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Rediscovering the inherent possibilities arising from the limitations encountered in early computer generated and aided graphics, inspired by the motion graphics approaches of John Whitney Snr. A computational arts research and theory project.

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references

A general list of publications used as part of this project.

Title
Author(s)
Publisher
Year
Mainframe Experimentalism
Edited by Hannah B Higgins and Douglas Kahn
University of California Press
2012
Comments: Contains the essay From the Gun Controller to the Mandala: The Cybernetic Cinema of John and James Whitney which covers primarily James's film Lapis (1966) and John's file Permutations (1968), very much the seeds of this research project.
Vector Synthesis: A media archaeological investigation into sound-modulated light
Derek Holzer
Derek Holzer
2019
Comments: A simmilar exploration - in this case the use of vector graphics / synthesis and the bridging of the digital / analog divide with computational arts. Text of Dereks MA in Sound in New Media at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finaland.
Creative Computer Graphics
Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Cambridge University Press
1984
Comments: My introduction to the wider world of computer graphics as a child. The source of my fascincation with computer graphics, as both a technical and artistic practice. Chapter 1 History specifically in the case of this project for (re)introducing me to the wotk of John and James.