Description
CONTRIBUTORS
Arie Altena & Lucas van der Velden, C.E.B. Reas, Lejaren Hiller Jr., Iannis Xenakis, Georg Nees, Max Bense, Frieder Nake, Zufälliger Polygonzug, Jasia Reichardt, Max Bense, Gene Youngblood, John Whitney, Frieder Nake, Lillian Schwartz, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnar, Tony Longson, Ken Knowlton, Kim Cascone, Greg Kurcewicz, Wolfgang Lieser
DESCRIPTION
This anthology celebrates the history of computer art. It gives special consideration not only to the evolution of autonomous computer art, in part through reprinting several seminal essays of pioneering practitioners, but also to an eclectic selection of exemplary contemporary projects, that span across the fields artist’s software, computer generated music and digital art. The featured essays, artistic projects and visual material characterize computer art is an autonomous art-form, firmly rooted both into the visual arts and technology. Ultimately, the anthology highlights the short period when, the worlds of technology, cybernetics and art came together. This publication includes a copy of Sonic Acts XI DVD.
CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL
Arie Altena & Lucas van der Velden - WHO ARE THE PROGENITORS OF THE CONTEMPORARY SYNTHESIS OF SOFTWARE AND ART?
Casey Reas - COMPUTER MUSIC (EXCERPT)
Lejaren Hiller Jr. - FREE STOCHASTIC MUSIC BY COMPUTER (EXCERPT)
Iannis Xenakis - STOCHATIC COMPUTER GRAPHICS (SELECTION)
Georg Nees - GENERATIVE AESTHETICS PROJECTS
Max Bense - HOMMAGE À PAUL KLEE
Frieder Nake - ZUFÄLLIGER POLYGONZUG
Frieder Nake - COMPUTER ART
Jasia Reichardt - SMALL ABSTRACT AESTHETICS
Max Bense - STATEMENT
Georg Nees - EXPANDED CINEMA (EXCERPT)
Gene Youngblood - CATALOGUE
John Whitney - LAPIS
John Whitney - PEMUTATIONS
John Whitney - ARABESQUE
John Whitney - THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPUTER ART
Frieder Nake - TECHNOCRATIC DADAISTS
Frieder Nake - GOOGOLPLEX
Lillian Schwartz - NIGHT SCENE
Lillian Schwartz - UNTITLED STATEMENT
Manfred Mohr - WHITE NOISE
Manfred Mohr - SPHERELESS
Manfred Mohr - SCRATCH CODE
Manfred Mohr - INSCHRIFT
Manfred Mohr - Untitled Statement
Vera Molnar - CRS
Tony Longson - SQUARE TONAL DRAWING
Tony Longson - UNTITLED STATEMENT
Ken Knowlton - PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG SCIENTIST
Kenneth Knowlton - LAPTOP MUSIC – COUNTERFEITING AURA IN THE AGE OF INFINITE REPRODUCTION
Kim Cascone - ON THE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN VISUAL MUSIC
Greg Kurcewicz - DIGITAL ART: FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A DEALER
Wolfgang Lieser
