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In this episode of Verse Talks, Leyla Fakhr speaks with Caroline Csuri, artist, entrepreneur and daughter of pioneering computer artist Charles Csuri.
Caroline reflects on growing up around her father’s work, his beginnings as a painter and sculptor, his early experiments with computers in the 1960s, and the extraordinary community of artists, programmers and animators that surrounded him. The conversation traces Csuri’s practice across seven decades, from Hummingbird and Random War to his experiments with 3D animation, proprietary tools and generative systems. Caroline also discusses Ordo, a previously unreleased series created in 2017 and discovered among the files Csuri had personally archived on his computer, and why bringing this work onto the blockchain feels like a continuation of his thinking about digital art, provenance and preservation. edit-caroline-csuri (1)
Timestamps
Introduction
Meeting Caroline Csuri and carrying forward her father’s legacy
Growing up around computer graphics and early interactive technology
Caroline as an artist and understanding her father’s process
Charles Csuri: artist, scientist and multidisciplinary thinker
The New York art world, Cedar Tavern and Roy Lichtenstein
Early computer art and Hummingbird
30,000 punch cards and the making of early computer animation
Disney, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and Chuck Jones
Csuri’s influence on a generation of computer animators
The 1980s and developing his own artistic tools
The Ribbon tool and drawing brushstrokes in 3D
Random War, chance and Csuri’s experience of WWII
Sine Curve Man and image transformation
Ordo: discovering the 2017 series on Csuri’s computer
Charles Csuri’s interest in blockchain and digital preservation
Renewed attention around Csuri’s work
Recognition, Christie’s and Caroline’s promise to her father
Cranston/Csuri Productions and the rise of computer animation
Returning to the studio and Csuri’s later artistic practice
How Charles Csuri wanted to be remembered
Collectors, institutions and renewed interest in his legacy
Caroline’s vision for Csuri’s work and archive
Making digital art accessible to a new generation
Closing thoughts
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