Systems

by SHANKEN EDWARD A.

Writings survey system-based art, from its origins in works from the 1950s to the 1970s to its twenty-first century resurgence in works that draw on cutting-edge science.

In the late 1950s, experiments such as the cybernetic sculptures of Nicolas Sch ffer or the programmatic music compositions of John Cage and Iannis Xenakis transposed systems theory from the sciences to the arts. By the 1960s, artists as diverse as Roy Ascott, Hans Haacke,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262527197
• ISBN13: 9780262527194
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher