Bijutsu Techō (Issue No. 313, May 5, 1969) by Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 1969

Bijutsu Techō (Issue No. 313, May 5, 1969)

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Bijutsu Shuppan-sha Computer Technique Group (CTG)

1969

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Description

Bijutsu Techō (美術手帖), No. 313, May 1969 special supplement (5月号増刊). Feature: 人間とテクノロジー / "Man and Technology."

Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha (美術出版社), published 5 May 1969 (Shōwa 44). Illustrated periodical, Japanese text with English passages; issued with two folding inserts.

A landmark issue of Japan's leading contemporary-art journal, devoted to the convergence of art and technology, and a key document of the Computer Technique Group (CTG).

The issue is bound with two large fold-out appendices.

Appendix 1, The Historical Development of Technology and Art (テクノロジーと芸術の歴史的展開) by Sakamoto Masaharu and Takada Shūchi, is a multi-color poster charting the progress of technology and art.

Appendix 2 is the catalogue of the International Psytech Art Exhibition «ELECTROMAGICA '69» (国際サイテック・アート展) — held at the Sony Building, Ginza, in April 1969 and edited by CTG .

The "Man and Technology" feature illustrates CTG's Automatic Painting Machine No. 1, the group's interactive, paint spray-painting robot .

A foundational primary source for the history of early Japanese computer and cybernetic art.

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