05: Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt II (1960s) with Michael Spalter

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The Le Random team of ⁠⁠⁠thefunnyguys⁠⁠⁠ (twitter.com/thefunnyguysNFT), Peter Bauman (⁠⁠⁠Monk Antony⁠⁠⁠ (twitter.com/MonkAntony_tez)) and Conrad House (⁠⁠⁠Nemo Cake⁠⁠⁠ (twitter.com/DlSPUTED)) spoke to special guest and celebrated collector ⁠⁠⁠ (twitter.com/keyvass)Michael Spalter (twitter.com/michaelspalter) about the dense history of the 1960s in generative art⁠ (timeline.lerandom.art), the Early Digital Era.

This episode corresponds with:
• ⁠⁠⁠Generative Art Timeline: Chapter 4 (timeline.lerandom.art/chapter/4)⁠⁠

10 Significant Early Digital Era Moments (Covered in the talk)⁠
• 1961: New Tendencies (timeline.lerandom.art/m/nove-tendencije-the-fi…) and Fluxus Begin (timeline.lerandom.art/m/george-maciunass-bread…)

• 1963: Nake begins making computer art (timeline.lerandom.art/m/compart-er-56-series-a…) + 1965: Homage a Paul Klee (timeline.lerandom.art/m/13-9-65-nr-2-hommage-a…)

• 1965: First computer art exhibits (Computergrafik (Feb) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/the-worlds-first-publi…), Computer-Generated Pictures (timeline.lerandom.art/m/computer-generated-pic…), and computer grafik (Nov) (timeline.lerandom.art/m/computer-grafik-by-geo…))

• 1966: CTG and generative systems (timeline.lerandom.art/m/ctg-pioneers-digital-g…)

• 1966: 9 Evenings (timeline.lerandom.art/m/9-evenings-theatre-and…) and E.A.T. Forms (timeline.lerandom.art/m/experiments-in-art-and…)

• 1967: Sol LeWitt “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art” (timeline.lerandom.art/m/sol-lewitt-gives-conce…) + 1969 Wall Drawings (timeline.lerandom.art/m/vera-molnar-begins-her…)

• 1967: Charles Csuri’s early work (timeline.lerandom.art/m/charles-csuri-enters-t…)

• 1968: Cybernetic Serendipity (timeline.lerandom.art/m/cybernetic-serendipity…)

• 1968-9: Major international art and technology exhibitions:

• 1968: The machine as seen… (timeline.lerandom.art/m/the-machine-as-seen-at…) (USA)

• 1969: Tendencies 4 (timeline.lerandom.art/m/tendencies-4-computers…) (Europe)

10. 1968: Molnar’s Interruptions (timeline.lerandom.art/m/vera-molnar-begins-her…): her first computer art

Also in this episode: Michael Spalter (lerandom.art/subjects/michael-spalter), Anne Spalter (lerandom.art/subjects/anne-spalter), Vera Molnár (lerandom.art/subjects/vera-molnar), New Tendencies (lerandom.art/subjects/new-tendencies), A. Michael Noll (lerandom.art/subjects/a-michael-noll), François Molnár (lerandom.art/subjects/francois-molnar), Hiroshi Kawano (lerandom.art/subjects/hiroshi-kawano), Frieder Nake (lerandom.art/subjects/frieder-nake), Paul Klee (lerandom.art/subjects/paul-klee), Fluxus (lerandom.art/subjects/fluxus)

Listen next: Ep. 3, Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-3-analo…), Ep. 4, Timeline Ch 4—Digital Era Pt I (1960s) with Dr A Michael Noll (lerandom.art/episodes/timeline-chapter-4-digit…)