Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 9: AI Era (2010s)

2011

Written Images by Martin Fuchs and Peter Bichsel

Software/Tool

Written Images by Martin Fuchs and Peter Bichsel
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This book represents an attempt at a generative physical book, as each “programmed book” was a copy uniquely generated via digital printing. This innovative project incorporated contributions from over 70 media artists who created generative software, resulting in varied visual outputs. Each book featured a generative prologue by Bruce Sterling and individual artwork descriptions. The book was crowdfunded on Kickstarter and was a perhaps too-early glimpse at what a generative future may look like.

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

Sources

People

Bruce Sterling, Martin Fuchs, Peter Bichsel

Movements

Computer Text

Filed under

Ideas
artist's book, Computer Text, crowdfunding, generative art, print
Technologies
digital printing, generative software, Processing
People
Bruce Sterling, Martin Fuchs, Peter Bichsel
Works
Written Images
Exhibitions
Programmed
Organisations
Kickstarter, Processing Foundation

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