Ken Knowlton, a Father of Computer Art and Animation, Dies at 91 (nytimes.com)

Wow. I guess it means something that the pioneer generation of 50 years in comp graphics is reaching end of life. Here's to the next 50. Let's try and keep it just as irreverent ;)

The Machine as Seen at the End of the Mechanical Age. 1969, MoMA

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/2776

Featured a first: "An Evening of Computer Films"

Such as: Poem Field No. 1 (1967)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsNmrCgwwQM

At the first SIGGRAPH, Ken Knowlton was the entertainment (on piano).