Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 4: Digital Era (1960s)
1962
The US Company (USCO) Garners Interest for Science and Technology in Art
This group, which formed in 1962, played a critical role in expanding interest in science and technology in art in the United States. The group toured widely with multimedia performances, championing technology in art.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- Stern, Gerd. From Beat Scene Poet to Psychedelic Multimedia Artist in San Francisco and Beyond, 1948-1978, 354. Oral history conducted by Victoria Morris Byerly. Berkeley: Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, 2001.
Movements
Technology and Art
Filed under
- Ideas
- performance, Technology and Art
- Technologies
- Mixed Media
- Organisations
- USCO
- Places
- United States
Echoes across time
- 1988 · Computers and Art at the IBM Gallery of Science and Art, New York
- 1987 · Computers and Art, Syracuse: Everson Museum of Art.
- 2013 · Summer by Olia Lialina
Le Random editorials
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll — listen with transcript on Le Random (07 Sep 2023, 60 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
- Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter — listen with transcript on Le Random (21 Sep 2023, 77 min). Chapter 4’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify