Cybernetic Serendipity: the computer and the arts
London: Studio International, 1968. Reprinted November 1968, following the second revised 1968 edition. Softcover perfect-bound large 4to in glossy wrappers printed in black, blue, and red. Pages primarily printed in black on glossy stock, with one plate in color, and the last page printed in black on uncoated gray stock. 104 + 2 pp.
Catalog issued on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the Arts.’ Edited by Jasia Reichardt, with the exhibition organized by Reichardt in collaboration with Mark Dowson, Peter Schmidt, and Franciszka Themerson, the latter of whom also designed the covers. With contributions by Norbert Wiener, Joseph Schillinger, J. R. Pierce, Herbert Brün, James Tenney, John Cage, Gordon Pask, Gerald Strang, Eugenio Carmi, Ken Cox, Marc Adrian, Alison Knowles, Edwin Morgan, Kenneth C. Knowlton, A. Michael Noll, Frieder Nake, Nam June Paik, Georg Nees, and Jean Tinguely, among several others. Includes an introduction and a lengthy acknowledgment spread across two and a half pages by Reichardt, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.
Artifact Vibration Score: 8.3.
Trace amounts of age toning, wear along tips and cover extremities, a minor bump at heel of spine resulting in two small closed tears, two stains at lower front cover, and scattered light foxing at title page. Else very good. Item 1298.
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