Cybernetic Serendipity Music

Peter Schmidt Computer Technique Group (CTG)

1968

Music/Sound

1 sound disc : analogue, 33 ⅓ rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

Cybernetic Serendipity The Listening Room The CTG Collection

Description

Issued by London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1968, the Cybernetic Serendipity Music LP was the audio companion to the ICA’s seminal exhibition on art and technology. Curated by artist Peter Schmidt, the 12-inch record surveyed every major approach to computer music then emerging. Highlights include excerpts from Lejaren Hiller and Leonard Isaacson’s Illiac Suite (1957), the first fully computer-generated composition; John Cage and David Tudor’s stochastic tape collages; and works realized at Bell Labs, including the famous synthesized rendition of “Daisy Bell.” Pressed in a small run and sold exclusively at the ICA, the anthology offered the public unprecedented access to a varied range of experimental music.

Shot Kennedy No. 2 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Shot Kennedy No. 2 Computer Technique Group (CTG)1968 Print

Kennedy in a Rectangle (Negative) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in a Rectangle (Negative) Multiple Artists1968 Print

Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow by Käthe Schröder, 1969

Computer-Kunst: On the Eve of Tomorrow Käthe Schröder1969 Ephemera

Cybernetic Serendipity (portfolio) by Kerry Strand, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity (portfolio) Multiple Artists1968 Print

Kennedy in the Net by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Kennedy in the Net Computer Technique Group (CTG)1968 Print

Collection of Random Windows by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Collection of Random Windows Computer Technique Group (CTG)1968 Print

Perspective Pillar Collection by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Perspective Pillar Collection Computer Technique Group (CTG)1968 Print

Bijutsu Techo, Issue No. 303, Oct 1968 by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1968

Bijutsu Techo, Issue No. 303, Oct 1968 Computer Technique Group (CTG)1968 Ephemera