Arte Programmata: Freedom, Control, and the Computer in 1960s Italy Caplan Lindsay
Tracing the evolution of the Italian avant-garde's pioneering experiments with art and technology and their subversion of freedom and controlIn postwar Italy, a group of visionary artists used…
Specifikacia Arte Programmata: Freedom, Control, and the Computer in 1960s Italy Caplan Lindsay
Tracing the evolution of the Italian avant-garde's pioneering experiments with art and technology and their subversion of freedom and controlIn postwar Italy, a group of visionary artists used emergent computer technologies as both tools of artistic production and a means to reconceptualize the dynamic interrelation between individual freedom and collectivity. Working contrary to assumptions that the rigid, structural nature of programming limits subjectivity, this book traces the multifaceted practices of these groundbreaking artists and their conviction that technology could provide the conditions for a liberated social life.Situating their developments within the context of the Cold War and the ensuing crisis among the Italian left, Arte Programmata describes how Italy's distinctive political climate fueled the group's engagement with computers,