https://www.amygoodchild.com/blog/computer-art-50s-and-60s
"Computing and creativity have always been linked. In the early 1800’s when
Charles Babbage designed the Analytical Engine, his friend Ada Lovelace wrote
in a letter that, if music could be expressed to the engine, then it “might
compose elaborate and scientific pieces of music of any degree of complexity or
extent.”
My original vision for this article was to cover the development of computer
art from the 50’s to the 90’s, but it turns out there’s an abundance of things
without even getting half way through that era. So in this article we’ll look
at how Lovelace’s ideas for creativity with a computer first came to life in
the 50’s and 60’s, and I’ll cover later decades in future articles.
I stray from computer art into electronic, kinetic and mechanical art because
the lines are blurred, it contributes to the historical context, and also
because there is some cool stuff to look at."
Via Esther Schindler, who wrote "A deep dive on the early days of creative
computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more. Not
the usual suspects. Not at all."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
