Digital Art: Some Reflections

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Digital Art Some Reflections
Frieder Nake University of Bremen University of
the Arts Bremen
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1 introduction
digital art the human use of algorithmic beings
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1 introduction
human values purposes the true, the good, the
beautiful
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digital art computer art
algorithmic art interactive art software art
net art media art
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computer art computer games irresponsible
applications of computer graphics roots of
digital media
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conceptual art video art computer art
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how to draw when your machine is a computer?
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2 early times at U of T
Leslie Mezei
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2 early times at U of T
leslie mezei, beaver transformed. 1967
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2 early times at U of T
frieder nake, generative aesthetics I, experiment
4a-1. 1969
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2 early times at U of T
frieder nake, napoleon. 1969
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3 first exhibitions 1965
5-19 feb 1965 georg nees studien-galerie
university of stuttgart 6-24 april 1965 a.
michael noll bela julesz howard wise gallery
new york 5-26 nov 1965 frieder nake georg
nees galerie wendelin niedlich stuttgart
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3 first exhibitions 1965
georg nees 1965
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3 first exhibitions 1965
a. michael noll 1965
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3 first exhibitions 1965
frieder nake 1965
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3 first exhibitions 1965
randomness intuition
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3 first exhibitions 1965
individual work class of works
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3 first exhibitions 1965
frieder nake, matrix multiplication 1967/68
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4 two cornerstones
Cybernetic Serendipity. The Computer and the
Arts London 2 August 1968
Tendencies 4. Computers Visual Research Zagreb
3 August 1968
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4 two cornerstones
spectacle
research
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4 two cornerstones
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5 the algorithmic revolution
the algorithmic revolution on the history of
interactive art
an exhibition at zkm karlsruhe 30 oct 04 to 31
jan 08
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5 the algorithmic revolution
machine automaton partner tool medium
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5 the algorithmic revolution
machinization of mental labor instrumental
medium semiotic machine algorithmic sign
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5 the algorithmic revolution
the computer appears in three modes
automaton tool medium
computability interactivity performativity
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6 interdisciplinarity
Charles Percy Snow The two cultures and the
scientific revolution Cambridge 1959
I permanently felt present in two groups whose
members had hardly anything left to tell the
others.
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6 interdisciplinarity
E.A.T. Experiments in Art and
Technology1966 Robert Rauschenberg, Billy Klüver
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6 interdisciplinarity
it is only in parts that we can have the whole
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6 interdisciplinarity
be consistent and true to yourself. be proficient
in your discpline. be radical and restrict. be
radical and deviate.
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6 interdisciplinarity
love your discipline for you know you will leave
it
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7 trends activities
the tradition constructive art concrete art
the break conceptual art computer art
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7 trends activities
marcel duchamp. nude descending a staircase. 1914
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7 trends activities
jackson pollock, full fathom no. 5. 1949
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7 trends activities
josef albers, hommage to the square. 1964
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7 trends activities
vera molnar a line. meander after an earthquake.
1996/2004
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7 trends activities
manfred mohr, space.color. P-702-F. 2000
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7 trends activities
harold cohen at computer museum 1995
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7 trends activities
the machinic
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the
semiotic
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8 compArt project
compArt center of excellence (early) digital art
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8 compArt project
virtual space actual space
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8 compArt project