The 1968 Cybernetic Serendipity Exhibition

The 1968 Cybernetic Serendipity exhibition in London showcased pioneering art and technology that explored the relationship between humans and machines. It featured innovative computer-generated artworks, interactive installations, and early digital media, highlighting how computers could be used creatively beyond their traditional technical roles. The exhibition celebrated the emerging possibilities of cybernetics—a field studying systems of communication and control—fostering new ways for technology and art to intersect. It was a groundbreaking event that helped shape the future of digital art and demonstrated the creative potential of computers in an era just beginning to understand their artistic applications.