White Heat Cold Logic: The history of British Computer Art from 1960 - 1980.
Review by Rob Myers. This necessary publication Revisits art at a time when access to computers was limited and their potential was only just starting to be realised. Brought to life in a collection of memoirs and essays gathered by Paul Brown, Charlie Gere, Nicholas Lambert, and Catherine Mason. What was previously the secret history or parallel universe of art computing can now be seen in context alongside the other avant-garde art movements of the mid-late 20th century. I cannot over-emphasise the service that CACHe has done the art computing community and the arts more generally by providing this much needed reappraisal of early arts computing in the UK. This is the third and last by Rob Myers, in a series of articles reviewing publications by the CACHe project, an archive of pioneering British computer art. Rob's first review was of the V&A's show and book "Digital Pioneers", the second was of Catherine Mason's "A Computer In The Art Room". Where "A Computer In The Art Room" concentrated on the history of art computing in British educational institutions up to 1980, "White Heat Cold Logic" gives voice to the individuals who made art using computers in that period more generally. http://www.furtherfield.org/features/reviews/white-heat-cold-logic -----------------------> Other Info: A living - breathing - thriving networked neighbourhood - art, technology & social change - claiming it with others ;) http://identi.ca/furtherfield http://twitter.com/furtherfield Other reviews,articles,interviews http://www.furtherfield.org/features Furtherfield – online arts community, platforms for creating, viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org Furtherfield Gallery – physical media arts Gallery (London). http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibitions Netbehaviour - Networked Artists List Community. http://www.netbehaviour.org _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
