Abstract: In art practice, use of computers, electronics, and telecommunications began in the 1960s. What then differs in today's creative network practice? In particular, chance operations of seminal 20th century artists and exploration of systems theory by mid-century artists have become the dynamical systems of today's creatives who employ coding, physical computing, and emerging networked technologies and methods. I relate historical precursors to current work and discuss how network practices employ non-linear dynamic processes.