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Announcement for a 1965 "Computer-Generated Pictures" art exhibition. Made of four punch cards stapled together.

After this exhibition they explained that, “the artist need not fear being automated out of existence; rather, as they see it, the computer will free the artist for creation, unburdened by the tedium of the mechanics.”

The following year (1966) one of the 2 original scientists behind the computer gen cards made a study called “HUMAN OR MACHINE” were a plotter imitated Dutch painter Piet Mondrian’s style, and then was compared to the original.

The study found most people being unable to correctly identify the pictures creator, and to have a preference for the computer generated one 😆

Thought I share it.

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After this exhibition they explained that, “the artist need not fear being automated out of existence; rather, as they see it, the computer will free the artist for creation, unburdened by the tedium of the mechanics.”

The following year (1966) one of the 2 original scientists behind the computer gen cards made a study called “HUMAN OR MACHINE” were a plotter imitated Dutch painter Piet Mondrian’s style, and then was compared to the original.

The study found most people being unable to correctly identify the pictures creator, and to have a preference for the computer generated one 😆

Thought I share it.

https://specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=7563

http://noll.uscannenberg.org/Art%20Papers/Mondrian.pdf