Art is under names Geoff Davis and Micro Arts.
My art has been exhibited in Leicester, London (Computer Arts Archive, curator Dr. Sean Clark; and at the LFMC), Zurich (elementum, curator Georg Bak), Berlin and Essen (Expanded Art, König Galerie, curator Anika Meier).
My Micro Arts work was presented at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum V&A 2024 digital season, by historian Catherine Mason.
Recent AI and generative art has been exhibited by the Computer Arts Society at the British Computer Society BCS in London, 2023.
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For more about Geoff’s art visit Micro Arts Group
Writing and other things are here
Collections
Geoff Davis’s art is exhibited internationally (UK and Europe) and is in the collections of: Computer Arts Archive CAA, UK; Francisco Carolinum Museum, Linz, Austria; the Franke Foundation Collection, Germany; The National Museum of Computing TNMOC, Bletchley Park, UK; the Le Random collection; and with many international collectors.
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SUMMARY – no photos. See below for full details
8-bit II – Computer Art from the 1980s
Phoenix Art Centre, Leicester (10 Jan – 31 Mar 2025)
Featuring: Geoff Davis, Martin Rootes, Dan Cooper
Curated by Dr. Sean Clark (CAA, CAS Chair)
Prints exhibition. Geoff Davis / Micro Arts art – “Abstract Originals”, several images, and Story Generator (1984, 1985)
Reimagine Tomorrow 1954–2024
Exhibtion with the AI Bienalle, Essen, Germany (17–24 Nov 2024)
Monitor piece, running: featuring: Wolf Series: Story Generator (1985) – Geoff Davis / Micro Arts MA4
Curated by Anika Meier, Expanded and and König Galerie.
Generative Art Summit – Herbert W. Franke Foundation
Academy of Arts, Berlin (3–6 July 2024)
Geoff Davis – Invited speaker (“Small is Beautiful – Microcomputers and the Arts”)
Artwork shown: Lines from Geoff Davis / Micro Arts”Abstract Originals”(1984)
The Path to the Present, 1954–2024
Expanded Art, Berlin (2 July – 7 Sept. 2024)
Curated by Anika Meier
Artwork shown: Stripes from Geoff Davis / Micro Arts MA1 (1984)
Time Spectrum – Solo Exhibition
Expanded Art, Berlin (1–12 Dec 2023)
Art release: 17 Jan 2024
Curated by Anika Meier
Multiple monitors: new generative art (2023). Generative art from MA1 “Abstract Originals” (1984) and MA2 Various Unusual Events (1984). Memorablia, data cassettes, print magazine etc.
Prints: Teenage Abstractions (from 1970s)
Thinking Machines: Presenting Pioneers, 1953–2023
Expanded Art, Berlin (June 2023)
Group exhibition with 25 pioneering artists
Monitor piece: Geoff Davis / Micro Arts MA1, 1984 (all 7 art pieces in sequence)
Pattern City – CAS Exhibition
Computer Arts Society group exhibition. British Computer Society, London (July – Nov 2023)
Generative AI art by Geoff Davis (2023)
Related to upcoming novel also called Pattern City (2025)
3D Cube Art
elementum, Zurich (2023)
With Patryk Jaworski (music + visuals)
Multiple monitor 3D Cube animations of Geoff Davis art- all 7 artworks. Plus the original 1984 generative art running.
Computer Arts Society – 20 Prints
Geoff Davis / Micro Arts. British Computer Society, Moorgate London (2021).
Thanks to Dr. Sean Clark and CAS
20 prints exhibition from all Micro Arts 1984-1985 works.
8-bit Exhibition
Computer Arts Archive, LCB Depot, Leicester (2021)
Curated by Dr. Sean Clark
Geoff Davis – Micro Arts Group – memorabilia, micro computers, cassettes, magazine etc. 20 Prints of art and text generation from 1984-1985. Monitor with art running.
Also memorabilia such as data cassettes, tape recorders, the printed magazine, etc.
London Film-Makers Co-op (LFMC)
Summer Show – London (1985)
Geoff Davis exhibited MA1 “Abstract Originals” and MA4 Story Generator, running on monitors.
TALKS
Generative Art Summit – Herbert W. Franke Foundation
Academy of Arts, Berlin (3–6 July 2024)
Geoff Davis – Invited speaker (“Small is Beautiful – Microcomputers and the Arts”)
AI Creative Writing and Art
Computer Arts Society (February 2024)
MOOD BIAS AND AI
Academic Paper (UAL)
EVA Conference, London, BCS Moorgate (July 2023)
AI and Images
Computer Arts Society (June 2023)
AI and Text Generation
Computer Arts Society (April 2023)
GEOFF DAVIS ART EXHIBITIONS – WITH VISUALS
8-bit II – Computer Art from the 1980s
Leicester Phoenix – January – March 2025
Curated by Dr. Sean Clark (Computer Arts Archive CAA, Chair of CAS). Exhibition of computer art from the 1980s, with Geoff Davis (artist and founder of Micro Arts), Martin Rootes (also Micro Arts) and Dan Cooper (artist, USA). Phoenix Art Centre, Leicester, 10th January – 31st March 2025.
This is a follow up to the original 8-Bit exhibition (Geoff Davis of Micro Arts, Sean Clark) 2021, which was the first Computer Arts Archive CAA exhibition (see below).
Reimagine Tomorrow 1954 – 2024
Essen Germany 17 – 24 Nov 2024
Wolf Series: Story Generator (1985) Geoff Davis / Micro Arts Group
Geoff Davis’s pioneering text generation software creates unsettling variations on a seed story about animal insurrection. It replaces words from Davis’s original story “Cow Boils Head” with themed synonyms, generating new narratives at a hypnotic pace. The overall story system creates layered stories, which can be read collectively, in memory. Written in BASIC for the ZX Spectrum microcomputer in 1985 – 40 years ago.
“An early precursor of ChatGPT“, Georg Bak, art historian.
For more information please visit the Micro Arts Group website.
Generative Art Summit
Herbert W. Franke Foundation, Berlin July 2024
“From Camera to Artificial Intelligence 1954 – 2024 – International Conference.”
Generative Art Summit from the Franke Foundation in Berlin 3-6 July 2024
I was a guest “pioneer” speaker with “Small is Beautiful – Microcomputers and the Arts”. I talked about the early 1980s scene, experimental film & video, Laurie Anderson, Andy Warhol, cyberpunk, and my 1980s computer art group Micro Arts, and my recent AI research ‘Mood Bias’.
‘Lines’ from Geoff Davis / Micro Arts MA1 “Abstract Originals” was shown at the Summit, this work is in the Franke Foundation Collection.
There was also an accompanying exhibition with Geoff’s 1980s art, ‘The Path to the Present, 1954-2024’ Expanded Art, curated by Anika Meier, Berlin July 2024
Organised by art meets science – Foundation Herbert W. Franke. At Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany, July 2024.
Expanded Art: Geoff Davis artworks
Herbert W. Franke Foundation: Generative Art Summit
TIME SPECTRUM
December 2023, Expanded Art, Berlin
Solo exhibition, Expanded Art, Berlin, Germany December 1st-12th 2023. New format art release on January 17th. Please visit Time Spectrum Geoff Davis Micro Arts Group for details.
Curated by Anika Meier.
THINKING MACHINES: Presenting Pioneers, 1953-2023
Berlin June 2023.
Group show with 25 pioneering artists. Please visit https://www.expanded.art/exhibitions/the-thinking-machine
PATTERN CITY
British Computer Society, London, July – Nov. 2023
Generative processed AI grid art, flexible content and layout. This art will be used in my forthcoming novel PATTERN CITY 2025 from LPP London.
This is generative art that uses ‘AI’ generated and real images and text. The above still image from the process is in the Computer Arts Society’s Exhibition 2023, please visit.
AI Talks 2024 / 2023
AI & Arts talk 2024 for the launch of the second edition of the AI Anthology was hosted by CAS February 21st 2024. The VIDEO of this is here. Transcript will be on soon.
AI talks, please see Mood Bias & Happy Ending Syndrome page. AI & Art and AI & Text talks also available.
Thanks to Dr. Sean Clark, Graham Diprose and the CAS Committee for organising the events. Visit Computer Art Society
Geoff Davis – 3D CUBE ART
elementum Zurich, 2023
3D animations of Micro Arts MA1 generative art, with Patryk Jaworski music and videography. Videos with music are here https://www.elementum.art/en/artworks/ma1-blocks-cube-art-659/
Music is here:
These were 3D animations of the 1980s generative art made by artist Patryk Jaworski, who also provided the music. Plus a grid display of the Micro Arts history.
Please visit elementum – Geoff Davis
https://www.elementum.art/en/artists/geoff-davis-428/
elementum is an art gallery in Zurich, Switzerland. Thanks to Georg Bak and the elementum team Michel Gurnari, Sofia and Dimitria.
Micro Arts exhibition at Computer Art Society CAS
BCS London 2022
British Computer Society BCS Moorgate London 2022. Thanks to Sean Clark and CAS.
Please visit Computer Arts Society at BCS – Geoff Davis
https://computer-arts-society.com/exhibitions/micro-arts-group.html
The abovepage has photos from London and Leicester.
8-bit exhibition, 2021
LCB Depot Leicester
The first Computer Arts Archive exhibition curated by Dr. Sean Clark.
Visit Computer Arts Archive 8-Bit exhibition – Geoff Davis
Summer Show London London Film-Makers Co-op LFMC
1985
Poster:
LFMC Logo
Talks
Please see above for a recent talks summary.
Collections
Geoff Davis’s art is exhibited internationally (UK and Europe) and is in the collections of: Computer Arts Archive CAA, UK; Francisco Carolinum Museum, Linz, Austria; the Franke Foundation Collection, Germany; The National Museum of Computing TNMOC, Bletchley Park, UK; the Le Random collection; and with many international collectors.