White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980 | i |
 
title: White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980
year: 2008
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Reichardt, Jasia, et al., Brown, Paul, et al., eds. 2008. White Heat Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980. Cambridge, MA:MIT Press
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Technological optimism, even utopianism, was widespread at midcentury of 20th century; in Britain, Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1963 promised a new nation “forged from the white heat of the technological revolution.” In this heady atmosphere, pioneering artists transformed the cold logic of computing into a new medium for their art and played a central role in connecting technology and culture.

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