08: Timeline Ch 6—Personal Computer Era (1980s) with Mark Wilson, Copper Giloth, Dan Sandin, David Em, William Latham, Stephen Todd, Darcy Gerbarg & Geoff Davis

Episode page and full transcript: lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-6-perso…

In our chat, "Pioneers of '80s Art & Innovation," from February 7, 2024, a panel of icons joins Peter Bauman (twitter.com/MonkAntony_tez) (Monk Antony, Le Random's editor in chief) and Conrad House (twitter.com/DlSPUTED) (Nemo Cake, former Collection Lead at Le Random). They share their diverse perspectives on the 1980s in digital and generative art, reflecting the decade's richness and complexity.

Speakers include: Mark Wilson (mgwilson.com), Copper Giloth (twitter.com/coppergiloth), Dan Sandin (evl.uic.edu/dan), David Em (davidem.com), William Latham (latham-mutator.com), Stephen Todd (digitalartarchive.siggraph.org/person/stephen-…), Darcy Gerbarg (darcygerbarg.com) + Geoff Davis (microartsgroup.com)

Also in this episode: Copper Giloth (lerandom.art/subjects/copper-giloth), Dan Sandin (lerandom.art/subjects/dan-sandin), Darcy Gerbarg (lerandom.art/subjects/darcy-gerbarg), David Em (lerandom.art/subjects/david-em), Geoff Davis (lerandom.art/subjects/geoff-davis), Mark Wilson (lerandom.art/subjects/mark-wilson), Stephen Todd (lerandom.art/subjects/stephen-todd), William Latham (lerandom.art/subjects/william-latham), SIGGRAPH (lerandom.art/subjects/siggraph), IBM (lerandom.art/subjects/ibm)

Read next: Copper Giloth on Video Games to Video Art (lerandom.art/editorial/copper-giloth-on-video-…), Jane Veeder on Loving Change (lerandom.art/editorial/jane-veeder-on-loving-c…), Travess Smalley Profiles Mark Wilson (lerandom.art/editorial/travess-smalley-profile…)

Listen next: Ep. 6, Timeline Ch 5—Artist-Programmer Era (1970s) with Joan Truckenbrod, Hans Dehlinger & Anika Meier (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-5-artis…), Ep. 11, Timeline Ch 8: Tooling Era (2000s) with Christiane Paul, Casey Reas, Christa Sommerer & Golan Levin (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-8-tooli…)

On the Living Timeline: Timeline Chapter 6 (timeline.lerandom.art/chapter/6), Dan Sandin Creates the Sandin Image Processor (1971) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/dan-sandin-creates-san…), Spiral 5 PTL by Dan Sandin, Tom DeFanti and Mimi Shevitz (1980) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/spiral-ptl-by-dan-sandin), Cruz-Neira, Sandin and DeFanti Begin Developing “CAVE” (1991) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/sandin-defanti-and-cru…)

Chapters 📖:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:53 What defined the 1980s?
00:02:28 What was Darcy Gerbarg's 1980s like?
00:06:34 How did Copper Giloth get started?
00:09:02 How did Mark Wilson find computers?
00:14:51 How did David Em meet the computer?
00:20:48 What did Latham do at IBM?
00:24:48 How did Todd and Latham work together?
01:00:00 What were early PCs like for artists?
01:01:11 How did artists move to PCs?
01:02:59 How did PCs change in the '80s?
01:04:20 How did gender bias shape the '80s?
01:06:19 How did CG portray women's bodies?
01:08:36 How did the artist community grow?
01:10:17 How has generative art evolved?
01:13:45 What was Chicago's game scene like?
01:17:03 How did Silicon Graphics change design?