prehysteries of new media: >> Herbert Franke, "Computer Graphics, Computer Art", 1971

<< preface

this blog is nina wenhart's collection of resources on the various histories of new media art. it consists mainly of non or very little edited material i found flaneuring on the net, sometimes with my own annotations and comments, sometimes it's also textparts i retyped from books that are out of print.

it is also meant to be an additional resource of information and recommended reading for my students of the prehystories of new media class that i teach at the school of the art institute of chicago in fall 2008.

the focus is on the time period from the beginning of the 20th century up to today.

2008-10-02

>> Herbert Franke, "Computer Graphics, Computer Art", 1971

"The works from computers nowadays covered by the term 'comoputer art' are in my opinion among the most remarkable products of our time:

not because they s

urpass, or even approach, the beauty of traditional forms of art, but because they place established ideas of beauty and art in question;

not because they are intrinsically satisfactory or ebven finished, but because their very unfinished form indicates the great potential for future development;

not because the resolve problems, but because they raise and expose them.

Computer art [...] expresses the progress taking place in computer science."

(to be continued)