Works
- The Senster
Echoes across time
- 1956 · CYSP 1 by Nicolas Schöffer
- 1930 · Light Prop for an Electric Stage by László Moholy-Nagy
- c. 1953 · Antennae with Red and Blue Dots by Alexander Calder
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- Reprogramming Sensory Habits, Luba Elliott, June 9, 2025
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- Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier — listen with transcript on Le Random (14 Jan 2024, 65 min). Chapter 5’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify