Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 3: Analog Era (1950s)

1957

Voyage II, Frank Malina

Artwork

Frank Malina's Voyage II (1957), a Lumidyne-system light object of illuminant, electronics, motor and painted Plexiglas panes, 81 x 62 x 8 cm, in the ZKM collection.
Frank Malina's Voyage II (1957), a Lumidyne-system light object of illuminant, electronics, motor and painted Plexiglas panes, 81 x 62 x 8 cm, in the ZKM collection. Frank Joseph Malina, Voyage II, 1957. ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Collection.

This piece by Malina, pioneer of Lumino-Kinetic art, demonstrates the development of the Lumino-Kinetic movement towards electronic art.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.

Sources

People

Frank Malina

Movements

Electronic Art, Lumino-Kinetic Art

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Ideas
light, light art, Lumino-Kinetic Art
Technologies
kinetic art
People
Frank Malina
Works
Electronic Art, Voyage II

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