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1981: "[John] Whitney Jr. and Gary Demos of Information International digitalized a Star Wars X-wing and produced a test scene for The Empire Strikes Back... Although Lucasfilm & Information International were unable to come to financial terms, the test was a success..."

1981: "[John] Whitney Jr. and Gary Demos of Information International digitalized a Star Wars X-wing and produced a test scene for The Empire Strikes Back... Although Lucasfilm & Information International were unable to come to financial terms, the test was a success..."

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Computer-Generated Ballet by A Michael Noll, 1965 A Michael Noll in 1967: "The choreographer of the future might sit at the console of a computer and see a display of human figures... as shown in these frames from a computer-generated movie." From the Lucas Museum Collection.

Computer-Generated Ballet by A Michael Noll, 1965 A Michael Noll in 1967: "The choreographer of the future might sit at the console of a computer and see a display of human figures... as shown in these frames from a computer-generated movie." From the Lucas Museum Collection.

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Glenn Lowry: "It was a utter, extraordinary hit. People sat in front of it for hours. Literally transfixed by what they were seeing." Former Director of MoMA speaking on Refik Anadol’s UNSUPERVISED (Nov 19, 2022–Oct 29, 2023).

Glenn Lowry: "It was a utter, extraordinary hit. People sat in front of it for hours. Literally transfixed by what they were seeing." Former Director of MoMA speaking on Refik Anadol’s UNSUPERVISED (Nov 19, 2022–Oct 29, 2023).

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The Giant Series by Gentle Monster Robotics Lab, 2021 - Present.

The Giant Series by Gentle Monster Robotics Lab, 2021 - Present.

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'Spool' (2025) by Daniel Canogar A generative sculpture that shreds art from online marketplaces into 'strings' of pixels, algorithmically weaving them together in perpetuity. A commentary on the dematerialization of art into streams of data & our insatiable desire for more.

'Spool' (2025) by Daniel Canogar A generative sculpture that shreds art from online marketplaces into 'strings' of pixels, algorithmically weaving them together in perpetuity. A commentary on the dematerialization of art into streams of data & our insatiable desire for more.

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The Digital Art Aerial Exhibition innovations are progressing at an alarming rate…

The Digital Art Aerial Exhibition innovations are progressing at an alarming rate…

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Very cool - 'What Is It Like?' (2025) at Arebyte Gallery, curated by Helen Starr Viewers control sliding panels that sequentially unveil digital scenes, each stage reflecting how the brain processes and assembles data into structured realities. 🧠

Very cool - 'What Is It Like?' (2025) at Arebyte Gallery, curated by Helen Starr Viewers control sliding panels that sequentially unveil digital scenes, each stage reflecting how the brain processes and assembles data into structured realities. 🧠

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How CryptoPunks Expanded from the Blockchain to the Traditional Art World 2019: "CryptoPunks have moved slowly from the blockchain art world into the establishment one... No one was proposing they appear in a typical art gallery, not until people familiar with the history of digital art... began to recognize the Punks for qualities other than their unique, collectible nature." Told through Jessica Klein's 'How CryptoPunks’ Creators Charmed the Art World and Paved the Way for Blockchain Art,' Jan 2019. Video below from PERFECT & PRICELESS at Kate Vass Galerie, 2018/19.

How CryptoPunks Expanded from the Blockchain to the Traditional Art World 2019: "CryptoPunks have moved slowly from the blockchain art world into the establishment one... No one was proposing they appear in a typical art gallery, not until people familiar with the history of digital art... began to recognize the Punks for qualities other than their unique, collectible nature." Told through Jessica Klein's 'How CryptoPunks’ Creators Charmed the Art World and Paved the Way for Blockchain Art,' Jan 2019. Video below from PERFECT & PRICELESS at Kate Vass Galerie, 2018/19.

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Digital art is cool - but MARCK’s blend of digital and reality is nothing short of magical 🥹💫

Digital art is cool - but MARCK’s blend of digital and reality is nothing short of magical 🥹💫

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Nothing tops Salvador Dali walking onto The Dick Cavett Show in 1971, throwing an anteater like it's a bird about to take flight.
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Nothing tops Salvador Dali walking onto The Dick Cavett Show in 1971, throwing an anteater like it's a bird about to take flight.

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NASA in 1969: "Because of the complex geometry associated with a lunar mission, it is difficult to visualize the various aspects of such a mission. The objective... is to depict what the crew will see during maneuvers and coast periods during the flight of Apollo 11..."
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NASA in 1969: "Because of the complex geometry associated with a lunar mission, it is difficult to visualize the various aspects of such a mission. The objective... is to depict what the crew will see during maneuvers and coast periods during the flight of Apollo 11..."

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George Lucas in 1996: "I knew John Whitney and some of the others involved in early computer graphics... we did some experiments with wire-frame—which are actually in the movie... That was very early computer graphics—the very beginning." Star Wars Sequence by Larry Cuba, 1976
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George Lucas in 1996: "I knew John Whitney and some of the others involved in early computer graphics... we did some experiments with wire-frame—which are actually in the movie... That was very early computer graphics—the very beginning." Star Wars Sequence by Larry Cuba, 1976

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NASA in 1984: "The program, MADRAS (Multi-Adaptive Drawings, Renderings, and Similitudes), is written in BASIC, uses modular construction of objects, and generates both wire-frame and hidden-line drawings from any viewpoint."
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NASA in 1984: "The program, MADRAS (Multi-Adaptive Drawings, Renderings, and Similitudes), is written in BASIC, uses modular construction of objects, and generates both wire-frame and hidden-line drawings from any viewpoint."

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Computer Worlds (计算万千世界), West Bund Art Museum, Shanghai (Sept. 24 2026 - Feb. 14, 2027) Curated from the Centre Pompidou's extensive collection of historical & contemporary digital artworks, including A Michael Noll, Vera Molnar, John Gerrard + more...
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Computer Worlds (计算万千世界), West Bund Art Museum, Shanghai (Sept. 24 2026 - Feb. 14, 2027) Curated from the Centre Pompidou's extensive collection of historical & contemporary digital artworks, including A Michael Noll, Vera Molnar, John Gerrard + more...

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14,317 views • 28 days ago

A (very) rare video of 1968's Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at ICA, London (Aug 2 - Oct 20, 1968). From Visualisation: Art et Cybernétique, French Broadcasting Corp., 1968.
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A (very) rare video of 1968's Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition at ICA, London (Aug 2 - Oct 20, 1968). From Visualisation: Art et Cybernétique, French Broadcasting Corp., 1968.

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66,614 views • 6 months ago

A (very rare) clip from the morning rehearsal for the Commodore Amiga Launch, 1985. The work Warhol executed in front of a live audience, was an absolute failure — the artwork created in rehearsal had to be superimposed to save the media campaign.
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A (very rare) clip from the morning rehearsal for the Commodore Amiga Launch, 1985. The work Warhol executed in front of a live audience, was an absolute failure — the artwork created in rehearsal had to be superimposed to save the media campaign.

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38,976 views • 4 months ago

Vera Molnár in 1990: "…perhaps around '81, I said to myself, ‘Does the beauty of this drawing come from this magic square?’ I'm not so sure. So I tried to manipulate this using computers, only instead of following the order indicated by Dürer's magic square, I went at random." From Molnar by LR Ways Productions, 1990.
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Vera Molnár in 1990: "…perhaps around '81, I said to myself, ‘Does the beauty of this drawing come from this magic square?’ I'm not so sure. So I tried to manipulate this using computers, only instead of following the order indicated by Dürer's magic square, I went at random." From Molnar by LR Ways Productions, 1990.

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43,254 views • 5 months ago

Susan Kare in 1983: "If you're an artist, & you're skilled with media, this is a new medium that offers great control... There's a thousand little dots [per] half an inch and you have the capacity, either real or magnified, to turn off & on each one of those dots..."
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Susan Kare in 1983: "If you're an artist, & you're skilled with media, this is a new medium that offers great control... There's a thousand little dots [per] half an inch and you have the capacity, either real or magnified, to turn off & on each one of those dots..."

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54,380 views • 7 months ago

Movements of Electrons Around Atomic Nuclei by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1968 From Visualisation: Art et Cybernétique, French Broadcasting Corp., 1968.
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Movements of Electrons Around Atomic Nuclei by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1968 From Visualisation: Art et Cybernétique, French Broadcasting Corp., 1968.

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38,583 views • 6 months ago

Clip from one of the earliest Large Scale Digital Art Installations, and an early predecessor to the TouchDesigner creatives of today. TV War by Akira Asada, Daizaburo Harada, Haruhiko Shono, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1985.
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Clip from one of the earliest Large Scale Digital Art Installations, and an early predecessor to the TouchDesigner creatives of today. TV War by Akira Asada, Daizaburo Harada, Haruhiko Shono, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1985.

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42,454 views • 7 months ago

1989: "A local artist has created a computer program that lets the machine create art…this computer actually asks for the brush and the results are fascinating." From Computer Art: The Machine Says 'Hand Me a Brush!' (1989) on the Art of Roman Verostko.
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1989: "A local artist has created a computer program that lets the machine create art…this computer actually asks for the brush and the results are fascinating." From Computer Art: The Machine Says 'Hand Me a Brush!' (1989) on the Art of Roman Verostko.

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27,149 views • 5 months ago

Circles: A Computer Film by Doris Chase, 1968-70 Made using a CDC 6600, an SC 4020 Microfilm Plotter, & a Moog Synthesizer, with William Fetter, Robert Tingley, & George Kleinsinger.
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Circles: A Computer Film by Doris Chase, 1968-70 Made using a CDC 6600, an SC 4020 Microfilm Plotter, & a Moog Synthesizer, with William Fetter, Robert Tingley, & George Kleinsinger.

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30,258 views • 6 months ago

The Debut of Adobe Photoshop on The Today Show in 1990 “It used to cost a million dollars two years ago but now with Photoshop and a Mac anyone can now do this at home for $800.”
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The Debut of Adobe Photoshop on The Today Show in 1990 “It used to cost a million dollars two years ago but now with Photoshop and a Mac anyone can now do this at home for $800.”

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87,554 views • 2 years ago

Early Conversational Artificial Intelligence in 1979 "You’d sit in a leather Eames chair in the lab’s soundproof “media room” and point your hand at the room’s wall-sized rear-projection screen...you could say “Put a yellow circle there,” and the computer would obey. If you didn’t specify where the circle should go, the computer would ask “Where?” and wait for you to point and say “There!” Schmandt says it was one of the two first conversational systems ever written." From MIT Tech Review 2019's 'The geek.'
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Early Conversational Artificial Intelligence in 1979 "You’d sit in a leather Eames chair in the lab’s soundproof “media room” and point your hand at the room’s wall-sized rear-projection screen...you could say “Put a yellow circle there,” and the computer would obey. If you didn’t specify where the circle should go, the computer would ask “Where?” and wait for you to point and say “There!” Schmandt says it was one of the two first conversational systems ever written." From MIT Tech Review 2019's 'The geek.'

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69,753 views • 2 years ago

Vera Molnar in 1981: "Assisted by this diabolical instrument, one can afford the luxury of exploring regions that would otherwise have remained uncharted." Vera Molnar for Télévision Française 1, 1981 (dubbed to english).
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Vera Molnar in 1981: "Assisted by this diabolical instrument, one can afford the luxury of exploring regions that would otherwise have remained uncharted." Vera Molnar for Télévision Française 1, 1981 (dubbed to english).

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16,069 views • 5 months ago

R.I.P. Lillian Schwartz 🖤 One of the most brilliant, passionate & innovative pioneers in the history of digital art. More on her work & career below.
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R.I.P. Lillian Schwartz 🖤 One of the most brilliant, passionate & innovative pioneers in the history of digital art. More on her work & career below.

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34,756 views • 2 years ago

Another rare exhibition video, showing Tendencije 4 (1968-69), an early (& critically important) Digital Art exhibition held in cold war era Zagreb. The second scene below shows Ken Knowlton & Leon D. Harmon's Studies in Perception series (1966-69), made on Bell Labs' IBM 7094.
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Another rare exhibition video, showing Tendencije 4 (1968-69), an early (& critically important) Digital Art exhibition held in cold war era Zagreb. The second scene below shows Ken Knowlton & Leon D. Harmon's Studies in Perception series (1966-69), made on Bell Labs' IBM 7094.

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13,742 views • 6 months ago

Lauren Cornell in 2011: "…this a work by Rafaël Rozendaal…He’s kind of pioneering the selling of websites… he drew up a specific contract that I could send to you, that details how websites should be sold and preserved well." From Armory NY, 2011.
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Lauren Cornell in 2011: "…this a work by Rafaël Rozendaal…He’s kind of pioneering the selling of websites… he drew up a specific contract that I could send to you, that details how websites should be sold and preserved well." From Armory NY, 2011.

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14,135 views • 7 months ago

Digital Einstein by Herbert W. Franke, 1973 Created in 1973 at Siemens, the work algorithmically subjects a portrait of Einstein to an iterative process of dissolution — a potent reflection of the implications of relativity. Seen below in exhibition at New Tendencies 5, 1973.
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Digital Einstein by Herbert W. Franke, 1973 Created in 1973 at Siemens, the work algorithmically subjects a portrait of Einstein to an iterative process of dissolution — a potent reflection of the implications of relativity. Seen below in exhibition at New Tendencies 5, 1973.

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12,347 views • 6 months ago