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bit international 1-6 by Dimitrije Bašičević, 1968

bit international 1-6

Dimitrije Bašičević  

1968

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The journal bit international (bit for short), published from 1968 to ’72, came out of the activities of New Tendencies, the avant-garde art movement centered in Zagreb, former Yugoslavia. The movement and its journal were pioneering in their focus on computers as an artistic medium, or as what they termed “visual research.”

There were nine issues of bit, including two double issues (5–6 and 8–9), all published by the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Zagreb—a hub for New Tendencies projects. The journal took its name from the term used for a binary digit, the smallest unit of information in computing. It was bilingual, with articles published in Croatian and English. 

The first six issues, from 1968 and 1969, are included here; they feature a varying roster of editors and writers, including now well-known computer artists such as Herbert W. Franke and Frieder Nake.

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