Chroniques de l'art vivant, no. 25
- Year
- 1971
- Subjects
- A. Michael Noll, Frieder Nake, Georg Nees, John Whitney, Sol LeWitt
- Tags
- magazine · computer-art · generative · information-aesthetics · pioneers · conceptual-art · documenta · physical · owned · french
Notes
Chroniques de l'art vivant no. 25 (novembre 1971), the Maeght-published Paris art review (directeur Aime Maeght; redacteur en chef Jean Clair). A landmark early French dossier on computer and information-based art: Abraham Moles, 'entre la Science et le Kitsch / Art et Ordinateur' (p.14, with a line-printer ASCII image); 'L'Esthetique Numerique: Concepts de Base' by M. Mattys (p.16) on Birkhoff, Max Bense and Siegfried Maser's information aesthetics, illustrated with plotter drawings by Georg Nees, A. Michael Noll (a rotating hypercube) and Frieder Nake (1965); 'Le Centre de Calcul de Madrid / Eusebio Sempere' (p.18) on the Centro de Calculo computer-art seminar (Sempere's computer self-portrait, Elena Asins, Yturralde, Barbadillo, Equipo 57); and 'Ordinateur et creation animee: John Whitney' (p.21) on Whitney's IBM 2250 / GRAF motion graphics. Also: Sol LeWitt ('textes inedits en francais', wall drawings -- 'l'idee devient une machine qui produit l'art', p.12), Art-Language / Terry Atkinson interviewed by Catherine Millet (p.10), and a documenta 5 preview (entretien with Harald Szeemann, p.4). Cover after John De Andrea's 'Dorothy' (painted fiberglass, 1969/70). Owner's physical copy.