Critical Writing Index

Visual Intelligence: The First Decade of Computer Art

by Frank Dietrich

Computer Graphics and Applications, July 1985, v. 5, no. 6, pp. 33-45

The article discusses the hisory of the first decade of computer art from 1967 until 1977, and mentions the first computer art shows held in 1965 not by artists but by scientists, the work of the first computer artists, mostly constructivists born between the world wars. It explains the necessity of collaborations between artists, scientists, and engineers, and gives an in depth timeline of the development of computer technology and the art it facilitated.

ITEM 1985.115 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

AARONHiroshi Kawano

Sine Wave ManHarold Cohen

Sine Wave ManCharles A. Csuri

Studies Perception IJames Shaffer

Studies Perception IKenneth C. Knowlton

Plons (Splash)Leon Harmon

Portrait ALbert EinsteinPeter Struychen

P 159 AHerbert W. Franke

Matrix MultiplicationsManfred Mohr

Painting Self PortraitFrieder Nake

KubusDuane Palyka

Scientists Hand at 3MKlaus Basset

ProstorSonia Landy Sheridan

LWII82Edvard Zajec

Bridget Riley's Painting "Currents"Harold Cohen

SculptureA. Michael Noll

George Nees