Technique

BASIC

Mentioned in 3 editorials, 3 podcast episodes and 4 Timeline moments.

A beginner's programming language created at Dartmouth in 1964 by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz. Built into most home computers of the late 1970s and 1980s, it was many artists' first language.

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Quotes

And then software, where early in the decade you see John McCarthy with Lisp. You see John Kemeny and Kurtz with BASIC in 1964.

Peter Bauman, Michael Spalter on 1960s Computer Art

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Tom DeFanti and Dan Sandin on Playing Images

October 26, 2026

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Jane Veeder on Loving Change

April 27, 2026

Travess Smalley Profiles Mark Wilson

March 12, 2024

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Podcast mentions

Timeline Ch 8: Tooling Era (2000s) with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer & Golan Levin

May 15, 2024

Timeline Ch 6—Personal Computer Era (1980s) with Mark Wilson, Copper Giloth, Dan Sandin, David Em, William Latham, Stephen Todd, Darcy Gerbarg & Geoff Davis

February 8, 2024

Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter

September 21, 2023

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