[HN Gopher] Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s
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       Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s
        
       Author : bpierre
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2023-05-15 21:57 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.amygoodchild.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.amygoodchild.com)
        
       | mortenjorck wrote:
       | Fascinating and beautiful stuff, and surprisingly rare to see in
       | 20th Century art history surveys. I took three semesters of art
       | history in college, and never encountered the name Georg Nees
       | until I randomly learned about him from a software engineer and
       | generative art hobbyist.
       | 
       | I wish there were a place to get quality (that is, not randos
       | selling image search results on Redbubble) prints of some of
       | these.
        
       | coolestuk wrote:
       | The last artist listed (Desmond Henry) was one of the professors
       | of philosophy when I was a student at Manchester University
       | (actually his official status was Reader). I still have one of
       | his original drawings he gave me some 40 odd years ago. He was
       | one of nicest people (and certainly the most eccentric person)
       | I've met in my entire life. His academic speciality was medieval
       | philosophy.
        
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