The History of Computer Art
summary
An evidence-rich tour from a 1962 analog drawing machine to modern AI shows what gets surprising attention: an IBM 1401 Fortran bug that prints accidental art, Paul Henry’s 1962 bombsite plotters, Harold Cohen’s Aaron drawings, Brian Eno’s 77 million paintings, Jodi.org from 1993, a modified NES showing only clouds, a live GTA stream that counts daily US gun homicides, a Ruby quine globe, GANs and GAN portrait sold for $300,000, NFT Bored Apes, and AI mosaics tied to Bitcoin prices.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Hello World
- 2:00The Computer
- 2:40Computer Art
- 11:04Vera Molnar
- 12:49Blick
- 14:11Aaron
- 16:18Brian Eno
- 17:34Corey Archangel
- 20:27Elegy
- 22:15Carnivore
- 26:03Mapes
- 29:16Tulips
- 34:14Representation by the People
- 35:05My Darlings
- 36:05Quering the Data Set
- 37:44The Big Question
- 41:49Final Thoughts
- 43:09Terrible Artwork
