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Cybernetic Serendipity
dal 6/2/2015 al 29/5/2015

Segnalato da

Naomi Crowther


approfondimenti

Jasia Reichardt



 
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6/2/2015

Cybernetic Serendipity

ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

The exhibition presents documents, installation photographs, press reviews, invitation cards and publications investigating the relationship between the arts and new technology.


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Curated by Jasia Reichardt

Where in London could you take a hippy, a computer programmer, a ten-year-old schoolboy and guarantee that each would be perfectly happy for an hour without you having to lift a finger to entertain them?’ 2 August 1968, Evening Standard

Cybernetic Serendipity, the landmark exhibition curated by Jasia Reichardt at the ICA in 1968, is being celebrated at Huddersfield Art Gallery with a display of documents, installation photographs, press reviews, invitation cards and publications.

Attracting the attention of the national and international press at the time, Cybernetic Serendipity was the first international exhibition in the UK devoted to the relationship between the arts and new technology. This groundbreaking exhibition, designed by Franciszka Themerson, presented the work of over 130 participants including composers, engineers, artists, mathematicians and poets. The exhibition ran from 2 August - 20 October 1968 and was seen by some 60,000 visitors.

Its aim was to present an area of activity which manifested artists' involvement with science, and scientists' involvement with the arts; in particular to show the links between the random systems employed by artists, composers and poets, and those involved with the making and the use of cybernetic devices. Cybernetic Serendipity dealt with possibilities rather than achievements, especially since in 1968 computers had not yet revolutionised music, art, or poetry, in the same way that they had revolutionised science. Nearly 50 years later, at a time when our relationship with computers permeates every aspect of visual culture, this exhibition offers documentation of Cybernetic Serendipity to highlight its impact and continued relevance today.

Image: invitation

Press Contact:
Naomi Crowther, naomi.crowther@ica.org.uk

Opening: 7 February 2015

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