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Mainframe Experimentalism: Early Computing and the Foundations of the Digital Arts
Hannah B Higgins
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Paperback. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572. Early Computing and the Foundations of the Digital Arts. 376 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight: 538.
Mainframe Experimentalism challenges the conventional wisdom that the digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in the 1970s. In fact, in the 1960s, a diverse array of artists, musicians, poets, writers, and filmmakers around the world were engaging with mainframe and mini-computers to create innovative new artworks that contradict the stereotypes of computer art . Juxtaposing the original works alongside scholarly contributions by well-established and emerging scholars from several disciplines, Mainframe Experimentalism demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility ... Read more
Mainframe Experimentalism challenges the conventional wisdom that the digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in the 1970s. In fact, in the 1960s, a diverse array of artists, musicians, poets, writers, and filmmakers around the world were engaging with mainframe and mini-computers to create innovative new artworks that contradict the stereotypes of computer art . Juxtaposing the original works alongside scholarly contributions by well-established and emerging scholars from several disciplines, Mainframe Experimentalism demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
574 g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520268388
SKU
V9780520268388
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About Hannah B Higgins
Hannah B Higgins is Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of Fluxus Experience (UC Press). Douglas Kahn is Professor of Media and Innovation at the National Institute of Experimental Arts (NIEA) at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the coeditor of Source: Music of the Avant-garde ... Read more
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