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Closing Event for NATURAL CONTACTS by Peter Burr, Mark Fingerhut and Matthew D. Gantt

Oct. 29, 2024 | 7-9pm

 

 

SUNGRAZER | presented by Everest Pipkin

TASTEFUL JPEGS | served up by Claire Hentschker

ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE | early computer animations by Lillian Schwartz, Larry Cuba, Vibeke Sorenson, Ken O’Connell, Takeshi Murata and Peter Foldès

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ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE

Curated by Peter Burr

 

Long before computers fit in our pockets or on our desktops, they were room-sized machines built for processing numerical data - solving problems such as how to shoot a missile from one backyard to another.  As technology advanced, non-numerical visualizations were developed to enhance the legibility of answers provided by these early computers and by the 1960s, technologists were experimenting with new ways of constructing fully dimensional virtual spaces based on the logic and data of these machines. ABSTRACT INTELLIGENCE is a program that includes over 30 years of experimental films emerging from these early digital abstractions, showcasing a collection of animated artworks that paved the way for today's wave of artificially intelligent aesthetics. This includes films by Lillian Schwartz, Larry Cuba, Vibeke Sorensen, Peter Foldès, Ken O’Connell, and Takeshi Murata. 


 

FULL PROGRAM 

Lillian Schwartz | UFO, 1971

Peter FoldèsMetadata, 1971

Larry CubaTwo Space, 1979

Ken O’Connell | Chips in Space, 1984

Vibeke SorensonNLoops, 1989

Takeshi Murata | Cone Eater, 2004

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Film still from Takeshi Murata's Cone Eater, 2004

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