Sharing Code: Art1, Frederick Hammersley, and the Dawn of Computer Art

by Patrick Frank

This book tells the story of Art1, a computer program developed in 1968 at the University of New Mexico by electrical engineer Richard Williams with the encouragement of art department chair and renowned kinetic artist Charles Mattox, who wanted to make UNM a center of high-tech creativity. In a wider sense, Art1 was an attempt to bridge the cultural divide between art and science. Artists on the one hand were working in avant-garde modes beyond the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890136556
• ISBN13: 9780890136553
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.8" x 10.8"