Just like, say, Art Blocks is now to a whole bunch of contemporary artists, back in my day that was the ZKM, Ars Electronica, V2.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, 2020s On-Chain Art: Erick Calderon, Lauren Lee McCarthy
And at the tail end of the '80s, the dominance of SIGGRAPH starts to shift to places like Ars Electronica, ISEA. There's a kind of broadening out, as probably computer art becomes more popular.
William Latham, 1980s Computer Art: Mark Wilson, David Em, Dan Sandin