| last name: | Ihnatowicz |
| first name: | Edward |
| birthday: | 1926 |
| death date: | 1988 |
Edward Ihnatowicz was a British Cybernetic Sculptor. His ground-breaking pioneering interactive sculptures which were featured in the exhibition ‘Cybernetic Serendipity’1968, and later commisioned by Philips in Eindhoven in 1970 used sound and motion sensors to react to the audience. These constructs were one of the first computer controlled interactive robotic works of art.
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| 1926 | Born in Poland. |
| 1939 to 1943 | War refugee in Romania and Algiers. |
| 1943 | Arrived in Britain. |
| 1945 to 1949 | Attended the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford. |
| 1950 onwards | Created bespoke furniture and interior decoration. |
| 1962 | Left home to try to find his artistic roots. Lived in an unconverted garage. Experimented with life sculpture and portraiture and sculpture made of scrap cars. |
| 1968 | Created SAM. Exhibited at the ‘Cybernetic Serendipity’,ICA.London |
| 1969 – 1971 | Created The Senster. |
| 1971-1986 | Worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University College, London. |
| 1973 | Created The Bandit. Exhibited at the Computer Arts Society exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival, UK. |
| Oct 1988 | Died of a myocardial infarction (heart attack). |
