Generative Systems Art: The Work of Ernest Edmonds (Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities) - Hardcover

Franco, Francesca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472436008 ISBN 13: 9781472436009

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

In this unique book the author explores the history of pioneering computer art and its contribution to art history by way of examining Ernest Edmonds’ art from the late 1960s to the present day. Edmonds’ inventions of new concepts, tools and forms of art, along with his close involvement with the communities of computer artists, constructive artists and computer technologists, provides the context for discussion of the origins and implications of the relationship between art and technology. Drawing on interviews with Edmonds and primary research in archives of his work, the book offers a new contribution to the history of the development of digital art and places Edmonds’ work in the context of contemporary art history.

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About the Author

Francesca Franco is a Venetian-born art historian based in the UK. The central theme of Francesca’s research is the history of art and technology and the pioneers of Computer art. It concerns issues of Generative and interactive art and the connections between Constructivism and Systems art in early Computational art. A major focus has been the history of the Venice Biennale, culminating in a series of publications in books, academic journals and art magazines, which have been translated into various languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472436008
• ISBN 13: 9781472436009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 174