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Mentioned in 17 editorials, 17 podcast episodes and 25 Timeline moments.

Art made with computers, a name first used for the work of 1960s artists such as Georg Nees, Frieder Nake, A. Michael Noll and Vera Molnár. The first exhibitions were held in 1965.

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Quotes

I remember practically getting into a fight with some guy who said a computer could not make art.

Mark Wilson, Travess Smalley Profiles Mark Wilson

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Mentioned in

81
New York City Digital Art Guide
May 5, 2025
5
Demystifying Generative Art
July 20, 2023
4
Generations of Verse
July 12, 2023
77
THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE COMPUTER—PART I
March 19, 2025
36
Commentary by Mark Wilson
March 14, 2024
35
Travess Smalley Profiles Mark Wilson
March 12, 2024
78
A. Michael Noll on When It All Started
March 25, 2025
131
Aaron Hertzmann on Caring about People
April 13, 2026
74
Barbara London on New Territory
February 11, 2025
100
Copper Giloth on Video Games to Video Art
September 22, 2025
52
Frieder Nake on “Machinic” Miracles
July 10, 2024
103
London Digital Art Guide
October 13, 2025
67
Matt DesLauriers on a Generative World
November 19, 2024
22
Operator on Human Unreadable
November 21, 2023
21
Ten Moments in South American Generative Art History
November 15, 2023
50
THEN AND NOW
June 25, 2024
159
Degrees of Disruption: Vera Molnár at the V&A
October 16, 2026
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Podcast mentions

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Melanie Lenz—Generativity and Vera Molnár at the V&A with Peter Bauman
October 23, 2026
29
London Digital Art Guide: Writers' Roundtable
October 16, 2025
27
Reviewing Digital Art in 3Q 2025
September 28, 2025
21
Digital Curators Series 03—Val Ravaglia on Displaying the Digital
February 4, 2025
20
Recapping 2024 and Projecting 2025 in Digital Art
January 13, 2025
19
"Electric Dreams" in Conversation—Rebecca Allen, Analívia Cordeiro & Eduardo Kac
December 23, 2024
17
Digital Curators Series 01—Douglas Dodds on Collecting and Valuing Emerging Technologies
September 30, 2024
12
Interview with Frieder Nake
July 16, 2024
8
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
7
Celebrating Genuary with Piter Pasma
February 3, 2024
6
Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier
January 14, 2024
5
Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter
September 21, 2023
4
Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll
September 7, 2023
3
Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak
August 10, 2023
2
Timeline Ch 2—Modern Era with Kate Vass
July 20, 2023
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Elevating the Generative Art Space (Launch Episode) with Casey Reas, ciphrd, Anne Spalter, Anika Meier & Georg Bak
June 28, 2023
13
Timeline Ch 9—AI Era (2010s) with Tyler Hobbs, Helena Sarin, Rhea Myers & Gene Kogan
July 30, 2024

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