Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Lecture Two 10th March

Computing and media art

Search for the philosophical language

Serve as an international auxiliary language enabling people with different native languages to communicate with each other.

As a scientific language providing a simplified system of symbolism for the exact expression of all actual and possible scientific knowledge.

John Wilkins (1614-1672): Wrote a key text for philosophical language universal language, Charles BabbageAlan.
M Piell for Apple; First commercial computer

1963 Ivan Sutherland published sketchpad
changed the way people interact with computers
Douglas Englebart's NLS demo 1968 (On-line system)"The Mother of all Demos" 1990s.
Apple Power Macintosh
microsoft windows 95world wide web

History of Media Art. Multimedia art. New media.digital art. Art and technology1834. Zoe trope 1831. Phenakisto scope Eadweard Muybridge 1878
Motion picture "the Horse in Motion"
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy-first electronic artistNam Jun Paik 1958 First video artistJohn Whitney-father of computer animation

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