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1960
The Start of Digital Art
1965
First digital art creation
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1967
Experiments in Art & Technology formed
1979
Development of modem
1970
An evolution of technologies
1969
Exploration of technology
1960
The Start of Digital Art
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The 1960's was an important era in the history of digital art since this was
when artists started to experiment with computers.
At this time, John Whitney created the world's first computer generated art,
and he is considered one of the
"fathers of computer graphics."
He used mathematical functions to transform visuals when making his artworks.
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While studying in Stuttgart, Germany, artist Nake entered an algorithm directly into a room-size ER 56 computer that mathematically interpreted a 1929 Paul Klee painting. The computer ran a flatbed drawing machine and produced several images which London’s Victoria and Albert Museum called the “most complex algorithmic work of its day”. Nake chose the image above as the most successful.
1965
First digital art creation
While studying in Stuttgart, Germany,
artist Nake entered an algorithm directly
into a room-size ER 56 computer that mathematically
interpreted a 1929 Paul Klee painting.
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1967
Experiments in Art & Technology formed
Engineers Billy Klüver, Fred Waldhauer and artist Robert Rauschenberg and Robert Whiteman formed a group named
EAT (Experiments in Art and Technology) in 1967. The purpose of this group was to promote collaboration between art and technology.
This resulted in a series of installations and performances involving innovative electronic systems.
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1969
Exploration of technology
Following the example of EAT, other conceptual artists began to utilize the artistic
possibilities of new technologies.
An example of this was in 1969 when Allan Kaprow created Hello,
an artistic "happening" where a group of people interacted by using T.V. monitors.
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1970
An evolution of technologies
Artists began to explore the results of the connectivity made by
T.V., recording equipment and nascent computers. The idea of universal communicability would later
be discovered when mobile phones and the internet were introduced.
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1979
Development of modem
In 1979, the development of modem allowed digital signals to be transmitted through telephone lines, introducing widespread data transfer, and ultimately, usage of the internet.
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