GoKawiilLe Random launches 'Living Timeline' tracing generative art to 71,000 BCE cave markings
Digital art institution Le Random has released an interactive project called The Living Timeline, which maps the history of generative art from prehistoric markings to contemporary AI diffusion models. The timeline includes crosshatched ocher engravings found in Blombos Cave in South Africa, dated to roughly 71,000 BCE, as an early example of rule-based or systems-driven creative output.