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Variable Conditions recovers Canadian instances of early encounters between computational media and contemporary art in the late twentieth century. The book provides valuable new perspectives and new contexts for understanding computer art pioneers, sketching a new landscape of surprising connections between scientific and artistic institutions.



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“By celebrating and reminding readers of artists who are well-known but underappreciated – such as Michael Snow, Robert Adrian X, David Rokeby, and Les Levine – as well as introducing unknown artists who deserve recognition, Variable Conditions shows how early developments in computational arts in Canada were of global significance. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of contemporary art, especially given how artists working in this area in the 1960s and onwards did so much to anticipate our current digital cultural condition.” Charlie Gere, author of Digital Culture

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 15/11/2023
      ISBN13: 9780228018858, 978-0228018858
      ISBN10: 0228018854
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Variable Conditions recovers Canadian instances of early encounters between computational media and contemporary art in the late twentieth century. The book provides valuable new perspectives and new contexts for understanding computer art pioneers, sketching a new landscape of surprising connections between scientific and artistic institutions.



      Trade Review

      “By celebrating and reminding readers of artists who are well-known but underappreciated – such as Michael Snow, Robert Adrian X, David Rokeby, and Les Levine – as well as introducing unknown artists who deserve recognition, Variable Conditions shows how early developments in computational arts in Canada were of global significance. It will appeal to anyone interested in the history of contemporary art, especially given how artists working in this area in the 1960s and onwards did so much to anticipate our current digital cultural condition.” Charlie Gere, author of Digital Culture

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