The Anthology of Computer Art

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Editors: Arie Altena, Lucas van der Velden
Design: Coup, Amsterdam
96 pp., 21 x 27,5, February 2006
ISBN: 9789081047012

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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

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Weight .215 g
Dimensions 38 × 21 × .5 cm