Generative systems art : the work of Ernest Edmonds / Francesca Franco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franco, Francesca (Art historian), author.

Series:

Digital research in the arts and humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edmonds, Ernest A., 1942---Criticism and interpretation.

Edmonds, Ernest A.

Edmonds, Ernest A., 1942-.

Computer art.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 157 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

This unique book 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, France offers a new contribution to the history of the development of digital art and places Edmonds' work in the context of contemporary art history. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The 1960s: from figurative art to colour abstraction 5

Introduction 5

"Art or mathematics?" 5

From figurative art to black and white abstraction (1960-1962) 6

From black and white to colour abstraction (1962-1966) 16

Consolidating a Constructivist approach: Nineteen (1967-1969) 20

2 The 1970s: logic, computers and communication 30

Introduction 30

The Systems Group 31

Art, technology and participation in the United Kingdom 33

Malcolm Hughes 34

Edward Ihnatowicz 35

Roy Ascott 37

Stephen Willats 38

Ernest Edmonds' early interactive art 40

1970: Computer Graphics '70 - *Datapack and Jigsaw 42

1971: Invention of Problems II - Communications Game 45

1972: Cognition and Control - Communications Game 2 48

1974-1978: Systems approaches in Edmonds' paintings and drawings 48

3 The 1980s: Constructivism and Systems 57

Introduction 57

Personal networks and connections 57

Ernest Edmonds' themes 59

Structure 60

Time 60

Colour 62

Exhibiting Space, Duality and Co-existence (1985) 62

Null-Dimension (1988) 66

Constructivism: Man versus Environment (1989) 68

4 The 1990s: correspondences and intersections 75

Introduction 75

A busy 1990 75

A key collaboration: Correspondences 79

Residencies and exhibitions in the 1990s 82

5 Interactive Generative art: 2000-2015 89

Introduction 89

2000-2005 89

Expanding and evolving Video Constructs (2000-2003) 90

Audio-visual artworks: Ernest Edmonds with Mark Fell (2003-2004) 92

New interactive Generative works (2004-2005) 95

2005-2010 99

Tango Tangle (2006) 100

Shaping Form (from 2007) 101

Cities Tango: Between. Belfast and Sydney (2009) 106

2010-2015 109

Automatic Art, London 2014 111

Primary Codes, Rio de Janeiro 2015 113

6 Structure and systems 117

Introduction 117

Structure and interaction 117

Fifty Two (1980) 118

Four Shaped Forms (2014) 122

7 New media, new technologies and new systems 128

Introduction 128

Technical innovations 129

Iterative software design methods 129

Adaptable user interfaces 131

User interface architectures 132

Creativity support tools 133

Art and technology crossovers 135

Creativity and cognition 135

Living laboratories for interactive art 136

Logic, Constructive Mathematics and Generative art 137

Logic Programming for time-based Generative art 138.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472436009

1472436008

OCLC:

976036133