Making Art Work
How Cold War Engineers and Artists Forged a New Creative Culture
Published on 20. October 2020
344 pages
978-0-262-35950-4 (ISBN)
Description
The creative collaborations of engineers, artists, scientists, and curators over the past fifty years.
Artwork as opposed to experiment? Engineer versus artist? We often see two different cultural realms separated by impervious walls. But some fifty years ago, the borders between technology and art began to be breached. In this book, W. Patrick McCray shows how in this era, artists eagerly collaborated with engineers and scientists to explore new technologies and create visually and sonically compelling multimedia works. This art emerged from corporate laboratories, artists' studios, publishing houses, art galleries, and university campuses. Many of the biggest stars of the art world--Robert Rauschenberg, Yvonne Rainer, Andy Warhol, Carolee Schneemann, and John Cage--participated, but the technologists who contributed essential expertise and aesthetic input often went unrecognized.
Artwork as opposed to experiment? Engineer versus artist? We often see two different cultural realms separated by impervious walls. But some fifty years ago, the borders between technology and art began to be breached. In this book, W. Patrick McCray shows how in this era, artists eagerly collaborated with engineers and scientists to explore new technologies and create visually and sonically compelling multimedia works. This art emerged from corporate laboratories, artists' studios, publishing houses, art galleries, and university campuses. Many of the biggest stars of the art world--Robert Rauschenberg, Yvonne Rainer, Andy Warhol, Carolee Schneemann, and John Cage--participated, but the technologists who contributed essential expertise and aesthetic input often went unrecognized.
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W. Patrick McCray, Professor in the History Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of four other books, including the prize-winning The Visioneers.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Schematics
1 Preamplifier
2 Fluxes
3 Heterodyne
4 Powering Up
5 Transducer
6 Surges
7 Parallel Processing
8 Overload
9 Amplitudes
Conclusion: Waves, Loops, and Bubbles
Notes on Sources
Notes
Index
Introduction: Schematics
1 Preamplifier
2 Fluxes
3 Heterodyne
4 Powering Up
5 Transducer
6 Surges
7 Parallel Processing
8 Overload
9 Amplitudes
Conclusion: Waves, Loops, and Bubbles
Notes on Sources
Notes
Index
