Art systems: 1968 to 2018

Abstract

In this note I describe my personal development of art systems over 50 years. In all of this work I have used computers and computational processes both to make the works and to advance my conception of art. This history is marked by a trace of publications in the journal Leonardo, itself being 50 years old. I will relate the story with specific reference to these publications. Each of the following sections relates to one Leonardo publication and includes quotations from that paper. In the earlier writing "he" or "him" is used sometimes to refer to a person who could well be female, as used to be the custom.