Rolling Stone (February 1, 1969) by Rolling Stone, 1969

Rolling Stone (February 1, 1969)

Rolling Stone

1969

Ephemera

The Library Cybernetic Serendipity

Description

The February 1, 1969, issue of Rolling Stone magazine includes a feature on two landmark exhibitions of art and technology: “The Machine at the End of the Digital Age” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and “Cybernetic Serendipity”_ _at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, both of which took place in 1968. This coverage, highlighted on the magazine’s cover, marks a breakthrough moment for cultural criticism of the subject.

Appearing in the “Visuals” section of the magazine, the feature is titled “Computer Soul” and written by San Francisco-based art critic Thomas Albright. “The subject of this piece is computer art, and I wish I could say nothing but nasty things about it,” Albright begins. However, his assessment of the works in the exhibitions leads him to a more positive judgment about the creative possibilities of working with computers. “In many ways, it is the ideas that count,” he comments.

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